Business Development Manager - Brokers

Job Description

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – BROKERS

In this new role to support continued growth, you will drive revenue growth by establishing and maintaining strong relationships with broker partners across the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  You will identify new business opportunities, negotiate deals, and provide exceptional support to brokers.  Ideally you will start in June or July 2025.

You will regularly visit brokers and will therefore be required to travel within the UK, which may include overnight stays.

The role is remote, with a requirement to be onsite in Wellingborough once a quarter for business updates.

Why join us?

We have big ambitions, but we aren’t a huge company.  This means you have good exposure to ExCo and the Board.  We lend in a variety of sectors and asset classes, so the role is always interesting.  Your relationship with your line manager will be based on mutual trust and respect – no micromanaging here.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum

Benefits include:

• Private medical insurance
• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 28 days with length of service)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Income protection
• Life Assurance
• Pension
• Onsite subsidised restaurant
• A range of discounts and benefits through our Reward Gateway platform

What you will do

• Ensure that broker/introducers experience a first-class service from Arkle.
• Be the primary point of contact for assigned Brokers/Introducers,
• Improve the quality of business introduced to Arkle and have a positive impact quality of proposals, approval rates and conversion rates.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing panel of brokers/ introducers.
• Regularly visit brokers / introducers and where required the end-user customers and dealers in line with sales plans, audit requirements, specific deals etc.  

What you will bring

• Account Management experience in Financial Services.
• Ability to work to sales targets in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and customer care skills.
• Confidence to pitch in front of a large audience.
• Clean driving licence and access to a car insured for business use.

It would be nice for you to have

• Asset Finance experience

Who we are

Arkle Finance is an ambitious and dynamic Asset Finance lender providing financing products to 5,000 individuals and corporate clients. We pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality, reliable and friendly service to our introducers and end clients.  Over the last three years, we have renewed our infrastructure and are now ready to accelerate our growth to realise our full potential – aided by our supportive parent, the Weatherbys Banking Group.  

NEXT STEPS

If you are excited about this opportunity, apply now our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch within five working days.  Although not mandatory, we recommend you support your application with a cover letter.