Sales Account Executive (Payments)
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Job Description
This role is responsible for securing non accepting merchants, closing complaints, and improving the cardholder experience with merchants in assigned market or portfolio. He/she prioritizes key issuer needs with merchants in market. He/she will work collaboratively with Global Marketing and Global Acceptance to gain acceptance especially for larger merchants or key verticals, and/or work to train down stream acquiring and intermediary payment partners. This role also sources and capitalizes on opportunities to grow merchant stated acceptance and/or network transaction volume.
**This role will primarily focus on selling Discover Global Network card acceptance to non-accepting merchants within the Southern California territory (Orange County). Therefore, the ideal candidate will reside in the Southern California territory and travel locally to merchants in the assigned market on a day to day basis.
Responsibilities
· Secure non-accepting merchants and close merchant complaints in assigned market or portfolio.
· Improve merchant stated acceptance and merchant activations.
· Conduct standard training with acquirers sales staff, merchants and issuers in market to promote acceptance and drive volume.
· May develop and maintain relationships with associations, malls and hotels to ensure successful promotion of offers programs.
· Ensure relevant offers are sourced in a timely manner.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
· H.S. Diploma or GED
· 2+ years of experience in financial services, payments, sales, marketing, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
· Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field
· 4+ years of experience in financial services, payments, sales, marketing, or related field
· Proven sales experience/skill set within the Payments industry
· Robust customer service skills/ability to multi-task
· Strategic thinking and time management skills
· Proficiency speaking Chinese, Korean, and/or Vietnamese
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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.