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National Franchise Acquisition and Growth Manager

North Sydney, New South Wales 2060, Australia • Full-time
AI Job Summary
  • Proven experience in franchise recruitment, business development and network growth.
  • Strong sales leadership experience within mortgages, lending or financial services.
  • Experience managing the full franchise recruitment lifecycle incl. qualification, financial assessment and approval.

Role Type

Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior

Description

About Us?

At Rate Money, we’re a market-leading team of experienced mortgage professionals dedicated to supporting self-employed clients with tailored, solution-driven lending. We work closely with our national network of franchise branches, empowering them to deliver flexible lending solutions. With 40+ branches we continue to build momentum across the market.

Join a business that’s expanding quickly, values collaboration, and is committed to delivering smarter lending outcomes.

Role Overview

We’re searching for a National Franchise Acquisition & Growth Manager who’s ready to play a major role in our next phase of expansion.  You will be responsible for building the future of the Rate Money network, by recruiting high-quality franchisees and developing internal Lending Managers into successful franchise owners.

This role sits across sales leadership, business development, and talent acquisition, with a strong focus on performance, coaching, and growth execution.

Franchise Growth and Acquisition:

  • Generate new franchise leads through industry networks, broker relationships, referrals and proactive outreach.
  • Qualify enquiries quickly and confidently, progressing strong candidates through the recruitment pipeline.
  • Manage full candidate lifecycle, qualification, financial assessment and final approval meetings.
  • Attend industry events and networking functions to build visibility and attract high‑quality operators.
  • Work closely with Marketing to drive lead‑generation activity and recruitment campaigns.
  • Oversee territory allocation, new premises approvals, signage and branch openings.
  • Manage franchise agreements, renewals and variations.

Sales Leadership:

  • Lead and manage internal Lending Managers across NSW & VIC (other states as required).
  • Build a high-performance sales culture focused on accountability, professionalism and results
  • Set, track and drive performance against settlement and activity targets
  • Implement structured performance rhythms (pipeline reviews, activity metrics, conversion tracking)
  • Develop a scalable internal sales capability aligned to Franchise Pathway Program.
  • Partner with L&D and Credit Capability Coach to deliver structured training and capability uplift.

National Travel is required to support franchise recruitment, onboarding and team performance across multiple states.

What you bring

  • Proven experience in franchise recruitment, business development and network growth.
  • Strong sales leadership experience, within mortgages, lending or financial services.
  • Experience managing and/or coaching high performing sales teams.
  • Hands on approach, comfortable being in market, building relationships and generating leads.
  • A proactive, lead‑hunting mindset, you enjoy getting out there and finding the right people.
  • Commercial judgement and the ability to assess business capability.

Ready to help shape Rate Money’s next phase of growth?

If you’re energised by building networks and finding great operators, we’d love to hear from you. Apply Today.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please follow the links. If you are successful applying for a role with Rate Money, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure Rate money complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Funding Act.

These checks may include, but are not limited to identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.