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Financial Services firms - including Insurers, Banks, Building Societies, Fintechs, and Wealth & Asset Managers - represent some of the most dynamic and impactful enterprises in the UK market. The Northern region in particular is recognised as a national engine for growth, innovation and opportunity, with FS organisations and regulators increasingly enhancing their presence outside of London and into the Regions. In this role you will be facing into that market on behalf of the firm, understanding businesses’ challenges and strategies, convening client contacts with KPMG professionals, and bringing a creative and entrepreneurial mindset to join the dots within our firm in order to deliver solutions of real value.\nMarkets information\nThe FS Regional market in KPMG has seen double-digital growth in the last year, which is higher than the FS portfolio overall. The Northern role covers the North-East and North-West Hubs - primarily Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool - but also will include parts of the wider regions including the Midlands and Scotland. The Business Development Senior Manager will contribute to the central ‘Go To Market’ structure of sector focus that supports efforts across the Regional market (excluding London). We have significant presence in each of the northern hubs, and each are home to a portfolio of targets and clients both with established accounts coverage and areas of significant untapped potential.\nRole and Responsibilities\nOur BD teams engage on a daily basis with clients from pre-revenue start-up to multi-billion pound businesses. The team meets with contacts across the C-Suite and below to understand client focus areas, introduce KPMG’s expertise and ultimately generate new revenue for the firm. 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You will develop your own network and relationships at the clients, understand their issues and, from that, develop solutions and drive revenue.\nKey internal stakeholders will be the Head of Regional FS, Capability Leads, Client Lead Partners and Markets Partners, Head of Regions, Office Senior Partners in region, the business development community and colleagues across all of KPMG’s capabilities.\nClient relationships\nDedicate 70-80% of time ‘in the market’ with clients, identifying and gathering information on new client issues and opportunities, and introducing KPMG expertise accordingly \nLead development of those relationships where KPMG has no existing relationship, introducing and supporting connections for specialists to then win work\nDeepen and broaden relationships at existing accounts to drive service line penetration\nCo-ordinate client relationship events and deliver return on investment through deepened relationships and increased opportunities\nIdentify and build relationships with regional influencers: raising your profile with key businesses and multipliers, including sector specialists, local authorities, trade bodies, etc \nDevelop peer relationships with client senior management, and together with the sector lead/CLP build Board and ExCo level relationships\nSales excellence\nWork with the Head of FS Regions, capability leads and senior partners, to create and execute on a focused targeting plan to develop relationships and optimise revenues\nAct as a focal point for selling new propositions, working closely with the Sector Lead to drive specific agreed topics across the Sector\nActively seek opportunities to add more value to the client, through cross-functional solutions\nUnderstand KPMG’s approach to managing the sales pipeline and converting opportunities \nWork with capability teams to develop effective, compelling propositions to meet clients’ needs, tailored to the regional clients in this sector\nDeploy rigorous sales processes, pricing, contracting and negotiation to support conversion \nLead on account strategies, planning processes, client service meetings, client service reviews etc and ensure actions are completed\nTake accountability for specific accounts in the region, and establish sales teams as needed\nEnsure CRM and pipeline management systems are kept up to date \nManage tenders and the pitch process, providing challenge and support. 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