Job Description
Career Opportunities: Senior Account Manager - (Dutch or French Speaker) (32781)
Requisition ID 32781 - Posted 09/07/2021 - Fitch Solutions Group London - Fitch Solutions Group Ltd - Permanent - Job Posting Country (1) - Sales & Relationship Management - London
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Title: Senior Account Manager (Dutch or French Speaker)
Location: London, UK
Department Overview:
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, is the distribution channel for Fitch Ratings products, and focuses on the development of fixed-income products and services and bringing to market a wide range of data, analytical tools and related services.
Responsibilities:
In this high-profile sales role, you will be part of the Western European team. This role will be based in London and responsible for leading the sales effort for Fitch Solutions across Belgium/Luxembourg.
You will be responsible for selling a suite of products and services within Fitch Solutions that includes:
- Ratings Data & Research
- Country Risk & Industry Research
- Leveraged Finance Intelligence
This is a direct sales, target based performance position offering base salary and commission. You will be expected to set and drive the account strategy to increase revenue for your book of business.
Utilising your extensive network of financial institution contacts across the region you will be responsible for growing the Fitch Solutions business by pitching and negotiating effectively at different levels of seniority.
Qualifications and experience:
- It is essential that you have significant number of years of sales/business development experience within the fixed income and risk management arena.
- You will come with a good knowledge of the Benelux market with a proven track record in developing new business and growing revenue streams, achieving goals consistently years after years.
- You must have an understanding of rating agencies environment and also of risk management requirements in strategic decision making, risk identification, risk quantification/ quantitative modelling processes.
- Demonstrate team work, co-ordinating with team members, customer success and sales support teams across your territory.
- Ability to form clear account plans to strategically grow your book of business.
- Given the nature of this position, we are seeking an articulate, personable and energetic self-starter.
- It is essential that you have excellent communication skills, fluency in both written and verbal forms of English as well as French or Dutch.
- You must be self-motivated and able to generate ideas and demonstrate initiative, tenacity and perseverance.
- Travel will be required in this role.
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