Role Purpose:

Main Accountabilities:

1. Sector Strategy & Portfolio Management

• Execute the full sector strategy across origination, credit, pricing, and risk management.
• Own national sector performance, including sales budget delivery, book growth, and profitability.
• Collaborate with regional heads to develop, manage, and grow the sector portfolio.
• Provide sector-level reporting across all major performance indicators.
• Lead solution design to position the organisation as the preferred funder in the sector.

2. Origination & Deal Support

• Support national and regional teams in deal origination, structuring, and closing.
• Ensure supplier relationships effectively contribute to new-business generation across all regions.
• Share sector insights, market knowledge, and sales best practices to uplift internal capabilities.
• Manage and expand key national supplier relationships to maximise business opportunities
• Identify, establish and nurture supplier partnerships to strengthen regional origination efforts

3. Sales Activity & Cadence (For national mining and construction team)

• Ensure sales pipeline equals 300% of monthly sales budget; work-in-progress equals 500%.
• Oversee submission of required credit applications by team members.
• Monitor supplier and client meeting activity (minimum 20 per month via CRM).
• Identify and record cross-selling opportunities (minimum 2 per month via CRM).

4. Sales Support & Enablement

• Streamline administrative processes to improve sales team efficiency.
• Develop and maintain sales enablement tools and content.
• Proactively identify and resolve sales process bottlenecks.
• Support lead qualification and prioritization to enhance conversion rates.

5. Team Leadership & Development

• Foster collaboration and support within the sales team.
• Promote accountability for team outcomes and performance.
• Coach team members to improve sales skills and results.
• Build a positive and motivating team culture to drive engagement and success.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualification or industry certification (advantageous).

Experience:

• Minimum 5–7 years in sales or business development, preferably within asset finance or corporate sales.
• Proven track record in originating, structuring, and executing lending transactions within a financial services or specialist lending environment.
• Strong experience in credit analysis, deal structuring, and risk assessment related to asset-backed finance.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage client, OEM, supplier, and intermediary relationships within the relevant sectors.
• Experience in managing or overseeing a lending portfolio, including monitoring performance, arrears, and restructuring where required.
• Prior leadership or sector management experience within a banking, asset finance, or commercial lending environment would be advantageous.

Skills:

• Business Development and Origination
• Sector-specific industry knowledge (Mining and Construction)
• Financial analysis and credit assessment
• Deal structuring and complex transaction management
• Portfolio management and performance monitoring
• Asset-based finance structuring
• Market and sector analysis
• Contract and commercial negotiation
• Strategic sales and business development
• Financial modelling and profitability analysis
• Pipeline and opportunity management

Competencies:

• Strategic leadership and sector direction setting
• Commercial judgement and business acumen
• Client and stakeholder relationship management
• Negotiation and influencing capability
• Decision making and problem solving in complex environments
• Results orientation and growth mindset
• Team leadership and people development
• Cross-functional collaboration and alignment
• Accountability and ownership
• Risk awareness and governance discipline