2018 The Year of Partnerships

​The on-boarding process in the financial services sector has rapidly developed from what used to be a 2 week process to now in some cases being an instant click of a few buttons. This means that business once again face a challenge in keeping their existing clients. 

Partnering allows for companies to expand their customer base, geographical locations, and infrastructure. Banks, who are currently replying on their legacy systems, can compete to retain their customers through partnering with fintech companies who can provide up to date systems inline with the latest legitrations / regulations. New fintech start-ups who don’t have decades of trust and a relationship with customers but have the modern technological products can partner with Banks to expand their customer base and build their reputation. 

Partnerships are sweeping the financial services industry and are becoming increasingly popular. This can be seen in a handful of the roles we have live at the minute.

Senior BD Manager & Potential Client Director, £90k -£110k, plus bonus, London. Our client, a leading player in the Co-brand / Card Partnership space plan to appoint a Senior BD / Client Manager, responsible for developing pipeline, generating prospect leads, commercial and contractual negotiations. Focusing on targeting new partnerships and optimising existing enterprise partners. You will be a key driver for the business in meeting its New Business targets to achieve the 3-Year budget forecast. To be successful in this role you must be able to demonstrate BD success and an ability for consultative / solution sales in the financial services sector. Highly desirable would be business development experience in the Loyalty or Co-brand space.

Head of Partnerships, £70-£75k, OTE £100k ,London but flexible with work from home option. A great opportunity has arisen for a Head of Partnerships at a large leading payment services company.  Your will be running a nationwide team of heavily incentivised sales people and supporting them in developing their specific lead lists within industry niches which include automotive, energy switching, merchant payments, loyalty & reward, retail  etc.  Working for a rapidly growing & dynamic emerging payments brand with big growth ambitions/plans.

European Partner Manager, £35,000, Home based. A great opportunity for a European Partner Manager, who will represent a range of company products to assigned partners and support new partners through the boarding process. The successful role holder would have several years of B2B sales experience in the cards payments market and experience of stakeholder management at senior levels within partners.

Partnerships Associate Consultant, £45,000 DOE, London. We have a unique opportunity available for a driven individual looking to develop their career within the cards/ payments industry. You will benefit from working in a highly empowered environment, low on bureaucracy and with some very experienced Senior Consultants & leading SME's (Subject matter experts) in the cards / payments world.