Business Development Manager Bridging & Development Finance

City Capital are currently representing a respected & well-funded development & bridging finance lender who have retained our services to appoint a confident & proactive BDM to achieve lending objectives across the South West & Midlands.

This is an excellent opportunity for a credible & well-connected originator to join a growing & agile lender at an exciting time of expansion.

The Company

Our client has been operating as a development & bridging lender for a decade and provide property developers and investors with access to debt for key real estate development and investment projects.

Deal sizes range from c250k - 7.5m to cover land ground-up development bridging finance and heavy refurb.

Our client has strong backing in terms of investment & funding & are actively seeking to grow their loan book. This BDM hire is part of a broader business expansion which will also see their operations team grow and swell to support increased activity.

All in all a very exciting time to get involved with a genuine opportunity to make a real & meaningful impact on future success.

Role Overview

As BDM your primary objective will be to achieve agreed lending targets for your region which play a big role in the companys wider growth objectives. This region will cover the South West and Midlands patches of the UK.

You will work from a home base to strategically manage your own diary of appointments and events where you will liaise with brokers borrowers & introducers to identify and onboard the ideal lending opportunities to meet appetite.

Once onboarded you will be ably supported by our clients in house team of credit managers and underwriters who will assist with deal structure assessment and loan completions. Throughout each loan application cycle you will act as the key point of contact for all stakeholders to ensure loans are paid out in line with SLAs and borrower requirements.

Responsibilities

Devise & execute your regional strategy to achieve agreed regional lending objectives

Build and maintain strong introducer broker and borrower relationships

Identify & onboard loan enquiries that meet the appetite of the business

Work with credit to structure and assess lending opportunities and pipeline

Attend industry forums and events as a key face of the business

Achieve agreed lending and revenue objectives

Candidate Requirements

The ideal individual for this role will be an experienced BDM with experience in the property finance or mortgage markets. Individuals with bridging or development finance experience would be preferred.

You will need to be proactive in approach have a good understanding of what makes a good deal and be confident in your ability to build maintain and grow broker and borrower relationships.

Strong experience in property finance/mortgage lending ideally short-term finance

Proven track record of achieving lending or sales targets in a similar environment

Confident in what a good deal looks like and capable of developing credit papers

A good knowledge of the credit/risk principles that underpin quality lending

Excellent communicator and negotiator collaborative in approach

Strong commercial awareness and relationship-building ability

Comfortable working in a field-based origination role

Motivated by growth visibility and long-term progression

Confident in achieving lending and sales targets

On Offer

The role offers a basic package of up to circa 70/75k relevant to experience. Higher offers may also be considered for exceptional talent and potential.

In addition there is a competitive and lucrative commission structure designed to reward successful originators based on completed lending. This gives the successful candidate a clear opportunity to increase annual earnings through consistent deal flow strong broker relationships and the successful conversion of new lending opportunities.

As the firm are in an exciting growth arc it is also expected that opportunities to propel career standing & salary forward within may be prevlevant as excellent performance is delivered. This is in line with our clients strong and proven promote from within policy and expected business scale.

Next Steps

There is a reasonable amount of urgency to fill this position in line with objectives.

Due to the nature of the role and opportunity we do not expect it to be on the market for long.

If this role does sound like one that you are both qualified for and interested in then we look forward to your application as soon as possible.

Once we have reviewed your application we will be in touch with an update. We look forward to hearing from you.

The City Capital Team