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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.

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.

Please do not apply if you consider yourself more of an analyst as this role will not be right for you.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outbound sales activity to establish rapport and interest with potential new clients, ultimately building a pipeline and securing new business opportunities;
  
• With a customer -centric approach, qualify client interest through a consultative sales process to understand their commercial standing and position Portman’s financial solutions;
  
• Write and prepare proposal documentation and credit applications as and when required, including working with clients to gather appropriate financial and non -financial paperwork;
  
• Record all sales activity in our CRM;
  
• Build and maintain a pipeline of live opportunities; and
  
• Any other appropriate job duties in line with the associated skill and experience of the post holder.
  

  Requirements

  Skills & Experience Required
  

  • Motivated and driven individuals with a passion for sales;
    
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely whilst building rapport and trust;
    
  • Minimum of ABB at A Level and a 2.1 or above University Degree across any discipline;
    
  • Resilient with the capability to work under pressure in a fast -paced meritocratic environment;
    
  • Strong commercial acumen, with an interest in business;
    
  • Dynamic individuals with an entrepreneurial, self -starter approach; and
    
  • Positive and engaging telephone manner.
    

    Personal Attributes
    

    • Success and winning motivated. If coming third is good enough for you, please do not apply;
      
    • Excellent written and oral communications skills;
      
    • Ability to build strong and effective working relationships at all levels, including senior stakeholders;
      
    • Adept at problem -solving with a can -do attitude;
      
    • Strong organisational skills with a high attention to detail;
      
    • Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks at any given time; and
      
    • Ability to work on own initiative as well as being a team player.
      

      Benefits

      • Very competitive salary and incentives;
        
      • Rapid career progression;
        
      • Vibrant office culture with break out lounge, bar and corporate days out;
        
      • 1 -1 training and mentoring;
        
      • Meritocratic culture; and
        
      • Performance recognition.