We are seeking a Business Development Manager to grow and maintain our excellent relationships with a specified group of IFAs to create a significant industry presence.

You will develop and maintain our excellent relationships with a specified group of IFAs to create a significant industry presence. From these connections, you will drive out opportunities to increase the potential for new business and improve retention of existing business, ensuring a clear business plan is drawn up, regularly reviewed and actively managed.

Your key areas of focus will be:

• Manage and build one-to-one business relationships with all relevant personnel at each Key Account, ensuring a contact management strategy is designed, regularly reviewed and actively managed.
• Actively manage the accounts to ensure targets for new business and retention are met, both in terms of premium income and profit levels.

Although home based the jobholder will be required to travel regularly across the UK, with a high degree of travel in the London/South East region, and regular visits to our office in Hove.

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive sales/account management experience within the financial services.
• Significant EBC/IFA market experience
• Knowledge of financial services products, ideally Group Protection

Skills

• Excellent communication and influencing skills both verbal and written
• Demonstrable levels of high achievement drive (evidence of exceeding targets/objectives)
• High degree of resilience

Qualification

• Educated to degree standard
• GR1 desirable

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days' holiday (plus one day after two years), private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us. In addition, you will be entitled to a monthly car allowance of £380.

For more information, please contact Daf Rees, Resourcing Business Partner at daf.rees@landg.com. Please note I can't accept direct applications via email.