Proposal Manager at Apex Group

• We are looking for a Proposal Manager to join the global Proposal Management Team, reporting directly to the Head of Proposal Management in the UK. The successful candidate will be joining a global team that delivers professional and client-centric proposals and presentations for strategic or high-value opportunities.
• The vision of the Proposal Management Team is to provide resources, tools, and quality responses, helping deliver high-quality proposals efficiently and faster, whilst being a Centre of Excellence for proposal management.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales to ensure proposals/presentations are tailored to the client’s culture, values, language, strategy, and requirements.
• Managing the global deal team using project management disciplines to ensure quality responses for proposals are delivered in line with the global proposal process.
• Cross-functional collaboration with deal teams to manage the timely completion of deliverables within the agreed client deadline.
• Join client-facing scoping calls/discussions to help fully understand client requirements.
• Leveraging knowledge and insights gained from proposals and presentations to optimise the value creation generated by the global Proposal Management Team.
• Sharing feedback from the deal team with the Head of Proposal Management, helping generate ideas to further enhance business and/or sales processes.
• Responsible for ongoing enrichment of responses in the global proposal library and enhancing the professional output of proposals and presentations.
• Regular knowledge enhancement of products and services within the Apex Group and understanding of commercial trends. 
• Contributions to the ongoing improvement of the global Proposal Management Team, reinforcing the global center of excellence for proposal management  

Skills Required

• 1-3 years of financial services experience in a proposal management role or similar function within the industry.
• Knowledge of various fund structures i.e. open-ended and closed-ended funds.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple workstreams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Good interpersonal and written communication skills and writing skills would be beneficial.
• English speaker and additional languages would be beneficial.
• Planning and organization skills, including certification that would be beneficial i.e. PRINCE 2, and APMP.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience in using proposal software (Responsive, Qvidian) would be an advantage.
• Experienced in creating presentations to a high standard using MS PowerPoint would be beneficial.