GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

Published: Apr 21, 2025 - The Global Relationship Manager enhances global finance and accounting operations through strategic initiatives and advanced solutions. This role supports system implementation, organizational design, and performance improvements. The manager ensures seamless client engagement and drives long-term business growth.

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1. Global Relationship Manager, MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK

Job Summary: 

  • Provide day-to-day business support, maintaining oversight and supporting internal areas on usual activities related to card acquiring and/or payment processing partners
  • Build strong relationships internally (finance, compliance, legal, marketing, product and integration) to enable efficient interaction with partners
  • Solve problems and bottlenecks, set a clear strategy for the assigned markets
  • Responsible for highlighting challenges, proposing solutions, and taking ownership of issues related to acquiring and/or payment processing activities
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of, and document contractual and commercial commitments with key card acquiring / payment processing partners
  • Draw out and maintain responsibility for monitoring, communicating, reporting key metrics (to critical stakeholders) and delivering according to mutual obligations
  • Build relationships, often from scratch, with acquirers/ processors in new territories
  • Run many parallel processes, including in-depth commercial discussions, detailed onboarding and due diligence procedures and pricing negotiations
  • Ensure understanding of the card payment landscape, best providers and ways to leverage various payment methods
  • Build new relationships, often from scratch, with banks and other types of partners (non-card payments related) around the world for establishing new in-country payouts capabilities
  • Coordinate communication among the various service partners, business partners, and third parties
  • Work with clients to plan and deliver an effective portal rollout, resulting in client and employee utilization and satisfaction
  • Use ongoing status calls to identify areas where core services can be more effectively utilized and where additional services and support can be of value


Skills on Resume: 

  • Problem Solving (Soft Skills)  
  • Partner Communication (Soft Skills)  
  • Contract Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Metrics Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Payment Knowledge (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Coordination (Soft Skills)  
  • Client Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Commercial Negotiation (Hard Skills)

2. Global Relationship Manager, Cadence Bank, Birmingham, AL

Job Summary: 

  • Help design, execute, and manage Marketplacer’s overall industry analyst, influencer, and thought leader strategy and plan
  • Establish and maintain regular communication with analysts and influencers via multiple channels 
  • Develop to engage and educate these communities on Marketplacer strategy, roadmap and product updates
  • Ensure all analysts and influencer advice informs all applicable business activities and that analyst/influencer/thought leader publications and/or other interactions mentioning 
  • Leverage Marketplacer appropriately to help build market awareness, increase lead generation effectiveness, and simplify selling
  • Plan, schedule, and manage analyst/influencer program activities such as participation in analyst research, conferences, advisory days, briefings, inquiries, and reporting
  • Drive alignment with sales, marketing and product teams to maximize program impact
  • Support the Marketplacer customer reference program and market research activities
  • Formulate global accounts strategies and partner with the local specialists to ensure strategy execution
  • Raise customer awareness internationally by promoting the value proposition
  • Build/ sustain long-lasting customer relationships while building brand loyalty
  • Identify new custom manufacturing opportunities


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategy Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Influencer Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Content Communication (Soft Skills)  
  • Market Awareness (Hard Skills)  
  • Program Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Alignment (Soft Skills)  
  • Customer Loyalty (Soft Skills)  
  • Opportunity Identification (Hard Skills)

3. Global Relationship Manager, Commerce Bank, Kansas City, MO

Job Summary: 

  • Bring industry knowledge, extraordinary consulting capabilities, innovation and cutting-edge technology to clients for their global Finance and Accounting (F&A) operations
  • Define and work with the finance and procurement leadership 
  • Identify and execute strategic initiatives around efficiency and effectiveness
  • Enterprise Performance Management Tool Implementation experience (Planning and Forecasting, Consolidation, Management Reporting)
  • Chip in on developing and executing the domestic and global strategy for the consulting practice
  • Harness extensive knowledge combined with a suite of methods
  • Execute projects ranging from business diagnostics, organization design, business process design, and finance system implementation
  • Partner with the client, operations, digital and analytics team to define and deliver key projects across
  • Design End State Organization Model and Global Process 
  • Participated in teams for the delivery of Finance Benchmarking results
  • Active contribution to developing high-growth org - substantial contribution to practice and IP creation and frameworks, to deliver sustainable and long-term solutions
  • Sell and deliver to clients with a focus on growing revenue
  • Manage the relationship along with counterparts in other divisions to ensure seamless client engagement


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategy Execution (Hard Skills)  
  • Consulting Expertise (Soft Skills)  
  • Process Design (Hard Skills)  
  • Tool Implementation (Hard Skills)  
  • Client Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Benchmark Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Revenue Growth (Soft Skills)  
  • Relationship Management (Soft Skills)