Graduate Sales Broker in Northampton

An incredible opportunity for a motivated, driven and commercially astute graduate to rapidly progress their career within a fast growing, meritocratic and dynamic finance firm.
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As a Graduate Finance Broker, you will be contacting potential clients through outbound calls, positioning Portman Finance Group’s financial solutions in a consultative manner and passing qualified leads to our busy Sales Team. With an annual starting salary ranging from £36,000 to £50,000 (depending on academic background and interview performance), we are looking for someone who has a natural flair to build telephone rapport alongside the ability to drive sales processes to completion and achieve key KPI targets in a highly competitive and lucrative environment.<\/span>
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Please do not apply if you consider yourself more of an analyst as this role will not be right for you.<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Responsibilities<\/span><\/span><\/u>
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• Conduct outbound sales activity to establish rapport and interest with potential new clients, ultimately building a pipeline and securing new business opportunities;<\/span>
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• With a customer -centric approach, qualify client interest through a consultative sales process to understand their commercial standing and position Portman’s financial solutions;<\/span>
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• Write and prepare proposal documentation and credit applications as and when required, including working with clients to gather appropriate financial and non -financial paperwork;<\/span>
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• Record all sales activity in our CRM;<\/span>
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• Build and maintain a pipeline of live opportunities; and<\/span>
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• Any other appropriate job duties in line with the associated skill and experience of the post holder.<\/span>
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  Requirements<\/h3>Skills & Experience Required<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>Motivated and driven individuals with a passion for sales;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Ability to communicate clearly and concisely whilst building rapport and trust;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Minimum of ABB at A Level and a 2.1 or above University Degree across any discipline;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Resilient with the capability to work under pressure in a fast -paced meritocratic environment;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Strong commercial acumen, with an interest in business;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Dynamic individuals with an entrepreneurial, self -starter approach; and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Positive and engaging telephone manner.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>Personal Attributes<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>Success and winning motivated. If coming third is good enough for you, please do not apply;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/li>Excellent written and oral communications skills;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Ability to build strong and effective working relationships at all levels, including senior stakeholders;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Adept at problem -solving with a can -do attitude;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Strong organisational skills with a high attention to detail;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks at any given time; and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>Ability to work on own initiative as well as being a team player.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span>Benefits<\/h3>Very competitive salary and incentives;<\/span><\/span><\/li>Rapid career progression;<\/span><\/span><\/li>Vibrant office culture with break out lounge, bar and corporate days out;<\/span><\/span><\/li>1 -1 training and mentoring;<\/span><\/span><\/li>Meritocratic culture; and<\/span><\/span><\/li>Performance recognition.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span>