BDM - Finance

Business Development Manager

Financial Services
📍 Bristol or London (hybrid)
🔒 Exclusive opportunity

We're exclusively partnered with a leading international law firm to recruit a Business Development Manager into its Financial Services practice.

This is a high-profile role within a collaborative, partner-led firm with a strong international footprint and a reputation for genuinely strategic, high-quality business development.

The role

Working closely with partners and senior fee earners, you'll act as a trusted BD advisor across both strategy and delivery, with real visibility and influence across the practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering day-to-day business development and marketing support to Financial Services teams

• Driving practice planning, campaigns and profile-raising initiatives

• Leading and supporting pitches, proposals and tenders

• Supporting client development and key client programmes

• Collaborating with international BD colleagues on cross-border opportunities

About you

• Experienced BD professional, ideally from legal or professional services

• Confident partnering with senior stakeholders and able to provide effective challenge

• Commercial, organised and solutions-focused

• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Why apply?

• Work with a market-leading Financial Services practice

• Genuine scope to influence BD strategy, not just execute

• Inclusive, non-hierarchical culture with strong investment in development

• Hybrid working with flexibility to be based in Bristol or London

📌 This role is being recruited on an exclusive basis.
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