Business Development Officer at a Business and Financial Consulting Company - Hub of Arete

Hub of Arete - Our client is a business and financial consulting company that provide financial and business services to her clients ranging from business advisory and development, business planning and financial analysis, accounting and tax consulting, and website and application development amongst others. Our goal is to be the most reliable and trustworthy business advisor in Africa, by offering best-in-class solutions to our client’s business needs. We hold a few values as our guiding principles in our operations such as integrity, accountability and innovation. We believe in giving our clients the best obtainable service and strive to achieve it.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We require your services to help develop strategic measures for growing the market value of the company, providing go to market strategy as well as gathering feedback from clients on areas of improvement for the brand.
• As a Business Development Officer, you will be responsible for the identification of business growth opportunities and the development of strategies that will increase the company’s sales.
• You will be expected to analyze the current customer base, increase efficiency and profitability and formulate go-to-market strategies effective for the company’s service.

Job Responsibilities
Marketing Strategy:

• Support the Firm’s Marketing Committee in the creation and execution of the Company’s marketing Strategic Plans.
• Contribute to the development of business plans and work with Partners and Practice group heads to execute business development initiatives.
• Support the company’s digital marketing team in the protection and sales of the company’s brand.
• Monitor competitor activity, client and company, sector and geographic trends, draw conclusions, assess implications and prepare marketing and research reports.

Lead Generation:

• Identify new and follow up business opportunities for the company.
• Manage the pitch/proposal development process from start to finish.
• Identify or create client/prospect outreach development tools such as one-on-one meetings, seminars and speaking engagements, events, sponsorships, client alerts, newsletters, fact sheets and other direct client communications.
• Develop, tailor and deliver content for RFPs/pitches and client presentations.

Publicity:

• Oversee the development and printing of all marketing collateral.
• Ensure the Company’s website is up to date, fully functional and representative of the Firm’s brand.
• Manage the Company’s social media channels including engagement, postings and analytics
• Identify opportunities for thought leadership and other marketing and campaign ideas to increase brand awareness within the practices
• Develop and implement BD plans that take the firm’s synergies and cross-selling opportunities into consideration.

Client Management:

• Collect, monitor feedback and maintain a high degree of client satisfaction.
• Participate in matter review meetings to identify and track opportunities for improving client satisfaction.

BD Administration:

• Assist with assessing/recommending priorities for BD plans / budget, track budgets throughout the year and make recommendations to optimize limited resources.
• Manage all business development processes and procedures.

Our Ideal Person

• Has a Degree - B.Sc / HND would be ideal.
• 3 years of experience doing business development/sales would be a perfect fit for the role.
• You pay strong attention to detail; no minute detail is lost.
• You don’t see problems; you think of solutions on your feet.
• People love you; they are willing to listen to you at any point.
• Sellingis not your problem, “you can ice to Eskimo”
• You are willing to research and acquire knowledge; you know your market well and can generate results.
• You always work to get the best end of the deal. Life for you is a win-win situation.

Salary
N150,000 - N200,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
25th May, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Applications to: recruitment.hubofarete@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.