
Principal Sales Consultant
- Maroc
- CDI
- Temps-plein
- Understand client business needs and requirements and propose a solution for prospective customers by working closely with the FSGBU solution experts, Sales & Consulting teams.
- Utilize your domain expertise and the deep understanding of FSGBU Banking solutions to lead client engagements and demonstrate value to win business.
- Own the solution design and Value Proposition on major client engagements.
- Play an integral role in the sales process utilising knowledge of products and their capabilities to assist sales executives in addressing client/prospect requirements.
- Conduct fit-gap analysis with banks to assess matching between their requirements and FSGBU Banking solutions.
- Conduct client presentations and demonstrations that are tailored to meet specific client requirements and business needs
- Respond to Rfx (Request for information/proposal) for Retail, Corporate, Universal Banking and Payments systems
- Prepare Requirement and Functional Specifications. Influence product development based on prospect interactions, market trends, local country requirements
- Communicate product information, changes and direction to sales managers.
- Understand current business/industry environment (financial services and banking) including relevant regulations, business drivers, evolving business needs, especially in the French-speaking regions of the African continent
- Drive cross-LOB opportunities and works with other Solution Consultant and Product Managers in order to provide the best holistic solution to large set of requirements encompassing multiple functional domains.
- Interact with vendors and other organisations where appropriate to evaluate third-party vendor opportunities and solutions.
- Experience in two or more of these domains; Retail Banking, Corporate and Financial Institution core banking, Credit & Lending, Payments, Treasury, Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance/ Factoring.
- Strong knowledge of banking and finance fundamentals, commercial banking products life cycle, accounting and back-office operations.
- 10 to 20 years proven track record in providing solutions to the conventional financial services, capital markets or banking sector in the African continent.
- Functional domain experience and expertise in one or more of the following product/vendors
- Retail and Corporate Banking experience with applications like such as Sopra, Loan IQ, Trade Innovation (Misys/Finastra), ACBS (FIS), FLEXCUBE (Oracle), Finacle (Infosys), Globus/T24/IBIS (Temenos),
- Payment processing experience with applications like GPP (Fundtech/Finastra), FIS OPF, Dovetail, ACI
- Trade Finance/SCF - (Surecomp, China Systems, CGI etc)
- Treasury Solutions (Murex, Kondor, Calypso etc)
- Previous experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solution is advantageous.
- Relationship management experience with Corporate Customers would be an advantage, either in a presales or delivery role (e.g. as a Consultant or Project Manager).
- Strong Leadership Skills to engage & support field sales teams effectively.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship building skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to understand and capture business requirements.
- Must be willing to travel across French-speaking Africa.
- Must be located in Morocco or relocating soon.
- French language is a must for this position. English is also mandatory. A good level of Arabic will be a clear advantage.