National Loan Exchange, Inc. (NLEX) is a specialized loan sale advisory firm serving various financial entities. They are seeking a Business Development & Sales Enablement Associate to support the sales team by increasing prospecting activity, improving follow-up, and preparing for client conversations.
Responsibilities
- Research prospective sellers, buyers, lenders, financial institutions, fintech companies, and other market participants using LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, CRM data, conference lists, public sources, and internal resources
- Assist with cold-call and email outreach campaigns, including list building, message preparation, follow-up tracking, and cadence management
- Schedule introductory meetings, conference follow-ups, market update calls, and prospect calls for senior sales team members
- Prepare prospect summaries, call notes, follow-up materials, and client-specific background information
- Maintain account plans, cadence plans, and follow-up reminders for priority prospects and existing clients
- Track sales timing items, including flow expirations, renewal opportunities, conference follow-ups, and re-engagement opportunities
- Review and organize sales materials, seller surveys, data review materials, offering documents, and pitch materials
- Improve CRM hygiene, pipeline tracking, activity documentation, and follow-up discipline
- Coordinate with sales, operations, compliance, and marketing to keep materials and communications accurate, professional, and timely
- Contribute to sales tools such as call scripts, outreach templates, discovery questions, objection responses, prospect lists, and follow-up templates
Skills
- Strong communication skills, including professional writing and phone/email etiquette
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, follow-ups, and deadlines
- Comfortable conducting online research and synthesizing it into useful summaries
- Interest in sales, business development, financial services, fintech, banking, consumer lending, receivables, or debt buying
- Attention to detail when reviewing documents, data, and client-facing materials
- Comfort using CRM systems, Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, LinkedIn, and similar tools
- Professional judgment and the ability to operate in a compliance-sensitive environment
- Self-motivated, coachable, and eager to learn a specialized industry
- 1–3 years in sales support, business development, sales development, inside sales, customer success, financial services, operations, marketing, or a related role
- Experience with prospecting, cold outreach, meeting setting, CRM updates, or sales coordination
- Familiarity with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar platforms
- Experience in banking, lending, collections, receivables management, fintech, or debt buying is a plus but not required
- Prior experience reviewing business documents, sales materials, survey responses, or data files is helpful
Benefits
- NLEX offers a competitive benefits package including health coverage, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
Company Overview
National Loan Exchange, Inc. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Edwardsville, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.nlex.com/.