Director, Account Management

Mastercard Data & Services; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Director of Account Management to drive business growth and manage key financial institutions. The role involves strategic account management, business development, and utilizing analytical skills to deliver results. Candidates should have experience in the payments sector, strong sales abilities, and an MBA is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in payments or technology with Financial Institutions.
• Track record managing and closing complex sales.
• Ability to grow internal and external relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic accounts with robust planning and customer understanding.
• Develop new business opportunities and maintain customer relationships.
• Support organizational initiatives and negotiate contract agreements.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Problem Solving

Sales Management

Relationship Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA Preferred

Job description

Director, Account ManagementDirector, Account Management, Financial Institutions

Overview

The Financial Institutions (FI) Account Team is a key line of business that works with FI client partners to drive Mastercard’s strategy forward by expanding core payments, enabling adjacent payment platforms, offering services and cyber & intelligence solutions.

The FI Team is seeking to build a diverse strategic and consultative workforce of world-class relationship managers, problem-solvers and sales leaders. We are pursuing highly motivated individuals who display strong achievement orientation, intellectual curiosity, openness, resilience, diligence, and the ability to effectively marshal resources.

The team works with our FI customers to support their needs across Payments, Treasury, Everyday Banking, Digital Channels, Data Analytics, Marketing, Fraud & Risk, Finance to drive joint business development.

Reports to the Vice-President, Account Management, and is based in Montreal.

Role

• Provide superior strategic account management driven by robust planning – building a deep understanding of customer needs, defining creative solutions to meet those needs, and working effectively across internal functions to bring together the resources required to deliver enhanced value to the customer.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities (with both existing and new customers) that provide the best potential for future business growth, and appreciable return on financial investments. Qualify opportunities before working with internal product experts & other stakeholders to then progress the sales process.
• Support strategically significant organizational initiatives, including cross-selling of key Mastercard products, capabilities and solutions to deepen relationships.
• Work with customers to build an in-depth understanding of their business and a point of view on how Mastercard solutions can address the needs of their business, leveraging internal stakeholders to efficiently move prospect through highly matrixed buy cycles.
• Develop detailed business cases, including financial analysis / modeling, in support of FI initiatives.
• Negotiate, execute and manage the customer contract agreement process, ensuring global linkage of resources and information sharing.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position :

• Experience in the payments or technology business with exposure to Financial Institutions or experience in the FI space with some responsibility for payments, co-brand and business development is desirable.
• Demonstrated track record of planning, managing, and closing complex, competitive sales efforts and delivering results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy.
• Dynamic, forward-thinking positive team player, adept at engaging and leveraging internal resources to achieve success and contribute to the wider team environment.
• Ability to manage and grow internal and external cross functional relationships and partnerships with executives at all levels.
• Sound business judgment with established strategic and conceptual thinking and planning skills.
• Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills with a proven track record in problem-solving and creating solutions that increase revenue.
• Diplôme de baccalauréat requis; MBA préféré.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must :

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

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