Berkeley Credit
Business Development Executive, Bridging & Specialist Lending
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Business Development Executive, Bridging & Specialist Lending
London · Full time, in person · 12-month fixed term (placement year or graduate) · £27,000 plus commission
About us
Berkeley Credit is a fast-growing, FCA-regulated specialist bridging lender and deal originator. We connect borrowers with a panel of private, family-office and institutional capital, and we compete on speed, certainty and service. As an early-stage business with a small senior team, the successful candidate will work closely with the founders and see exactly how a specialist lending operation is built and run, from first enquiry to completion.
The opportunity
This is a client-facing role for someone who wants to build a career in business development and origination within specialist property finance. The focus is on winning and managing broker and introducer relationships, owning the enquiry pipeline, and moving live transactions through to completion. Because the firm is still small, the role is broad by design: alongside origination, you will pitch in across operations and the day-to-day running of the business as priorities shift. It will suit an ambitious, commercially minded placement-year or recent-graduate candidate who wants real responsibility, variety and earning potential early in their career.
What you'll do
Origination and client coverage (primary focus)
- Find new lending opportunities and build relationships with brokers, introducers and repeat borrowers
- Own and grow the enquiry pipeline, acting as first point of contact for new business and keeping every live opportunity moving
- Represent Berkeley Credit to brokers, borrowers and investors by phone, email and in person, and explain our proposition with confidence
- Keep the CRM accurate and every relationship warm, so nothing slips through
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Deal management and coordination
- Take ownership of deal files and coordinate between borrowers, brokers, solicitors, valuers and funding partners as transactions progress
- Track each case through to completion, preparing and formatting correspondence, agreements and supporting documents
- Prepare investor and borrower-facing documents, presentations and reports
Wider business support
- Support the founders and team across operational tasks as the business needs
- Help build and tidy the records, systems and processes of a growing regulated lender, keeping everything in line with FCA standards
Analysis and underwriting support
- Support deal structuring and credit analysis on live transactions
- Build and maintain cash-flow projections and IRR/return calculations in Excel to frame deals commercially
Candidate profile
- Commercially driven and relationship-led, with real enthusiasm for building rapport and winning business
- Adaptable and self-motivated, happy to turn your hand to whatever the day needs in a small team
- Excellent written and verbal communication, confident in dealing with brokers, clients and investors
- Proactive, resilient and well organised, able to manage several live cases and conversations at once
- Numerate and detail-focused, with strong Excel skills and a good feel for how a deal fits together
- A real interest in property finance, real estate, lending or fintech
- Working towards, or recently finished, a degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related subject. Strong candidates from other backgrounds who can show commercial drive are welcome too
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What you'll gain
- Uncapped commission, with a direct link between your effort and your earnings
- Broad experience across origination, deal management, operations and underwriting, rather than one narrow lane
- Direct mentorship from the founders and end-to-end exposure to how a specialist lender operates
- Your own network of broker and introducer relationships, built and owned over the placement
- A clear route towards a Business Development Manager or origination career in specialist lending
- A real portfolio of work: deals you helped win and complete, relationships you managed, and models you built
How to apply
Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to admin@berkeleycredit.co.uk. We review on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
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