New Business Executive

PaymentGenes; Greater London, Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

PaymentGenes is seeking a New Business Executive for International Payments in London or Chester. This phones-first role targets businesses with international payment and FX needs, turning conversations into customers and building a strong pipeline.

You will work with an established payments platform offering multiple currency corridors, FX solutions, and multi-currency accounts. The role emphasises in-office collaboration, with uncapped commission starting from the first deal.

Qualifications

• 12–24 months experience in a phone-based sales role within FX, payments or a closely related environment.
• Experience proactively opening conversations and winning new business.
• Working understanding of FX and/or international payments.
• Confidence in identifying opportunities and qualifying prospects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Make high-volume outbound calls into defined target markets and verticals.
• Identify and qualify businesses with genuine FX or international payment requirements.
• Build and manage your own pipeline and keep CRM records up to date.
• Convert qualified prospects into onboarded, transacting customers.
• Work with dealing and onboarding teams to get new customers live.
• Identify opportunities to introduce additional FX and payment solutions.
• Ensure smooth handovers of won accounts for ongoing management.
• Share market feedback and contribute ideas on messaging and approaches.

Skills

Phone-based sales

FX/payments knowledge

Prospecting / cold outreach

CRM and pipeline management

Stakeholder communication

Hunter mentality

Targeted outbound strategy

Job description

New Business Executive – International Payments

Location: London or Chester

About the opportunity

We’re partnering with a fast-growing international payments business that helps companies simplify how they move and manage money across borders.

Through a broad suite of solutions spanning international payments, FX, multi-currency accounts, cards and spend management, the business supports companies with increasingly complex financial needs.

As part of continued growth, they’re looking for ambitious New Business Executives to join their International Payments team in either London or Chester.

About the role

This is a phones-first new business role focused on identifying businesses with genuine international payment and FX requirements and converting them into customers.

You’ll work across defined target verticals, proactively opening new conversations, qualifying opportunities and managing your own pipeline through to close.

You’ll have access to an established international payments platform, including a wide range of currency corridors, FX solutions, multi-currency accounts, cards and spend management tools.

The team is growing, creating genuine opportunities for strong performers to progress into more senior sales and leadership positions. Commission is uncapped and starts from your first deal.

What you’ll be doing

• Making high-volume outbound calls into defined target markets and verticals.
• Identifying and qualifying businesses with genuine FX or international payment requirements.
• Building and managing your own pipeline, keeping CRM records accurate and up to date.
• Converting qualified prospects into onboarded, transacting customers.
• Working closely with dealing and onboarding teams to get new customers live.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to introduce additional FX and payment solutions.
• Ensuring smooth handovers of won accounts for ongoing management.
• Sharing market feedback and contributing ideas around messaging and approaches that are working within your target verticals.
• Taking ownership of your activity levels, pipeline and performance against target.

What we’re looking for

• Around 12–24 months' experience in a phone-based sales role within FX, payments or a closely related environment.
• Experience proactively opening your own conversations and winning new business.
• A working understanding of FX and/or international payments.
• Confidence identifying genuine opportunities and qualifying prospects effectively.
• A natural hunter mentality – you’re comfortable creating your own opportunities rather than waiting for leads to come to you.
• Confident and credible communication skills, including when speaking with senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable working towards sales targets and daily activity KPIs.
• Experience managing your own pipeline through a CRM.
• Resilience, energy and the motivation to keep pushing after setbacks.
• A proactive and curious approach – you want to understand how businesses operate and identify new ways to win business.
• Coachable and happy working within a collaborative, high-performing sales environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their payments or FX sales career who wants to take the next step within a growing international business.

You’ll join an ambitious commercial team with a broad product offering, uncapped earning potential and clear progression opportunities as the team continues to scale.

The role is based in London or Chester, with a strong emphasis on being in the office, particularly during your first six months, to support learning, development and collaboration.