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Account Manager/Director (Financial Services)

Inseriert am: 25.08.2020
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DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced Account Manager/Director (Financial Services) to come on board and support our operation in Zürich.

Responsibilities



  • Client Management:

    • Develop and maintain relationships at senior level within the key accounts

    • Develop a deep understanding of the client’s business goals

    • Maintain active dialogue with clients through weekly/biweekly meetings and quarterly business reviews

    • Develop understanding of key stakeholders in the client organization, including the procurement organization, have an idea of budget cycles and limits

    • Effectively communicate EPAM's capabilities to address IT needs that support Client’s business objectives

    • Develop knowledge of EPAM’s offerings to drive multi-stream solutions

    • Solicit cooperation from the appropriate internal experts in order to demonstrate EPAM’s capabilities and advantages fully

    • Actively seek and monitor client satisfaction, obtaining both structured and informal feedback

    • Identify and develop new opportunities from existing clients to achieve our objective of developing full service partnership


  • Delivery:

    • Provide leadership and counsel to clients at key points during project delivery

    • Have an informed point of view on current projects at all times

    • Advise delivery team on how to demonstrate benefits and maximize client satisfaction, assure crisp communication between the client and EPAM teams

    • Represent client’s perspective to delivery team and represent EPAM’s perspective to the client

    • Drive operational excellence within the portfolio

    • Actively work across EPAM, making connections with various group within the organization and build relationships with resourcing/recruiting/delivery/accounting organizations to ensure you know the people, their responsibilities and areas of influence

    • Identify strengths and weaknesses of key team members to improve team performance and enhance team effectiveness


  • Operational:

    • Lead the commercial process, ensuring that engagements deliver to profit targets and, at the same time, that we are structuring our commercial terms to deliver value to the client

    • Manage client financials, contracts, work with accounting group on invoice generation and payment

    • Ensure that client relationship, interactions, and deliverables are in keeping with the spirit of the contracts and that proper change control procedures are invoked when necessary

    • Continually monitor and reevaluate the quality of deliverables, process, and team performance

    • Participate or Lead the pre-sales initiatives across existing and new accounts



Requirements



  • 5-10 years of demonstrated track record of developing and growing client relationships and leading teams delivering end-to-end solutions within Financial Services Space

  • Proven account management experience with large Swiss banking clients

  • Knowledge of technical platforms, business models, subject matter, and trends

  • Strong problem solver and creative thinker with gravitas

  • Ability to operate at the strategic level, yet being close enough to the details to add value to clients and be a real support to your team

  • Experience managing and monitoring performance metrics across large scale accounts and account portfolios

  • Exceptional leadership/management skills and superb oral and written communication, with seasoned presentation skills

  • Strong digital knowledge or experience with particular emphasis on strategy, consulting, team management and product development

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

  • Track record of leading teams

  • Proven ability to manage client engagements under high stress to successful completion

  • Sound business acumen, strategic skills, common sense

  • Effectively manages up and down

  • Strong negotiation skills

  • Fluent English and German language skills


We offer



  • Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills

  • Knowledge-sharing across EPAM's global Tech Communities

  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

  • Relocation support as per EPAM relocation policies

  • EPAM Community with regular corporate and social events

  • Career growth, performance and compensation reviews


Additional



  • Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks

  • We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies

  • Due to the Swiss labour legislation we can only accept applicants who have a valid right to work in Switzerland

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