# Manager, Account Executive

**Company**: Visa
**Location**: Abidjan, CI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As a Manager, account executive at Visa, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for a portfolio of clients in Cameroon.

You will lead the strategy development and execution for the portfolio of clients by collaborating across several functional areas.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading a portfolio of clients by developing and maintaining relationships between Visa and members in Cameroon

- Contributing to the development, production, and implementation of initiatives outlined in Cameroon plans

- Managing the mid-market client portfolio for Cameroon

- Driving short and long-term strategic goals for clients

- Understanding and articulating how Visa's new payment tools and technologies will drive commercial value to clients

- Following global industry and local market trends to package relevant insights and solutions for Visa's clients

- Supporting the identification and closure of new business opportunities by analyzing client market positioning, product profiles, and strategies

- Working with clients and Visa functional teams to drive business value by offering advice on target market development, product development, analytics, and best practices

- Evaluating competitive actions and recommending appropriate actions

- Attending to member queries and issues and providing timely and efficient solutions

- Ensuring member compliance with service levels, integrity of service records, and efficient resolution of complaints

- Providing periodic reports as agreed with the Country Manager

- Conducting regular market sales visits

- Coordinating with other Visa departments to implement country plans

- Completing ad-hoc projects, research, and presentations

- Organizing and executing events related to corporate hospitality

This is a hybrid position with expectations of days in the office to be confirmed by the hiring manager.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of professional experience in retail or transactional banking, with direct card experience preferred

- Minimum of Honors Degree required with a focus on financial management, accounting, business strategy, and/or economics

- Strong understanding of CEMAC regulatory and payments environments

- Ability to demonstrate strong negotiation skills

- Strong commercial skills and ability to put together deals

- Ability to demonstrate sound business judgment with a long-term view

## Skills

### Required
- financial management
- accounting
- business strategy
- economics
- CEMAC regulatory
- payments environments
- negotiation
- commercial skills

### Nice to have
- direct card experience

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