About the role:

As a Business Banker: Merchant Services you will play a pivotal role in driving business growth by identifying, acquiring, and onboarding new merchant clients. This role requires a proactive and client-focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering tailored financial solutions.

Our ideal candidate has:

• A minimum Matric Certificate qualification (Grade 12) and ideally a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Marketing
• 2–3 years’ proven experience in external sales environment with responsibility for, or exposure to cross selling and upselling
• Proven track record in client acquisition, relationship management, and sales of financial products.
• Experience working with merchant service platforms, point-of-sale solutions, or payment processing systems.
• Familiarity with SME banking needs, including tailored financial solutions and risk assessment.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify growth opportunities within the merchant segment.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

Minimum:

• Commercial, economic, SME landscape
• Sales and sales optimisation techniques & principles
• Commercial/business know how (how businesses work.)
• Client relationship management principles
• Engagement/conflict management practices
• Performance culture

Ideal:

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Business banking landscape, product knowledge
• Payment solutions environment (merchant services)
• POS Solutions
• Capitec Bank Acquiring product knowledge