Business Development Rep II - Payments - Senior Associate

Next Frontier Capital; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital is seeking a Business Development Representative II based in Plano, Texas. In this role, you will establish new Merchant Services opportunities, negotiate agreements, and maintain business relationships with clients. You will also coordinate with internal teams to ensure successful implementations.

The ideal candidate should have a strong knowledge of the payments industry, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to build client relationships. A relevant degree and proficiency in both English and Spanish are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in business-to-business sales or relationship management.
• At least 5 years of business development experience.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cultivates new business opportunities within assigned market.
• Conducts calls with prospects and existing clients.
• Prepares sales reports as required.
• Negotiates and closes business with customized solutions.
• Works with internal partners to ensure successful implementation.

Skills

Relationship management within Payments

Communication skills

Knowledge of merchant services industry

MS Office Proficiency

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field

Job description

You are a strategic thinker, passionate about delivering solutions to clients, and have experience in relationship management within Payments. You have found the right team

As a Business Development Representative II within the Chase Small Business (SMB) sales channel, you will be tasked with establishing new Merchant Services opportunities for our managed and prospective clients. You will oversee the negotiation of new merchant agreements with clients from start to finish, coordinating the firm's resources to ensure successful completion. Your responsibilities will also include building and maintaining business relationships, proactively reaching out to prospects and merchants through phone calls and emails, and acting as a liaison with internal and external partners and stakeholders to identify new client opportunities. You will be responsible to meeting monthly and annual productions goals.

The Small & Medium-Sized Business Organization (SMB Payments) is part of global JP Morgan Payments organization and is an innovative leader in serving small and medium-size business clients through banking, payments, and value-added services. We take a client-first approach in developing solutions that help our more than 5 million small business customers across the US and Canada to start, run and grow their businesses. Together, J.P. Morgan and Chase hold the #1 position in payments market share -- both in number of transactions and volume -- processing over 2 trillion in volume and over 50% of eCommerce transactions in the U.S. The SMB Payments team is a group of builders with an entrepreneurial mindset, and we are looking for team members who value collaboration, accountability, inclusivity, customer centricity and innovation.

Job Responsibilities

• Cultivates new business opportunities within the Business Banking portfolio in an assigned market to achieve individual sales goals
• Identify and self-source client opportunities through building and utilizing referral networks and centers of influence to pursue potential new business clients. Serves as trusted advisor, leveraging core knowledge, to recommend and promote banking and payment processing solutions to clients to ensure a seamless client experience across Chase
• Conducts calls with prospects, centers of influence (COIs), and existing Chase clients through the remote, Hub-based model
• Completes analysis to competitively identify and price Chase products and services for profitability. Maintains detailed and accurate electronic sales records and prepares sales reports as required
• Negotiates leveraging customized proving models with clients to close business
• Works with internal partners to ensure successful implementation, product ramp-up
• Protects the firm by following sound risk management protocols and adhering to regulatory requirements. Works directly with Credit, Risk, and Quality Control to adhere to Anti-Money Laundering/Know Your Customer regulations

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Strong knowledge of the merchant services industry, products and services and diverse types of businesses, industries, markets, financial and economic concepts
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing with individuals at all levels, internally and externally. Highly proficient in MS Office tools including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to build relationships with clients and internal partners and influence others to achieve desired outcomes
• Uses sound judgment to offer comprehensive and customized solutions that best meet client needs; able to identify and recommend appropriate alternatives when traditional solutions do not apply
• Ability to balance needs of clients with associated risks and interests of the firm.
• Establishes and consistently uses a disciplined process to manage time; uses time strategically to accomplish business objectives and follow through with commitments

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent work experience in business to business sales or relationship management role or at least 5 years with related business development experience
• Bilingual Spanish and English

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. As a Business Development Representative II you will cultivate new business opportunities within the Business Banking portfolio