Business Development Officer (Abuja) needed at Meristem Securities Limited

Job Summary

• The Business Development Officer is responsible for the co-ordination and integration of the Group’s business development functions.

Job Details

• Coordinate all business development initiatives for the group.
• Accountable for business development across the group, on weekly basis.
• Prepare and deliver presentations/seminars to clients and prospects for business development purposes.
• Create sales and marketing strategies to generate new clients.
• Prospect and win new accounts for the Group.
• Seek opportunities for subsidiaries in each subsidiary’s business.
• Attend Business Development meetings of all subsidiaries.
• Give advisory support to all business units in the group.
• Coordinates the networking of the Group and business units with prospects, operators and regulators.
• Prepare weekly reports on business development and marketing activities.
• Consult with clients on the Group’s strategic products and services that are suitable for their needs.
• Track revenue generation in order to facilitate the achievement of the Group’s budget.
• Monitor decisions on business development and measure their impact.
• Build a strong and long-term relationship with clients.
• Establish a network of referrals.
• Examine business patterns, evaluate the fiscal statements, and assess potential competitors for clients’ businesses.
• Prepare business plans and suggest suitable business solutions to clients.
• Perform all other functions connected to business activities as may be directed by the management.
• Any other assignment as may be assigned by your supervisor

Requirements

Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.

Skills/Knowledge
Attributes
Leadership

• Ability to influence others to do what is to be done.
• Must possess good listening skills.
• Must be fair, goal-oriented, responsible and skilled.
• Must be a good director of affairs both human and material.
• Must be able to evaluate others.
• Must be charismatic

Proactive decision-maker

• Ability to look beyond the obvious/routine.
• Ability to see what others cannot see.
• Ability to seek a richer set of alternatives.
• Ability to question assumptions.
• Ability to proactively measure performance.

Self-starter

• Must be an energetic person with unusual initiative.
• Must be resilient

Sound ethics and integrity.

• Must be discernibly honest and of consistent upright character.
• Must be ethical i.e. must follow the ideals and responsibilities of the banking industry as set out in the code of ethics guiding operations and operators in the industry.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role in the financial services industry.