Business Development Executive

TLDR

Engage with inbound leads to convert them into qualified sales opportunities while building deep product knowledge in Financial Services, enhancing your expertise and career growth.

What you will be doing:

As an Inbound Business Development Representative, you will:

  • Be part of the Business Development function responsible for converting high-intent inbound leads into qualified sales opportunities across EMEA.
  • Own the full qualification process for Marketing-sourced leads, executing discovery calls to uncover business needs, challenges, and strategic priorities
  • Achieve/exceed monthly pipeline generation targets by converting inbound interest into sales-ready opportunities for our  Account Executive team
  • Develop deep product knowledge to articulate our value proposition and align our solutions with prospect needs across different Financial Services verticals
  • Execute a disciplined qualification framework (MEDDICC or similar) to ensure only high-quality opportunities progress to sales
  • Maintain meticulous hygiene in Salesforce, documenting all prospect interactions, qualification criteria, and next steps to enable seamless handoffs
  • Leverage our tech stack efficiently (Salesforce, Outreach, Gong, etc.) to manage pipeline, track activity, and continuously improve performance
  • Collaborate closely with Marketing to provide feedback on lead quality, campaign performance, and market intelligence
  • Partner with Account Executives to refine handoff processes and ensure continuity in the buyer journey
  • Become a student of our industry, building expertise in Financial Services trends, pain points, and competitive landscape

About you:

As an Inbound BDR, you will have:

  • High intellectual horsepower – You're analytically strong, curious, and can quickly synthesize complex information to identify what matters
  • Coachability – You actively seek feedback, iterate rapidly, and view every call as an opportunity to improve
  • Strong character – You operate with integrity, take ownership of outcomes, and do what you say you'll do
  • Entrepreneurial mindset – You're a self-starter who takes initiative, solves problems resourcefully, and thrives in dynamic environments
  • Process discipline – You understand that consistency drives results and can execute a repeatable qualification methodology with rigor
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (recent graduates and career changers welcome)
  • Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal – with the ability to build rapport quickly and ask insightful questions
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a desire to build something, not just execute a playbook
  • Competitive drive and resilience – you're motivated by targets and bounce back quickly from setbacks
  • A desire to build a career in B2B sales, using this role as a launching pad into Account Executive or specialized sales roles
  • Experience in Financial Services, SaaS, or B2B sales environments is a plus but not required – we'll teach you what you need to know

What's in it for you?

  • Competitive base salary+ uncapped commission with accelerators 
  • Clear career progression path – top performers typically advance to Account Executive or Outbound BDR roles within 12-18 months
  • Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing enablement – you'll receive world-class training on our products, industry, and sales methodology
  • Unlimited Time Off Policy – we prioritize work-life balance and understand peak performance requires rest and recharge
  • Hybrid work model requiring two days per week in office – fostering collaboration and relationship-building while maintaining flexibility
  • Annual learning budget to invest in your professional development
  • Exposure to senior stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, and Product – you'll learn the business from the inside out
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Company Health Care Plan
  • The opportunity to make an immediate impact – inbound pipeline drives significant revenue, and your work matters from day one

Benefits:

  • Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building
  • Unlimited Time Off Policy to promote work-life balance and well-being
  • Annual learning budget to support professional growth
  • Budget to set up your home office upon joining 
  • Enhanced parental leave and childcare benefits
  • Life insurance and medical coverage through BUPA, including pre-existing conditions
  • Pension contribution through The People's Pension

About us:

Our mission is to empower every business to eliminate financial crime. 

By harnessing AI, a unified platform, and an extensive partner ecosystem, we help customers turn compliance into a catalyst for growth, operational resilience, and enduring regulatory trust.

More than 3,000 enterprises across 75 countries rely on our end-to-end platform and the world’s most comprehensive financial crime risk intelligence. With full-stack agentic automation, we help organizations automate up to 95% of KYC, AML, and sanctions reviews, cut onboarding times by 50%, reduce false positives by 70%, and handle 7x more work with the same staff.

ComplyAdvantage is headquartered in London and has global hubs in New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and Cluj-Napoca. It is backed by Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Goldman Sachs, and Andreessen Horowitz. Learn more about compliance re-engineered for the age of AI at complyadvantage.com.

Benefits

Equity Compensation

Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building

Health Insurance

Life insurance and medical coverage through BUPA, including pre-existing conditions

Home Office Stipend

Budget to set up your home office upon joining

Learning Budget

Annual learning budget to invest in your professional development

Other Benefit

Company Pension Scheme

Paid Parental Leave

Enhanced parental leave and childcare benefits

Paid Time Off

Unlimited Time Off Policy – we prioritize work-life balance and understand peak performance requires rest and recharge

ComplyAdvantage builds AI-driven solutions focused on fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) risk management for the financial markets and regulated industries. Our platform automates compliance processes, helping businesses turn regulatory requirements into a strategic advantage while ensuring robust protection against financial crime. With a rapidly growing customer base of over 3,000 enterprises across 75 countries, we provide cutting-edge risk intelligence that empowers organizations to thrive in a complex compliance landscape.

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