Business Development Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Business Development Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 100% of Business Development job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
100%
lead generation
38%
sales
25%
new client acquisitions
25%
networking
25%
fintech
25%
b2b sales
25%
asset based finance
25%
negotiation
25%
finance
25%
account management
25%
b2b
25%
cold calling
13%
loans
13%
lending
13%
bridging
13%
bdms
13%
marketing
13%
deal origination
13%
brand management
13%
life insurance
13%
intermediary
13%
btl
13%
financial services
13%
mortgage brokers
13%
mortgage lending
13%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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