As a Business Development Executive within our Deals and Business Consulting team you will:

• Engage with cold businesses through a variety of campaigns to secure a fixed number of opportunities each quarter for the firm’s industry and service line teams.
• Work with industry heads, stakeholders and their teams to build and execute bespoke go-to-market campaigns.
• Research, identify and build target lists of businesses in-line with stakeholder’s go-to-market plans and commercial goals.
• Attend bi-weekly industry calls to share market insights and provide results and feedback from campaigns with suggestions for future go to market activity.
• Maintain accurate records of activity on the firms CRM.

Requirements

• Experience working in an origination, business development or sales role, preferably with a large organisation.
• Experience with engaging cold businesses via phone and email to secure opportunities.
• Experience of working directly with stakeholders and their teams within a large organisation.
• Experience with building and managing a variety of go-to-market campaigns.
• Experience with target research and managing data within a CRM.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with cold businesses through a variety of campaigns to secure a fixed number of opportunities each quarter for the firm’s industry and service line teams.
• Working with industry heads, stakeholders and their teams to build and execute bespoke go-to-market campaigns.
• Researching, identifying and building target lists of businesses in-line with stakeholder’s go-to-market plans and commercial goals.
• Attending bi-weekly industry calls to share market insights and provide results and feedback from campaigns with suggestions for future go to market activity.
• Maintaining accurate records of activity on the firms CRM.

Benefits

• Flexible working options are available, including reduced hours and job shares.
• Support to balance work and life.
• Opportunities to contribute to secondments, fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton.

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values – Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.