Why Ryan?
Are you an ambitious graduate looking to build a career in business development? Do you enjoy speaking with people, building relationships, and working towards targets? If so, Ryan has an exciting opportunity to join our UK Property Tax team as a Graduate Business Development Executive.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your sales skills in a supportive, high-performing environment while helping businesses identify opportunities to reduce their business rates. You'll receive training, coaching, and ongoing development to build a successful career in business development and professional services.
As a Graduate Business Development Executive, you'll play a key role in generating new business opportunities for our Commercial Property Consultants. You'll engage with prospective clients across a range of industries, identify decision-makers, understand their business needs, and arrange meetings where our consultants can demonstrate how Ryan may be able to help reduce their business rates.
You'll become the first point of contact for many prospective clients, making a genuine impact on the growth of our UK Property Tax practice.
This position is located in MediaCity, Salford, UK
Contact prospective clients via telephone, email, and LinkedIn.
Identify key decision-makers within target organisations.
Build rapport and establish strong relationships with prospective clients.
Qualify opportunities by understanding client needs and challenges.
Arrange face-to-face and Microsoft Teams meetings for Commercial Property Consultants.
Present Ryan's services confidently using our proven sales methodology, including the IMPACT model and objection-handling techniques.
Maintain an accurate sales pipeline using Delta CRM.
Achieve or exceed individual sales targets and KPIs.
Work closely with the wider sales and consulting teams to maximise business opportunities.
A recent graduate (or equivalent) looking to start a career in sales or business development.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Confident speaking with senior decision-makers over the phone and online.
Self-motivated, resilient, and target-driven.
Strong organisational skills with good attention to detail.
A positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Comfortable using Microsoft Office and CRM systems (or keen to learn).
Comprehensive sales training and ongoing coaching.
Exposure to a global professional services organisation.
The opportunity to develop consultative selling skills.
Career progression within a growing business development function.
A collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team environment.
The chance to make a real contribution to the continued success of Ryan's UK Property Tax practice.
At Ryan, you'll join a business that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. You'll have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop valuable commercial skills, and build a rewarding career within a global organisation.
If you're ambitious, motivated, and ready to kick-start your career in business development, we'd love to hear from you.
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Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Plano, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 6,500 professionals and associates serves over 77,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.
