Business Development Associate, Business Banking

AnaVation LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business bank in London seeks a Business Development Associate to support commercial growth strategy. You will engage directly with business leaders, acquire new clients, and collaborate with marketing teams. Ideal candidates have 1-3 years in sales and a proactive mindset. Attractive perks include equity, 25 days holiday, and medical insurance. Join a dynamic team focused on redefining business banking for high-growth companies.

Benefits

Equity

25 days holiday

Personalized benefits

Subsidised Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing and social events

In-house Barista Bar

Volunteering time off

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in Sales or Business Development.
• Proven track record of exceeding sales KPIs.
• Start-up mindset, adaptable, and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Banking's commercial growth team.
• Acquire new business banking customers through outbound calls and events.
• Work with Marketing to identify opportunities and structures.

Skills

Sales development

Business Development

CRM proficiency

Cold calling

Data structuring

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

At OakNorth, we’re on a mission to empower the UK’s most ambitious businesses. Since 2015, we’ve lent over $18 billion across the UK and US, helped create more than 58,000 new homes and 36,000 new jobs, and supported hundreds of thousands of personal savers — all while fuelling the UK economy.

Team Mission 🚀

We’re now looking for a Business Development Associate to join our Business Banking team, five days a week in London. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in our commercial growth strategy – working directly with founders, CFOs, and finance teams to help them discover how OakNorth can simplify complexity, unlock capital, and give them the tools they need to reach their next big milestone.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, and want to be part of a team that’s redefining what business banking should look like for high-growth companies, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Banking commercial growth team, from origination to in‑life management of OakNorth Business Banking customers
• Proactively acquire new business banking customers through a variety of channels including outbound calls and emails, responding to inbound enquiries, inviting prospects and existing customers to exclusive events, and driving ongoing engagement and account management with businesses in the OakNorth ecosystem
• Work with the Marketing and Commercial teams to identify opportunities, structure data, build processes and automation to increase productivity and relevance to our ICP
• Contribute to ad‑hoc duties and projects as determined from time to time by members of the management team
• Work cross‑functionally with other relevant business departments by communicating valuable customer feedback and keeping them informed of customer issues and successes

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in a Sales, Business Development Associate, or Sales Development Representative role (preferably in Fintech, B2B, or SaaS)
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales development KPIs
• Comfortable with cold calling and confident engaging senior stakeholders, including decision‑makers and founders
• Self‑starter with the ability to work independently — this is the first hire into the team with plans for growth
• A start‑up mindset: coachable, adaptable, proactive, and energized by a fast‑paced, evolving environment
• Able to deliver high‑quality work under pressure and within deadlines
• Comfortable using CRM and telephony systems; proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Eager to be part of one of the best‑performing commercial banks globally and build a rewarding career
• An undergraduate degree or higher is preferred but not required

Benefits & Perks

• Equity. We want people to have a stake in the business so that all our interests are aligned.
• 25 days holiday
• Personalized benefits – opt‑in to what matters to you
• Subsidised Private Medical Insurance with Bupa
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Wellbeing and social events
• In‑house Barista Bar in London office
• Support causes that matter to you – Volunteering time off
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to work, nursery, gym, electric car scheme)