Merchant Consultant - Atlanta Market
Atlanta, Georgia
Job Description:
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Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing payment processing solutions to small business clients primarily through 1:1 partnerships with assigned group of small business specialists, financial centers, and other internal partners. Key responsibilities include consulting with small business clients to understand their priorities and provide solutions that meet their business needs with a focus on more complex opportunities and solutions. Job expectations include having an awareness of merchant payment processing solutions, pricing, software, gateways, and security. Additionally, this job requires prospecting for existing clients with merchant services needs.
Responsibilities:
Leverages consultative sales process and knowledge of healthcare, retail, restaurant, and business to business industries to identify clients' business needs
Recommends solutions that meet clients' needs with a focus on more complex opportunities and solutions
Drives toward sales and revenue goals while balancing operational excellence, risk management, and client experience expectations, maintaining accurate records and adhering to Service Level Agreements
Builds meaningful relationships and collaborates with internal partners to provide subject matter expertise on merchant payment processing pricing, software, gateways, and security
Identifies opportunities proactively and develops a pipeline for sales opportunities with internal partners and clients
Acts as a champion for clients by connecting expertise across the company to help them achieve their goals
Establishes relationships with associations, centers of influence, and vendor partners and adapts to an ever changing payment processing environment
Independently identify sales opportunities from the bank's portfolio of clients
Skills:
Client Experience Branding
Client Solutions Advisory
Customer and Client Focus
Payment Processing
Pipeline Management
Consulting
Credit Documentation Requirements
Oral Communications
Referral Management
Financial Analysis
Prospecting
Written Communications
Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Complaints Management
Required Qualifications:
Customer focus
Prospecting and referral sales
Consultative sales
Pipeline management
Time management
Technical expertise
Relationship building
Oral & Written communication
Problem solving
Teamwork
Presentation skills
2+ years of sales experience
Desired Qualifications:
Merchant products and solutions
Industry business acumen
Multi-lingual ability is a plus
Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
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