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FlexiPay Sales Team Leader

We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else 🚀

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.

At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.

We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.

The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy 📈 Come and join a mission that matters!

[Read our Impact Report] | [See our Trustpilot]

The role ⚡

📍 London (Hybrid) | 🤝 3 days in the office | 💰 Competitive Salary + Benefits

We’re looking for a leader who will be there to coach, train and develop their team to maximise their potential as well as looking to improve the efficiency and delivery of the team.

  • Motivate and performance manage your team to achieve your/their targets

  • Setting short/medium/long term goals with your reports and supporting them in their development toward them

  • Leading the implementation of continuous improvement to drive the team forward

  • Championing best practice initiatives and ensure internal controls and policies are adhered to

  • Representing Sales in cross-functional meetings

  • Being a point of contact for other departments within Funding Circle & leading on the development and rollout of new initiatives

  • Managing Stakeholders and reporting & presenting on team performance

  • Recruiting and onboarding new talent into the Sales team

  • Able to proactively identify ways to use Generative AI to streamline your daily tasks and improve your personal productivity

  • Confident using approved AI tools safely and effectively to enhance your output and find a better way of working

What we’re looking for 🌱

We value deep expertise, but a growth mindset and good energy are what really make our team click. We’re a group that chooses to lift each other up and think smart every day.

  • Experienced in working in a high-volume sales role

  • Proven to achieve set goals and high performance

  • Experience or interest in management and/or mentoring/coaching

  • Commercially aware with strong business acumen

  • A strong relationship builder internally and externally

  • Strategic and forward thinking

We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.

Why join us? 💜

We back you to build an incredible career and by joining us, you'll be part of one of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2026! As a flexible-first employer, we use a "best of both" approach. We’ll see you in our London office to collaborate – with barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches on us!

Our Circler Proposition focuses on five areas:

  • Flexibility: We provide a benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family.

  • Health: This includes private medical and dental, health assessments, and access to a digital GP.

  • Wealth: We offer life assurance, share schemes, and financial coaching.

  • Development: You get a dedicated annual learning allowance to help you level up.

  • Lifestyle: We have electric car and cycle-to-work schemes, plus season ticket loans.

We also have award-winning parental leave policies. We're here to support you through the big life moments, from fertility treatments to new additions to the family.

Ready to join a mission that matters? We’d love to chat!

What this application asks

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Name, Email, Resume

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  • Would you like any accommodations in your interview process? e.g. extra time, a different font / colour text, dictated text (such as from a screen reader), or a quieter zone with fewer distractions if the interview or task is being conducted in person* yes / no
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