Business Development Executive at CFO Insights

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can take on responsibility from day one? Do you want to be part of an ambitious, entrepreneurial team? And are you excited about building a successful career in sales?

CFO Insights is Northern Europe’s largest CFO forum and aims to connect and develop CFOs, finance leaders, and tomorrow's innovators by addressing the issues of the future CFO. We are connecting more than 11,000 professionals from more than 15 countries.

CFO Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

Your mission will be to drive revenue by selling delegate passes to senior professionals attending our international conferences.

You will:

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  Drive new business: Proactively reach out to prospective delegates and convert them into paying attendees.

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  Own your targets: Take responsibility for ambitious monthly revenue goals and work towards exceeding them.

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  Execute high-volume outreach: Make 50+ calls per day, generating qualified sales opportunities and proposals.

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  Manage your pipeline: Own prospects from first conversation through follow-up, proposal and close.

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  Become an expert: Build a strong understanding of our conferences, audiences and industries so you can sell with confidence.

Most importantly, you want to sell. You enjoy speaking with people, working towards ambitious targets and the feeling of turning an opportunity into a closed deal.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• At least 1 year of B2B sales experience, ideally involving outbound prospecting, new business or a high-volume sales environment.

• Drive & ambition: You are highly motivated, competitive and want to perform at a high level.

• Commercial mindset: You are energised by targets, revenue and the opportunity to directly influence your earnings.

• Resilience: You are comfortable with outbound activity and have the persistence to keep going when you hear "no".

• Strong communication skills: You are confident speaking with new people and can build rapport quickly.

• Ownership: You take responsibility for your targets, pipeline and follow-ups.

• Growth mindset: You actively seek feedback and continuously look for ways to improve.

We welcome applications from recent graduates and early-career professionals, provided you have at least one year of B2B sales experience and can demonstrate the drive, communication skills and competitive mindset needed to succeed in a high-performance sales environment.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Monday–Friday, we work from our WeWork office in Victoria, London. Due to the collaborative nature of our work, we do not offer remote work.

You must have the right to work in the UK.