Forward Financing has been one of the fastest-growing Fintech companies in Boston for the past three years, as recognized by Boston Business Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Deloitte's Fast 500. Our mission is to be the leading provider of alternative financing solutions to under-served small businesses. We accomplish this by investing in our people, our technology, and our customer experience with long-term success in mind. We are proud to be named to Boston Business Journal's Best Places to Work in 2020.
Your role as Sales Coordinator will be to help push deals across the finish line by quickly learning our industry and process. You will be the point person to keep the wheels of the group moving. You will collaborate closely with Account Managers to work with our partners and other internal teams on making sure we have all required sales documents to complete a deal.
In this role you will:
- Manage the flow of deal requirements and help to keep the sales pipeline moving along in a timely manner.
- Respond quickly to sales partners to make sure that the group is maximizing new business opportunities.
- Support the sales team with administrative tasks such as reporting, with the goal of enabling better outcomes.
- Problem solve with internal teams to figure out opportunities for process improvement.
- Talk directly to sales partners as needed to discuss deal details.
- Build strong relationships within the sales team and across the company.
About You:
- Passionate: You love what you do, and you have a positive attitude. You care about your teammates and the results of your work while demonstrating humility.
- Coachable: Open to feedback and continual professional improvement. Flexible and adaptable
- Communicator: Speaks and writes clearly and articulately and likes to build strong relationships. Openly listens to learn and shows appreciation for other points of view.
- High Standards: Quality orientation. Follow through on commitments. A doer who gets things done
- Efficient: Producing significant output with minimal wasted effort, organized planning and prioritization.
- Proactive: Self-starter who appropriately tackles problems and gets stuff done without the need for constant oversight. Continually seeks additional responsibilities while asking for, and acting on, feedback.
- Collaborative: Approaches work with a people first attitude and is a team player. Able to engage in healthy and helpful conflict.
- Emotional Intelligence: high degree of self-awareness. Handles interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. Exercises good judgement while under pressure.
- Competitive: Strong desire to win both as an individual and team. Exhibit tenacity, boldness, assertiveness in demanding jobs/situations.
- Persuasive: Ability to convince others to pursue a course of action.
Requirements:
- Six months to one year of professional experience and an interest in sales.
- Bachelors degree required.
- Proactive, strong communication skills, ability to prioritize.
- Ability to learn quickly and a desire to grow within a sales organization.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Top notch phone etiquette -- working with internal and external partners.
About Us:
Forward Financing is a Boston-based financial technology company that provides fast, flexible, and reliable capital to small businesses nationwide. By combining proprietary technology with a team of small business financing experts, Forward Financing delivers same day funding with the speed and simplicity business owners need to succeed and grow.
Since 2012, Forward Financing has provided over $750 million in financing to more than 20,000 small businesses. Consistently recognized as an industry leader, the company is A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau and receives top ratings across all major customer review platforms. Since 2017, Forward Financing has been named by Inc. Magazine and the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing companies in Massachusetts.
We are a diverse and driven group of over 90 people, located in the heart of Bostons Financial District. Our employees come to work knowing they are helping thousands of small businesses while advancing their own careers. If this sounds like something youd like to be a part of, learn more at www.forwardfinancing.com
Compensation:
At Forward Financing, we believe that if our company succeeds, all of our employees succeed too. We offer a competitive compensation package for highly qualified candidates that are extremely motivated, have a positive attitude, and are able to ramp up quickly. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and commuter benefits along with gym reimbursement, 401K, paid volunteering days and a matching gift program.
