Team Lead, Acquisition & Sales
Job Summary
To lead the acquisition activation and profitable growth of new-to-bank micro small and medium-sized business clients across designated markets sectors ecosystems and digital channels. The role translates the Business and Commercial Banking strategy into a structured acquisition plan and leads the sales team to deliver quality client growth deposits transaction activity lending opportunities fee income and cross-sell while ensuring compliance with customer due diligence credit conduct data protection financial crime and operational risk requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the annual acquisition and sales plan aligned to Business and Commercial Banking strategy.
- Identify attractive client pools using customer data industry information market intelligence and value-chain analysis.
- Maintain a qualified pipeline and support complex pitches high-value prospects and strategic ecosystem opportunities.
- Deliver agreed targets for new-to-bank clients deposits transaction activity fee income merchant and collections income digital usage lending opportunities cross-sell retention and profitability.
- Drive end-to-end digital acquisition from prospect identification and online lead management through onboarding activation and cross-sell.
- Originate and manage relationships with associations cooperatives aggregators marketplaces distributors anchor corporates fintechs and ecosystem partners.
- Ensure adherence to KYC customer due diligence AML/CFT/CPF sanctions beneficial ownership fraud credit consumer protection data privacy information security records management conflicts and anti-bribery requirements.
Qualifications :
- First Degree in Business Administration Economics Finance Accounting Marketing Banking or a related discipline.
Experience Required
- Minimum 7 years relevant experience in business banking commercial banking SME banking client acquisition relationship management payments merchant services or financial-services sales.
- At least 2 - 3 years experience in leading a sales acquisition or relationship-management team with measurable delivery of customer deposit transaction and revenue growth.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Challenging Ideas
- Convincing People
- Directing People
- Exploring Possibilities
- Following Procedures
- Generating Ideas
- Making Decisions
- Producing Output
- Providing Insights
- Understanding People
Technical Competencies:
- Application & Submission Verification (Business Banking)
- Customer Acceptance & Review (Business Banking)
- Customer Understanding (Business Banking)
- Product Knowledge (Business Banking)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients ... View more