Europe Business Development Associate (Frankfurt)
This is a great job for someone who is a fluent German speaker and understands the Continental European Distribution landscape, including institutional investors in the pension and insurance channel, discretionary fund management and private banking.
A bit about the job:
We are looking for a Business Development Associate to join our Continental European Distribution team. Based in Frankfurt/Main, you will be responsible for supporting our sales Directors in the development of new business and engaging directly with clients. The team is responsible for managing and developing relationships with institutional investors, discretionary wealth managers and global financial institutions. In this role you will acts as liaison between the sales teams and other areas of the business, coordinating responses to prospective client requests. You will take the lead in building new business opportunities through client research and fact finding. The roles also provides the opportunity to assist with event planning and post-event follow up, through logging clients and coordinating responses, and helping to monitor criteria for success. In addition to this, you will monitor and track prospective client activities, providing regular updates to the sales team.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
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Experience of working in business distribution.
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Solid understanding of public markets and investment products. Understanding of private markets an advantage.
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Ability to analyse client, market and regulatory trends. Proficient user of lead generation and sales management tools.
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Fluent in German, both written and spoken.
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Currently working towards IMC, CAIA or CFA, or desire to do so.
Aviva is for everyone:
We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.
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GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com
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