Job Title: Business Development and Relationship Associate

My client provides cutting edge solutions to some of the world's most well known organisations.

They are expanding fast due to the success of their use of technology combined with traditional consultancy. They are a progressive organisation offering graduates an excellent career with lots of training, progression and access to an excellent flexible benefits package.

The role and the department:

The Business Development Associate reports to the Sales Manager and supports the team in ensuring the client is delighted, hence driving more revenue into the business.

The role will be a mixture of on-going client service and relationship management mixed with up selling and new business development. The successful candidate will be exposed to a range of Blue Chip clients across various industries, meaning that you will gain exposure to a wide variety of clients. You will have to develop long lasting relationships with these clients, ensuring that you deliver excellent client service to maximise business.

You can also expect:

- Exposure to interesting and varied work with global brands
- Exposure to sales, consulting, brokerage, technology and account management
- The opportunity to study a Diploma in Financial Planning
- The life skills needed for a successful future career

The position will be an incredibly varied and interesting support role and will involve but is not exclusive to:

- Account Management
- Exposure to blue chip clients with high expectations of service levels
- Exposure to high net worth individuals
- Employee presentations and benefit enrolments
- Creative input on how to position solutions
- Organising resources
- Assisting with client events
- Managing a high volume of communication from clients by e-mail and telephone
- Preparing written reports
- Chasing inputs from colleagues in order to ensure that deadlines are adhered to
- Analysis
- Industries
- Research
- Legislation
- Brokerage
- Benchmarking
- Provider liaison

Candidates should have excellent communication skills in both written and oral English. It would also be beneficial if you can demonstrate an entrepreneurial mind-set.

In order to apply you must:

- Have a minimum of a 2.1 degree from a top ranking university
- Be intelligent and commercially astute
- Be highly driven, energetic and enthusiastic
- Be motivated to succeed in a target driven, yet collegiate and entrepreneurial environment
- Be revenue focused
- Demonstrate plenty of initiative
- Be able to adapt to a wide variety of personalities and client requests
- Be able to work calmly in a pressured environment
- Demonstrate the ability to meet timescales
- Have a meticulous attention to detail
- Focus on exceeding client expectations

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