Bank Of America Vice President Treasury Sales Officer 

Switzerland, Zurich, Zurich 

476699323

Job Description:

Our Zürich office is based in the centre of Zürich, at Stockerstrasse - a stone’s throw from the magnificent lake of Zürich. Here you’ll find state-of-the-art newly refurbished workspaces and great meeting-room facilities for our clients and us.

Job Description

The Global Payments Solutions (GPS) business area is responsible for the delivery of integrated treasury solutions to clients and prospects that may be in Switzerland or global. Solutions include international Cash & Liquidity Management, Transactional FX, Merchant Services, Commercial Card and Trade Finance. Key responsibilities include actively managing and pursuing treasury revenue streams along with increasing product penetration across an assigned portfolio and partnering closely with stakeholders to consult on sales opportunities. Job expectations include a self-driven and motivated individual that provides product expertise to clients and prospects alongside relationship management skills delivering the best possible solution to meet our client needs.

Responsibilities

• Primary relationship and sales responsibility for a portfolio of Corporate clients and a focus on prospects across Switzerland – with focus on clients’ regional (EMEA) and global GPS business
• Build new, or develop existing client relationships to advance business opportunities across the client organisation to deliver new business pipeline and revenue
• Client calling and leads any GPS revenue enhancing or relationship client facing engagement / presentation including responses to proposals (incl. RFPs) and pitches
• Consults with clients to drive growth of new client relationships or deepening existing relationship through thoughtful identification of client needs matching bank resources/capabilities against client requirements
• Leads pricing and negotiation discussions with the client for treasury management products to optimize relationship profitability and Year over Year (YoY) growth
• Client and portfolio planning to drive responsible revenue, balance sheet growth and profitability improvement
• Partners with bankers, sales partners and product teams across the enterprise to develop customized treasury solutions by identifying new opportunities
• Act as liaison with Corporate and Investment Banking, Credit and Risk; Compliance; Product Management; Client Delivery & Service; Implementation; and Operations
• Fosters digital adoption by driving mobile, digital, and real time payments adoption and manages strategic dialogues around key client centric issues, while leveraging best practices, peer benchmarking, industry data analytics, and solutioning positioning
• Leads, coaches, and develops Treasury Sales Analysts (TSA), Treasury Sales Officers (TSO), and Treasury Sales Client Officers (TSCO) in day-to-day support of client deliverables
• Provide client and market feedback to management and business partners for product development
• Attend industry and client events to represent the bank and business
• Produce or provide input for both external and internal marketing to enhance the visibility of Corporate clients and the Bank of America franchise in Switzerland and beyond
• Provide input and briefing information for senior management client calls and other interactions in-region
• Maintains an in-depth client focus, treasury industry expertise, client subsector expertise, and a broad understanding of bank structure
• Responsible for making decisions on many day-to-day aspects of client relationships

What we are looking for

• Demonstrates the ability to foster partnerships within the core team and build rapport with client contacts
• Effectively manages competing priorities in an organized fashion while maintaining a consistent level of client satisfaction
• Successfully manoeuvres throughout the enterprise
• Engage all internal partners for sales opportunities
• Effectively manages risk while balancing the needs of the client, the team and the bank
• Strong international treasury management and working capital experience and product knowledge
• Holds self and others accountable for results
• Ability to work in a high pressure, deadline orientated environment
• Excellent understanding of international Transaction Banking products and services
• Treasury certification, e.g. ACT Cert ICM an advantage

Skills

• Account/Client Management
• Business Development & Prospecting
• Client Solutions Advisory
• Customer and Client Focus
• Critical Thinking
• Presentation Skills
• Relationship Building
• Sales Strategy
• Coaching and Collaboration
• Oral and Written Communication both in English and German, French also an advantage
• Prioritization
• Numerate with good business acumen
• Influencing skills

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.