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CardSmart Payment Consultant (Full-time Role)

  • Full Time
  • Chicago
  • Posted 3 months ago
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As a Payments Consultant with CardSmart, you will identify customer needs in terms of payment processing services and suggest CardSmart sourced solutions that best meet their business needs. You will also conduct periodic customer service and quality assurance visits with your merchant clients to foster loyalty and obtain referrals.

Description & Requirements:

At CardSmart, we are a team of champions. Champions for our merchants, our colleagues, our partners, and ourselves. Our Payments Consultants are the champions on the front lines of our organization, these are the individuals who have helped CardSmart reach exponential levels of growth. Because of our explosive growth, we are seeking proven, successful sales people for numerous outside business-to-business sales positions. This role will acquire new merchant business clients through prospecting, cold calling, and building relationships with associations, chambers of commerce, and bank partners.

CardSmart Payment Consultants enjoy:

  • A very real opportunity to acquire wealth and advance your career
  • A Financial Technology Consulting Agency committed to the success of our employees, and our
  • A family atmosphere where employees are cared for and valued
  • A Champion-Mindset where the entrepreneurial approach to the business based on technology

Job Responsibilities:

As a Payments Consultant with CardSmart, you will identify customer needs in terms of payment processing services and suggest CardSmart sourced solutions that best meet their business needs. You will also conduct periodic customer service and quality assurance visits with your merchant clients to foster loyalty and obtain referrals.

  • Develops and maintains strong business relationships with business owners in your area, starting with small to medium-size businesses and working your way up to larger businesses
  • Meet your monthly sales quotas to ensure the continued success of yourself, and the business.
  • Provide excellent customer service and support to your
  • Collaborates with your Regional Sales Director to prepare and present competitive sales proposals
  • Works closely with CardSmart colleagues in Operations, Marketing, Controlled Risk and other departments to meet your sales goals

Job Requirements:

  • Proven outside or field sales experience with a track record of hitting or exceeding sales goals.
  • Ability to self-source your own leads through a combination of cold calling and networking.
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, relationship building and presentation skills.
  • Strong work ethic with a drive to excel.
  • PC proficient with Microsoft Office Suite & Google Suite experience.
  • Experience in merchant services or payment processing is beneficial, but not essential.

Benefits:

At CardSmart, we offer a superior opportunity with growth potential! We provide extensive support and comprehensive training, so our Payments Consultants can hit the ground running and continue to succeed. Our unique offering gives Payments Consultants an edge in the field that our competitors lack.

Additional benefits for the Payments Consultant include:

  • W2 employment
  • One of the strongest commission plans in the credit card processing industry; uncapped earnings with upfront cash incentives (up to $5,000 per month)
  • Extensive Partner Network, ensuring you never walk away from an opportunity.
  • Monthly Production Bonus and Quota Bonus
  • 401K Program
  • Medical Insurance
  • Superior online management tools
  • Recession-proof, growing industry

Apply with the link below. Include your name, phone, and email address. Please write “I am a CCC student/alum” in the Message section and someone will reach out for next steps.

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May 4, 2026/by Apprenticeship Team
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