Account Executive, Funding Circle
Outbound
£38.4k
OTE
£30k
BASE
+ Share schemes
3 days a week in office
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Posted today
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Posted today
£38.4k
OTE
£30k
BASE
+ Share schemes
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the place where small businesses go to get the funding they need to win
Role
Who you are
- Experience working in a sales or service environment - we don’t require heaps of experience but some exposure to a sales or service environment is beneficial
- A strong communicator, confident to be able to engage with small business owners over the phone and via email
- Ability to continually develop and maintain your pipeline whilst managing applications in progress Proactivity and a desire to develop your career and taking onboard feedback - continuous development is a key part of sales at Funding Circle and we are looking for people keen to grow!
- We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- Our Account Executive role is the first step in your career within Sales @ Funding Circle
- Here you will learn the foundations of sales and account management starting with a tailored two week Sales Induction Programme on joining
- From there, you will be given the on-going tools and support to thrive in your role and eventually progress into more senior roles such as Account Manager, Business Development Executive all the way through to Sales Team Manager!
- Our Account Executive roles are phone based and are the first point of contact with our Borrowers; speaking with them frequently during their Funding Circle journey
- Every day you will speak to a diverse range of SME business owners to gain an understanding of their business, find out about their goals and explain how Funding Circle can help in achieving them
- Working with warm leads to generate new opportunities through business development of existing Funding Circle borrowers (c.60-80 dials per day)
- Establishing instant rapport with your customers via telephone & email to cultivate successful relationships
- Pitching the Funding Circle proposition against alternative funding options available
- Managing a high-volume, fast-paced pipeline; supporting your clients through each stage of creating an application
- Being responsible for your own monthly target and continuously developing & improving your approach to help you get there
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
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Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$105.2m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $377.7m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (discounted gym access)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business allowance when in the office
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Victoria Bradford-Hall (VP, People)
- At Funding Circle, we are on a mission to back small businesses like no other company has ever done before. To succeed, we need a team that reflects the diverse world of the customers we support. We are building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. We know our success is rooted in a culture where every Circler - regardless of background, identity, or experience - has the confidence to bring their whole self to work. In our fast-moving environment, we don't just "accept" diversity; we actively seek it out to help us spot opportunities and find a better way. We measure our success not just by what we achieve individually, but by the impact we have on others. Even if your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
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