Key Account Manager
Tipp Focus Holdings
- Undisclosed
- Permanent Senior position
- Johannesburg
- Posted 11 Jun 2024 by Tipp Focus Holdings
- Job 2568536
About the position
Desired Skills:
- Strong communicator
- Good leadership attributes
- Good planning and organizing skills
- Works well with people
- Adaptable to change
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree
About The Employer:
Any of the following: (The more the better)
- Business / Financial / Technology degree or Diploma
- Formally trained with practical experience / certification in Key Account Management program.
- Good knowledge of the South African National Payments, banking & clearing system.
5 Years+ experience
- Experience & track record in B2B Strategic Account Management - Medium/Large Corporate clients.
- Deep understanding of the South African Payment Industry and inter-bank clearing system.
- Deep understanding of Transactional Banking and eCommerce services.
- Deep understanding of business clients' payments, receipting and reconciliation processes.
- Experience & track record in selling and supporting B2B transactional technology and solutions.
Technical
- Ability to communicate and articulate at ALL levels.
- Presentable and professional.
- Good listener with analytical ability.
- Strong and experienced presenter capable of presenting high quality presentations at Executive / Boardroom level.
- Grammatically articulate in English with well-developed report / proposal writing skills.
- Well organized and structured in administration.
- Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office -Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.
- Good understanding of the Payments Industry and competitor landscape.
- Sound understanding of cashflow administration processes and practices in companies i.e. payments, receipting, collections, and reporting practices.
- Ability to operate at an operational as well as strategic level when dealing with clients.
Behavioural
- Strong communicator
- Team Player / collaborator
- Good leadership attributes
- Good planning and organizing skills
- Assertive / principled / honest
- Works well with people
- Value creator & good for culture
- Works efficiently
- Presentable / professional
- Adaptable to change
- Self-Starter, energetic and driven
- Resilient & does not give up easily
- Hard worker with a strong work ethic
- Inquisitive and likes to learn and develop
Retention & Growth
- Effectively manage a portfolio of "Key Accounts" to drive service delivery and organic growth through cross and upsell initiatives supported by strategic account plans.
- Grow the client portfolio in line with quarterly and annual revenue targets.
- Through the process of regular service reviews and account plans, ensure the proactive retention of clients within the allocated portfolio.
- Analyze monthly statistical reports to identify volume or revenue variances as lead indicators to potential revenue or retention risk requiring proactive investigation and action.
Service Management
- Always meet deadlines and producing good quality output.
- Maintain client documentation and information in line with TCTS's processes, procedures and audit standards.
- Maintain and keep information up to date on relevant TCTS business systems and databases to ensure effective reporting, revenue forecasting and accuracy of management information e.g. CRM & pipeline management etc.
- Develop strong value-added relationships with key clients which may be validated via independent client satisfaction surveys when conducted from time to time.
- Work with internal departments in ensure effective communication and coordination of outputs necessary to exceed client expectations where these have been made know through escalation, service reviews, relationship meetings or missed SLAs.
- Provide monthly management reporting where service risks or successes have been identified and require management intervention for correction or recognition within teams.
- Assume ultimate accountability for ensuring client service satisfaction levels from TCTS.
- Project manage client take-on process with the assistance of a dedicated implementation specialists.
Culture
- Align with TCTS's high performance culture and values which are verified and validated via 360 degree peer and management reviews on a regular basis.
- Highly engaged with peers, clients and proactive in learning and delivering value to clients and TCTS as a business.
- Service centric and evaluated on ability to always deliver exceptional customer service internally and externally