Solution Consultant - Banking and Payments

The Solution Consultant - Banking and Payments is responsible for positioning FIS as an industry leader by leveraging broad banking and payments domain expertise, knowledge of FIS solutions and services, and influence in the market. Responsibilities include supporting sales activities and executive-level interactions, providing a holistic view of the FIS strategy across banking and payments, identifying opportunities, and working with product teams on evolving market requirements. The role supports sales teams with insight into client buying behavior, presents FIS strategy at industry events, promotes FIS capabilities to market influencers, consulting firms and partners, and contributes to go-to-market activities, pipeline generation and sales performance across relevant market segments.

Working closely with Sales Managers and Executives across the Middle East, Africa and India who are responsible for business development with prospects and existing clients, you will play an integral role in the sales process. Using broad banking and payments solution knowledge, you will provide business and technical expertise to uncover client requirements, identify capability gaps, and develop, recommend and package the most appropriate FIS products, solutions and services through sales presentations, discovery workshops and demonstrations.

The role offers an exciting opportunity to work with major banks, financial institutions, processors, fintech's and challenger banks, helping them shape and deliver banking and payments transformation strategies. FIS is a leading provider of banking, wealth and payments solutions and continues to invest in digital banking and payments, cloud-based processing and API-enabled services.

What you will be doing:

Supporting sales activity including attending meetings, qualifying deals, training sellers, presenting trends to C-suite

Assists in the development of sales plans and strategies

Support the development of sales messaging and positioning for the banking and payments portfolio across assigned regions, and provide market input to product strategy and roadmaps.

Review lead generation from campaign/events, and support the qualification process

Collaborate with sales engineering teams for customer/prospect requests for information on RFIs and RFPs completion

Ensure successful service demonstrations and use-case walkthroughs

Proactively collaborate to share best practices and knowledge. Provide “big picture” solution-based approach.

Demonstrate knowledge of banking and payments solutions, markets, industry trends and the competitive landscape.

Support relevant banking and payments product launches and help define the applicable addressable markets.

Engage solution engineering and pre-sales teams after qualifying key opportunities, coordinating across multiple banking and payments products and services to provide a consistent client buying experience.

Collect, analyze and maintain client and prospect requirements, translating them into appropriate FIS banking and payments solutions and services.

Support project managers in planning the solution aspects of sales opportunities including cost estimations

Supporting sales executives/managers to close sales opportunities

The role requires a strong collaborative and partnership-oriented approach across solution consulting, sales, product management, client engagement, professional services, and the banking and payments lines of business.

What you will need:

10+ years of banking and/or payments industry experience

10+ years in presales and/or solution definition/validation role

Experience in selling or solutioning a range of banking and payments capabilities, such as digital and core banking, lending, payments processing, card issuing and acquiring, switching, fraud, financial crime, reconciliation or related services, for financial institutions, fintechs and processors

Strong understanding of the banking and payments industry, market trends and competitive landscape

Established relationships across banks, financial institutions, fintechs, processors, partners and other relevant industry stakeholders

Proven track record of involvement in events / conferences/ articles / media

Proven C-level engagement experience

Ability to create and shape market facing messaging and positioning

Requires expert negotiation and communication skills, both written and verbal

Requires solid decision-making and problem-solving skills

Analytical skills are required to determine client business needs and requirements

Ability to show established track record of involvement in industry trade groups preferred

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Well above-average written and verbal communication skills in English

Travel is required

Added bonus if you have:

Experience selling banking and payments solutions and services

Broad knowledge of FIS banking and payments products and services

What we offer you: At FIS, we are as committed to growing our employees’ careers as our own business. We offer:

Opportunities to innovate in fintech

Inclusive and diverse team atmosphere

Professional and personal development

Resources to contribute to your community

Competitive salary and benefits