Ryan
Graduate Business Development Executive
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Why Ryan?
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Business Connectivity Reimbursement (Phone/Internet)
- Gym Membership or Equipment Reimbursement
- LinkedIn Learning Subscription
- Flexible Work Environment
- Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
- Accelerated Career Path
- Award-Winning Culture & Community Outreach
Are you an ambitious graduate looking to build a career in business development? Do you enjoy speaking with people, building relationships, and working towards targets? If so, Ryan has an exciting opportunity to join our UK Property Tax team as a Graduate Business Development Executive.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your sales skills in a supportive, high-performing environment while helping businesses identify opportunities to reduce their business rates. You'll receive training, coaching, and ongoing development to build a successful career in business development and professional services.
About the Role
As a Graduate Business Development Executive, you'll play a key role in generating new business opportunities for our Commercial Property Consultants. You'll engage with prospective clients across a range of industries, identify decision-makers, understand their business needs, and arrange meetings where our consultants can demonstrate how Ryan may be able to help reduce their business rates. You'll become the first point of contact for many prospective clients, making a genuine impact on the growth of our UK Property Tax practice.
This position is located in MediaCity, Salford, UK.
Key Responsibilities
- Contact prospective clients via telephone, email, and LinkedIn.
- Identify key decision-makers within target organisations.
- Build rapport and establish strong relationships with prospective clients.
- Qualify opportunities by understanding client needs and challenges.
- Arrange face-to-face and Microsoft Teams meetings for Commercial Property Consultants.
- Present Ryan's services confidently using our proven sales methodology, including the IMPACT model and objection-handling techniques.
- Maintain an accurate sales pipeline using Delta CRM.
- Achieve or exceed individual sales targets and KPIs.
- Work closely with the wider sales and consulting teams to maximise business opportunities.
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Education and Experience
- A recent graduate (or equivalent) looking to start a career in sales or business development.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confident speaking with senior decision-makers over the phone and online.
- Self-motivated, resilient, and target-driven.
- Strong organisational skills with good attention to detail.
- A positive attitude and willingness to learn.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office and CRM systems (or keen to learn).
What You'll Gain
- Comprehensive sales training and ongoing coaching.
- Exposure to a global professional services organisation.
- The opportunity to develop consultative selling skills.
- Career progression within a growing business development function.
- A collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team environment.
- The chance to make a real contribution to the continued success of Ryan's UK Property Tax practice.
Why Join Ryan?
At Ryan, you'll join a business that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. You'll have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop valuable commercial skills, and build a rewarding career within a global organisation.
If you're ambitious, motivated, and ready to kick-start your career in business development, we'd love to hear from you.
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Ryan offers outstanding opportunities to work in a dynamic, rapidly expanding tax services firm serving the world’s most respected Global 5000 companies. Our innovative work environment, accelerated growth path for high performers, competitive benefits package, and outstanding earning potential provide the most rewarding career experience available in the industry.
Ryan employees are given the freedom to do their best work in the way they work best. With a clear understanding of expectations and accountabilities, our employees are given ownership of their time and flexibility to meet the demands of their professional and personal lives.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Ryan LLC (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
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Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Accommodation
Ryan, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination. It is our policy to take all employment actions and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy), affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, citizenship status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, disability, military status, status as a disabled or other protected veteran or any other protected status under applicable law. It is Ryan's policy to make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact our People Group at 972.934.0022 or peoplegroup@ryan.com if you are interested in applying and need assistance to submit your application, or if you are interested in a position and believe you may require a reasonable accommodation in order for you to perform its essential functions.
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