Business Development Representative

Business development sales, 1Y experience in sales, start ASAP, Chicago

Established in 2005, our client is an award-winning fintech company which provides fund selection, portfolio construction, operational due diligence, and reporting solutions for fund managers and allocators. We are looking for a junior sales specialist to join our growing team in Oakbrook!

An ideal candidate will have sales experience, preferably within the finance sector and a demonstrable interest in financial markets.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will contact decision makers at the world’s largest Asset Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Asset Advisors, Family Offices, Multi Fund Managers, and Fund of Hedge Funds. The candidate should be able to engage in conversations with Analysts, Portfolio Managers, COOs and CIOs, understand their investment process and explain how our analytical software can
help them generate higher returns.

Responsibilities include:
• Being entrepreneurial, team-minded, and familiar with the full sales process.
• Generating prospect interest  by identifying potential leads, qualifying prospects, and completing outbound calls, emails, and messages via LinkedIn.
• Learning the solutions and assisting our senior sales team with prospect support during throughout the sales process.
• Maintaining and tidying our CRM database and using the CRM to source leads.
• Maintaining regular contact with potential prospects.
• Developing and improving financial knowledge continuously to stay up to date with market trends and client needs.

Skills
• Confident, professional and a strong communicator
• A desire and flexibility to grow in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to understand and sell complex product solutions and features

Requirements
• 1-year minimum business development experience in tele sales
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, ideally finance, economics, accounting or
mathematics
• Demonstrable success in a sales role

Compensations
• 15 days holidays
• Office in Chicago
• Hybrid working
• Healthcare, 30% paid