Senior Bus. Dev. Exec – RFP recruitment

Principal accountabilities:

• Respond to RFPs/RFIs and DDQs: Complete accurate, timely, high quality submissions in response to requests from prospective/existing clients and consultants. Review work of other team members.

• Product specialisation: Build on existing product knowledge and work with other areas of the business to improve written product content. Take the lead on RFPs in specialist areas eg Fixed Income or LDI, as required by the business.

• Respond to general enquiries: Respond to general enquiries for information and data from internal and external clients.

• Maintain RFP database: Support the business development RFP executive in ensuring that records are current and relevant on Sant Suite vs.9.

• Consultant databases, Standard RFPs, RFP supporting information: Support the business development RFP executive in maintaining and reviewing databases and standard documents on a periodic and ad hoc basis as well as create new product profiles as appropriate.

• Maintain central sources of information: Ensure that the team adheres to good standards in maintaining centrally held folders to support RFP work.

• Relationship management: Build good working relationships with the client account management team, consultant relations, data, product specialists, sales, marketing services and other key teams within the wider business.

• Team responsibilities: Work with team members to support work, flow, contribute to key projects, support ad hoc tasks.

Profile of ideal candidate

This job is for an RFP writer with strong RFP writing experience at an institutional asset manager. The role holder must have the following skills:

•        Excellent attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple tasks to fixed deadlines both for themselves and for others.

•        Strong coordination skills and the ability to manage expectations across business sponsors and product specialist/front office, as well as other parties contriutint to the RFP process and content.

•        Direct experience of writing RFPs for a broad range of asset classes, or demonstrable knowledge in Index, Fixed Income and/or LDI.

•        Excellent writing skills and the ability to translate investment concepts into text to be used in new business tenders.

•        Confidence and the ability to take the initiative while being a team player.

•        Good team player and also capable of showing initiative and working with limited management.


Qualifications/work experience

• Significant RFP writing experience at an institutional asset manager.

• Intermediate skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.

• Good knowledge of using RFP databases eg. Pragmatech RFP Machine/Express or Sant Suite vs9.

• IMC or equivalent preferred.