Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in business or technology or equivalent experience., Strong experience in banking and financial messaging, including SWIFT, ACH, CHIPS, Fedwire., Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills in English., Knowledge of financial operations, regulations, and compliance in financial institutions..

Key responsibilities:

Lead solution development and product demonstrations for prospects.

Engage with sales teams to qualify customer needs and support sales activities.

Prepare and deliver proposals and responses to requests for information.

Build and maintain relationships with prospects and internal teams.

Job description

Why Choose Bottomline?

Are you ready to transform the way businesses pay and get paid? Bottomline is a global leader in business payments and cash management, with over 35 years of experience and moving more than $16 trillion in payments annually. We're looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help drive impactful results for our customers. If you're dedicated to delighting customers and promoting growth and innovation - we want you on our team!

The Role

As a key member working with the Banks Sales team in North America, the Senior Solutions Consultant - Banks utilize domain expertise and thorough product knowledge to understand each prospect’s business focus, strategies and priorities. The Consultant leads the solution development phase of the sales cycle, leads the delivery of requests for proposal responses, and is responsible for delivering product demonstrations and answering detailed prospect questions related to product functionality and use.

This role may also work across other global sales teams as required to support Banking and Financial Messaging opportunities, as part of a global Solutions Consulting function. They will work closely with global product line managers in understanding the broader portfolio of Bottomline’s global solutions that are best fit for expanding opportunities within our customer base and driving net new logos and partnerships.

This is a remote role with preference to location in Eastern Time Zone

How you’ll contribute

Engage in driving Sales activities across all GTM teams. Ensure team is active and proactive in qualifying customer needs, validating solution capabilities, and answering functional and technical inquiries.
Develop and expand relationships with Sales teams.
Drive product demonstrations and proof of concept illustrations.
Engaging and supporting Sales team through the sales process from discovery through contract presentment.
Coordinate with Product and Delivery teams to keep demonstration systems current with the latest product releases and enhancements.
Working with sellers to understand key details that will impact sales strategy including prospect priorities and needs, organization, decision-making process, technology infrastructure, and vendor ecosystem
Positioning the differentiation and value of Bottomline’s solutions in formal and informal competitive selling situations through product demonstrations, written communications, PowerPoint presentations, and other engagement most appropriate for specific situations and audiences
Tailoring product demonstrations to Bottomline’s strategy and goals for specific prospect interactions, including modelling key client requirements in demonstration environments and coordinating internally and externally to incorporate and integrate other Bottomline products and partner solutions where appropriate
Capturing initial solution definition inputs to support downstream activities including pricing, contracting, and deployment
Delivering consultative advice based on experience and best practices in formal and informal prospect discussions
Building productive, well-functioning prospect relationships across the spectrum of influence
Leading the delivery of and contributing compelling content to high-quality, differentiating request for proposal responses
Helping organize and maintain Bottomline’s request for proposal content database
Driving continuous improvement in Bottomline’s selling, product demonstration and proposal response processes
Modelling the partnership and collaboration with sales, product management, delivery and other teams required to make these processes successful

If you have the attributes, skills, and experience listed below, we want to hear from you.

Must be English speaking (fluent)
Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills using the MS Office suite
Meaningful experience in banking and financial messaging including payments, confirmations, statements and securities, and the associated networks and schemes e.g. SWIFT, ACH, CHIPS, Fedwire etc.
Financial Domain Expertise including understanding of financial operations, regulations, compliance needs, market trends, and the specific challenges faced by financial institutions
Understanding of software development lifecycle and technology
Understanding of processes and techniques associated with complex, enterprise-level software sales
Ability to travel 20 - 40%
BA/BS in a business or technology field, or equivalent experience
Ability to articulate compelling and differentiated value propositions in competitive sales situations
Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills, plus the ability to collaborate effectively
Excellent problem solving skills; ability to push creative thinking beyond the boundaries
Strong time management skills, plus the ability to maintain a high level of productivity, manage multiple competing priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, team-oriented environment

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We welcome talent at all career stages and are dedicated to understanding and supporting additional needs. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and open environment for everyone.

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