Berkeley Credit
Business Development Executive, Bridging & Specialist Lending
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Business Development Executive, Bridging & Specialist Lending
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, competing 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 gain direct insight into how a specialist lending operation is built and run—from first enquiry to completion.
The Opportunity
This client-facing role is ideal for someone who wants to build a career in business development and origination within specialist property finance. Your focus will be on:
- Winning and managing broker and introducer relationships
- Owning the enquiry pipeline
- Moving live transactions through to completion
As the team is still small, the role is broad by design: alongside origination, you’ll support operations, day-to-day running, and systemic improvement—fitting your role to evolving business needs. This placement is perfect for an ambitious, commercially minded placement-year or recent graduate who wants real responsibility, variety, and early earning potential.
What You’ll Do
Primary Focus: Origination & Client Coverage
- Find new lending opportunities and build relationships with brokers, introducers and repeat borrowers
- Own and grow the enquiry pipeline, acting as the first point of contact for new business and ensuring live opportunity momentum
- Represent Berkeley Credit to brokers, borrowers and investors via phone, email and in-person interactions, confidently explaining the proposition
- Maintain an accurate CRM, keeping all relationships warm to avoid drop-offs
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Deal Management & Coordination
- Take ownership of deal files and coordinate between borrowers, brokers, solicitors, valuers and funding partners
- Track each case through to completion, producing correspondence, agreements, and supporting documentation
- Prepare investor and borrower-facing documents, presentations and reports
Wider Business Support
- Assist the founders and team in operational tasks as priorities shift
- Help build and refine records, systems, and processes, ensuring FCA-compliance
Analysis & Underwriting Support
- Support deal structuring and credit analysis on live transactions
- Develop and maintain cash-flow projections and IRR/return calculations in Excel to commercialise deals
Candidate Profile
We’re looking for:
- A commercially driven and relationship-focused individual with enthusiasm for introducers and winning business
- Highly adaptable, self-motivated, and prepared to reinvent the role as the business grows
- Excellent written and verbal communication, capable of persuasively engaging brokers, clients, and investors
- Proactive, resilient, and highly organised, able to multitask live cases and conversations efficiently
- Numerate and detail-oriented, with strong Excel skills and an understanding of how deals assemble commercially
- A passion for property finance, real estate, lending, or fintech
- Working towards, or having recently completed, a degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related discipline (flexible for strong commercial skills from alternate backgrounds)
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What You’ll Gain
- Uncapped commission, directly tied to your effort and effort
- Broad exposure across origination, deal management, operations and underwriting, rather than a narrow specialisation
- Direct mentorship from the founders, with real visibility into the specialist lending operations
- Your own built and owned network of broker and introducer relationships
- A clear career path towards Business Development Manager or origination-focused roles in specialist lending
- A portfolio of impactful work: deals you originated, relationships you mastered, and models you designed
How to Apply
Apply via LinkedIn or email your CV to admin@berkeleycredit.co.uk. Applications are reviewed rolling, so early submissions encouraged.
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