Consultant
At U.S. Bank, we're on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at-all from Day One.
Job Description
Consultants will not be provided with a book of business. The role is focused on self-sourced opportunities that are new to the bank.
Utilize prospecting tools bank will provide, cold calling, COI (Centers of Influence) development, and ongoing community engagement. Consultants focus will be on businesses with an annual spend of $1MM+.
Conduct analysis to help streamline business expenses. Provide expert guidance for the best card program, ensuring businesses understand its benefits and best way to utilize the card.
Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a seamless and consistent client experience.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
Seven to nine or more years of relevant work experience
Ability to travel (local and regional, some national)
Preferred Skills / Experience
Well-developed sales and new business development skills, including the development of sales strategies and goals and closing skills
Business credit card sales experience
Proven success developing COIs
Experience working with business customers with $10MM+ in annual revenue preferred
Thorough knowledge of unit payment products
Basic knowledge of the organization and its products, services and operations
Basic knowledge of product marketing, client service issues, and organization operations
Strong marketing, negotiation and decision-making skills
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
Strong customer service / relation skills with ability to creatively resolve client concerns and issues
Excellent interpersonal, presentation, verbal and written communication skills
Good understanding of basic accounting principles related to financial transactions
Card • Birmingham, AL, US