Business Finance Specialist - Lead Generation

Department: Partner Credit Services

About Tide

At Tide, we are building a finance & admin platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Launched in 2017, Tide is now the leading business financial platform in the UK with 575,000 SME members (10% market share) and more than 250,000 SMEs in India. Headquartered in London, Tide has over 1,800 Tideans across the UK, Bulgaria, India, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine and Germany. 

Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.

About the role

• Ideally you have experience of Commercial Finance or at least experience in a customer facing sales role
• Experience working in a 360 sales role and/or outbound prospecting experience
• You will be able to demonstrate a track record of successfully meeting and exceeding revenue based targets
• You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• You will be able to demonstrate a results-oriented work ethic with impeccable attention to detail, determination and drive
• You’ll be obsessive about delivering the highest level of customer service

• You will be extremely well organised and analytical and work well under pressure
• You can troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively
• You will be able to engage and quickly establish strong working relationships
• You’re a self-starter who doesn’t wait for instruction, and who works backwards from targets to ensure effective execution.

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Business Finance Specialist (Commercial Finance Broker) to join our Sales Team and help as many customers as possible access the right finance, through effective conversations - Taking the time to understand about the businesses you engage with (how they work, growth plans, challenges, their experience of finance so far) and understanding customers’ finance needs and effectively matching them to the best product and lender that meets their need…. giving every customer a 5 Star experience whether successful or not, through our sheer professionalism and mind-blowing standard of customer service.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Contact, engage and manage our Small Business customers through their application process
• Build and nurture working relationships with our commercial lending partners 
• Become confident in articulating the Funding Options proposition and service
• Outbound prospect customers from our CRM
• Working closely with our Lead Generation team, including providing feedback and advice where appropriate
• Building on your knowledge of business finance, and gaining an in-depth understanding of the wide variety of lenders and products in the market
• Confidently articulating the different finance options available to customers across multiple business finance product classes
• Maintaining accurate, up-to-date information on any prospects that you speak with (in Salesforce)
• Monitoring and identify trends whilst adding new or enhanced customer profile information into Salesforce
• Keeping up to date on industry trends, market & competition.
• Actively share stories and successes to the wider organisation through relevant comms channels.

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary
• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 15 days of Privilege leaves
• 12 days of Casual leaves
• 12 days of Sick leaves
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities 

Tide is a place for everyone

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives. 

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.