Sales Development Representative - Financial Services

Requirements

• Based in South Africa.
• Proven experience as an SDR, BDR, lead generation specialist, or outbound sales representative.
• Previous experience working in or selling to the financial services sector.
• Practical understanding of DIFC companies and the broader UAE financial-services ecosystem.
• Good knowledge of family offices and different types of financial institutions.
• Strong account and prospect research skills.
• Confident using Google Sheets to organize, clean, filter, and track prospecting data.
• Experience using LinkedIn and other online sources to identify companies and decision-makers.
• Clear, neutral, and professional spoken English.
• Strong written communication and outreach-personalization skills.
• Comfortable speaking with senior financial-services decision-makers.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
• Able to explain previous results using clear activity and performance metrics.
• Preferred Experience
• Experience targeting family offices, investment firms, wealth-management companies, asset managers, fund managers, private equity firms, or other financial institutions.
• Familiarity with the DIFC Public Register.
• Experience conducting account-based prospecting.
• Experience working with UAE or GCC markets.
• Experience using a CRM, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or sales-intelligence platforms.
• What Success Looks Like
• Accurate and well-researched target-account lists.
• Strong understanding of each prospect before outreach begins.
• Relevant, personalized conversations with financial-services decision-makers.
• Consistent booking of qualified meetings.
• Clean reporting and reliable follow-up management.