Desjardins Group

Account Manager, Business

Desjardins Group$70K — $95K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum of eight years of relevant experience
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Advanced proficiency in English
  • Alternative combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

Responsibilities

  • Maintain lasting business relationships with key clients
  • Manage accounts as a link between clients and the organization
  • Recommend strategies to meet targets on risk management and profitability
  • Identify client needs and develop custom solutions
  • Watch for business opportunities to enhance competitive edge
  • Engage in public relations and maintain business community presence

Benefits

  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan for retirement sustainability
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
  • Assistance with telework equipment costs
Full Job Description
As a business account manager, you have a considerable impact on the organization by helping promote services and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You represent and negotiate on behalf of Desjardins and enter the organization into strategic agreements with clients. You balance portfolio profitability with client/partner satisfaction. You maintain personal business relationships with strategic and important clients-primarily businesses, associations and groups-to ensure they are getting the most of their products and services and are fully satisfied with them. You drive results by actively helping your unit achieve its sales and business development objectives. You are responsible for prestige accounts with significant development potential for your sector or the organization. You work with clients with highly complex, diverse needs. The ability to communicate effectively and thoroughly understand clients' expressed needs is therefore essential. Your highly complex work and initiatives require extensive knowledge of the organization and your line of business. You lead, influence and serve as expert advisor to clients and practitioners. You have considerable leeway and many opportunities to establish and negotiate product and service terms. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. More specifically, you will be required to :
  • Maintain lasting, personal business relationships with important clients to promote services
  • Manage accounts by serving as the link between clients and the organization and ensuring that clients have the products and services they need, are using them correctly, and are satisfied with them
  • Recommend strategies and solutions to meet targets, such as sound risk management, portfolio profitability and improved business relationships
  • Identify and analyze member/client needs; develop custom solutions; prepare integrated service offers that balance member/client satisfaction, profitability and risk; and negotiate terms
  • Watch for business opportunities that would add a competitive edge to existing products and services
  • Take an active role in public relations activities and maintain a presence in the business community.


What we offer*
  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Drive results, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning

Trade Union (If applicable)

Job Family
Member/client sales and service (FG)

Unposting Date
2026-07-13

About Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative financial group with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1900 and has since grown to become the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with over 7 million members and clients. The group offers a range of financial services including banking, insurance, wealth management, and investment services. Desjardins Group operates primarily in Quebec and Ontario, but also has a presence in other Canadian provinces as well as in the United States and Europe. The group is committed to social responsibility and sustainability, and has implemented various initiatives to promote these values.
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Size
48,200 employees
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