Business Development Manager

Our client is a Community Growth Management Company (RF) Limited and Collective Schemes license holder seeking a target-driven individual to join the Chief Executive Officer to build their brand and onboard new prospective clients.

Qualifications & Experience

• B Com degree in finance or related qualification.
• Regulatory Exam RE 5 (advantageous).
• 5 years of client relationship management (client-facing) in a financial services environment.
• Relationship management and networking with clients.
• Lead chasing and new client onboarding.
• Marketing the brand to attract new business opportunities.

Duties

• Building relationships to bring on new business and gain traction across an even wider range of funds and managing the onboarding process.
• Focussing on medium-sized pension funds as well as larger funds for new business opportunities.
• Creating marketing content and driving brand awareness in the market through different marketing initiatives and presentations to prospective clients.
• Establishing strong relationships with South African institutional clients (Pension Funds and Investment Consultants).
• Identifying and researching new business opportunities through various networks and leveraging on the current client base to build portfolios.
• Take responsibility of the take-on of new investment mandates, restructured mandates and the disinvestment process.
• Drive retention and servicing of business clients.
• Develop and keep up to date information of the pipeline and potential business.
• Strive to improve client engagement and actively tracking processes within the target market.