Business Development Officer

About this role

The role is for a Business Development Officer in Lagos (Ikeja area) working full-time for The Lenders Limited, a financial services firm offering loans, savings, investments and related products. The position focuses on acquiring new customers, promoting loan products, and maintaining relationships to drive sales and retention. The company emphasises professional practices, technology, and partnerships to support its financial offerings. The role includes conversion of leads and managing loan applications through to disbursement, while monitoring credit risk and ensuring compliance with documentation and reporting requirements.

What you would do

• Follow up on leads, loan applications, approvals and pending disbursements to improve conversion rates
• Build strong customer relationships to encourage retention, repeat business and referrals
• Maintain accurate sales trackers and submit regular performance reports
• Support repayment follow-ups and report overdue accounts promptly
• Assess customers' businesses and repayment capacity and escalate potential credit risks
• Acquire new customers including SMEs, traders, business owners and salary earners
• Market and promote the company's loan products to meet targets (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Collect and verify customer information and required loan documentation
• Generate leads through cold calls, field marketing, referrals, networking and partnerships
• Monitor KPIs including new customer acquisition, retention, timely reports, loan quality and disbursement targets

What they are asking for

• Not stated in the advert

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