Business Development Manager-Private Equity & Corporate Finance Advisory
Location: London (office-based)
Permanent, full-time
Help drive growth across an international advisory business
An ambitious and growing international advisory firm is seeking a commercially minded business development professional to work closely with senior leadership and support growth across multiple international markets.
This is a broad and highly visible role offering the opportunity to work directly with senior decision-makers, helping to identify opportunities, strengthen relationships, improve business development processes and support strategic growth initiatives.
The position sits at the heart of the firm's commercial activity and would suit someone who enjoys combining relationship building, market intelligence, CRM management and business development within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
The Role
Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you will:
- Help identify and develop new business opportunities across multiple regions and sectors
- Build and maintain pipelines of prospective clients, introducers and opportunities
- Support relationship-building initiatives with key market participants and referral sources
- Work with senior stakeholders to execute business development plans and growth initiatives
- Produce market intelligence and research to support targeting and opportunity generation
- Monitor market activity, transactions and emerging opportunities
- Manage and maintain CRM data, ensuring high levels of accuracy and reporting
- Support the delivery of events, campaigns and relationship-management initiatives
- Track performance metrics and provide commercial insights to senior leadership
About You
We're interested in speaking with candidates who can demonstrate:
- Approximately 4-8 years' experience in business development, client development or commercial growth roles
- Experience working within professional services, advisory, corporate finance, private equity, deal advisory, legal, consulting or financial services environments
- Strong CRM experience, ideally using platforms such as HubSpot, Salesforce or similar
- Experience building and managing pipelines, identifying opportunities and supporting growth initiatives
- Strong research, analytical and market intelligence skills
- Experience supporting and influencing senior stakeholders, partners or client-facing teams
- Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive mindset with the ability to take ownership and work independently
- A genuine interest in private equity, transactions and commercial markets
- Experience of Mergermarket, Gain.pro or similar research platforms would be advantageous but is not essential.
What's on Offer
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and decision-makers
- A broad role spanning business development, market intelligence and CRM strategy
- Significant visibility across an international business
- The opportunity to help shape commercial growth initiatives
- A collaborative and entrepreneurial culture
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