The Senior Business Development Officer reports to the Team Leader, Business Development and operates with a high degree of autonomy under broad direction. The role is responsible for establishing and maintaining trusted customer and stakeholder relationships, understanding customer needs, and delivering tailored business support and capital solutions that create sustainable outcomes for customers and communities.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

- Develop and maintain skilled understanding of customer base to build and manage networks of stakeholders, working partnerships and external resources to identify and build a pipeline of potential customers who are aspiring, start-up or existing business operators.
- Develop commercial credit submissions to the Credit Assessment Team.
- Review applications for business loans to ensure they meet IBA standards.




- Analyse and interpret customers’ financial statements and evaluation of supporting documents.
- Meeting with customers and work closely to assess their business readiness and establish a development pathway into business.
- Analyse customers’ requirements and manage all customer communication by performing activities to ensure timely responses and a high level of service to customers.
- Provide guidance and linkages to resources that supports customers' development of personal characteristics, capabilities, industry knowledge and understanding of the principles of business, necessary to establish and operate a viable business.
- Other duties as required.

- Current driver's licence.
- Willingness and ability to undertake regional and remote travel as required, including overnight absences at least once each month.

📌 Senior Business Development Officer (Australia)
🏢 Indigenous Business Australia
📍 Australia