Business Development Associate

Description Are you an over achiever?
Are you passionate about building relationships?
Are you interested in an opportunity that offers working with professionals in a professional environment that allows for uncapped income potential?

If you answered 'yes' to these questions, there is an opportunity with General Ledger Resources awaiting you.

General Ledger Resources is a boutique, finance and accounting  professional services firm with practice areas in consulting solutions and search & placement. Founded in 2003, the company has a regional Southern California reach and a seasoned team with over 50 years of combined experience in the local market. Our firm has been recognized two years in a row by Inc. 5000 and the San Diego Business Journal as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in San Diego.

Our opportunity includes a combination of business development with corporate hiring managers and building relationships with the top 10% of finance and accounting candidates in our market. On a daily basis, this involves:

New Business Development: coupling outbound prospecting calls and in person meetings with finance and accounting executives, this is the number one and most crucial portion of this position. The goal is to identify project and interim staffing needs within corporate Finance and Accounting departments and providing managers with the proper candidate and/or solution to resolve the need.

Recruiting: meeting 3 to 4 new candidates per week, establishing relationships with them, and evaluating their backgrounds.

Being successful in this role will require an individual to be consultative in their sales approach, keeping abreast of trends in the industry, having a well conceived daily plan and to be organized in their approach to the market. 


 

Requirements The skills and experience necessary for this role include: 

Minimum of 2+ years of outside sales experience in a metrics oriented sales organization.
Strong written and verbal communications skills, particularly listening skills are a must.
Experience creating and implementing marketing plans in a sales role.
Accounting and Finance technical knowledge and/or working experience in this field would be preferred along with a degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.