
Business Development Manager - Alternative Banking & Payments
Job Description
Business Development Manager - Alternative Banking & Payments
Department: Revenue
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London
Reporting To: Andrew Perris
Description
What you'll do
- Prospect, cold-call, and network your way to a strong pipeline of qualified corporate leads.
- Build relationships with senior finance stakeholders — CFOs, treasurers, and finance directors — and understand their FX needs well enough to deliver solutions that actually work.
- Take deals from first conversation to signed contract, managing objections and adapting proposals along the way.
- Support a smooth client onboarding onto our platform.
- Identify target markets, track the competitive landscape, and stay sharp on industry developments that affect us.
- Work with marketing and product to make sure your sales approach and theirs are pulling in the same direction.
- Hit weekly, monthly, and annual revenue targets through disciplined pipeline management.
- Keep CRM records accurate and up to date — and use the data to course-correct, not just report.
- Track conversion rates and pipeline health; flag issues early.
- Keep up with regulatory requirements through ongoing training.
- Conduct due diligence on prospective clients to manage credit and operational risk.
- FX revenue against monthly and annual targets
- New clients onboarded and meetings generated
- Pipeline quality and conversion rates
What you'll bring
- A proven track record of winning new business in the deliverable FX market — and hitting or exceeding targets.
- Knowledge of currency markets, hedging products, and international payments.
- A consultative approach: you listen first, then sell.
- Experience managing complex sales cycles from cold outreach to close.
- Strong communication skills — you're as confident in a boardroom as you are on the phone.
- Comfortable with CRM tools and sales reporting.
- Self-motivated, competitive, and resilient under pressure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A true team player with a winning mentality and strong work ethic committed to continuous improvement and high performance.
- Adaptable, tenacious and flexible who can perform under pressure.
Benefits
- 25 days' holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
- Holiday loyalty scheme and work-abroad scheme
- Life insurance and pension (salary exchange)
- Private healthcare cashback (dental, optical, physio) + virtual GP
- Enhanced parental leave and salary-exchange nursery fees
- Cycle to work and season ticket loan (interest-free)
- Annual discretionary bonus (after probation)
- Financial coaching platform and career development tools
- Company events: sporting days, pub nights, seasonal parties
- We will review your application and come back to you as soon as possible.
- You must be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this position.
- Full background checks will be carried out.