Natarajan Raju

Business Development Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India13 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 13 years of experience in BFSI sector.
  • Expertise in digital payments and customized solutions.
  • Proven track record in merchant onboarding and relationship management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional specializing in digital payment solutions and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentSalesAccount ManagementRelationship ManagementCustomer Relationship Management

Other Skills

API IntegrationAPI integrationAnalytical SkillsAnti Money LaunderingAudit complianceBanking alliancesBanking operationsBusiness AcquisitionBusiness PlanningBusiness Relationship ManagementCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Channel SalesCoachingCommunicationCompliance management

About

Dynamic Sales Professional with over thirteen years of experience in the BFSI sector, specializing in digital payments and customized solutions. Recognized for expertise in offering tailored solutions such as POS EDC machines, QR codes, Soundbox UPI devices, Payment gateway services, and ERP API integration. Accumulated Skills: Team Management Cross-functional Collaboration Technical Expertise Sales and Communication Skills Relationship Management

Experience

13 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Billdesk

Business Development Manager

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

  • Led merchant onboarding for payment gateway services, expanding partnerships and improving transaction efficiency.
  • Managed the onboarding of agent institutions under the Bharat Connect program, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
  • Developed partnership alliances, successfully appointing Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) under referral agreements to increase market reach.
  • Built and maintained cross-functional relationships with onboarding, legal, and operations teams to streamline processes.
  • Negotiated contracts and pricing structures to maximize profitability and enhance payment solutions for merchants.
  • Conducted market research to identify trends, competitor strategies, and potential business opportunities.
Merchant onboardingPayment gateway servicesPartnership developmentMarket researchBusiness DevelopmentSales

Paytm

Key accounts manager - SMB | Middle Market | Enterprise sales

May 2023May 2024 · 1 yr · Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

  • Contributed to Payments volume amounting to an annual throughput of 600 Crs by strategically
  • identifying and acquiring new accounts for Paytm Payments, specializing in POS EDC machines, QR
  • codes, Soundbox UPI devices, and Payment gateway services.
  • Maintained a Portfolio merchant engagement activation rate of more than 85% and a merchant
  • retention rate exceeding 90%, ensuring elevated levels of customer engagement and loyalty.
  • Addressed and resolved merchant concerns promptly post-live, maintaining high satisfaction levels
  • and strengthening merchant relationships.
  • Managed Paytm Lending Direct referral business for 3 months and passed Secured and unsecured
  • loan leads to partner banks
  • Enhanced affordability solutions and customer convenience by successfully upselling Value-Added
  • Services (VAS) such as Multi Bank Credit card EMI, Debit card EMI, No-Cost EMI, and Dynamic
  • Currency Conversion (DCC) to clients.
  • Facilitated CXO level interactions to understand client needs and provide tailored solutions,
  • strengthening client relationships and satisfaction.
Payments volume managementMerchant engagementCustomer satisfactionValue-Added Services upsellingSalesAccount Management

Hdfc bank

2 roles

Merchant Relationship manager - Retail E-commerce

Jun 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Led a team of Relationship Officers across the assigned geography, overseeing their performance and
  • ensuring the achievement of desired productivity levels.
  • Acted as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Payment gateway, Swiping machine, QR code,
  • SMS/Email link-based payments, and UPI solutions.
  • Maintain relationship with assigned Branches and drive business from the region
  • Hunted new retail business opportunities and conducted customer acquisition, negotiating
  • commercials and pricing with merchants for digital solutions, including release and integration of test
  • and live API kits such as Node.JS, PHP, Java, Woocommerce Plugin, Magento, etc.
  • Acted as an intermediary between the technical team and Merchants for the integration of Payment
  • gateway and UPI in the Merchant's Web page and/or Android/iPhone applications.
  • Setup 500+ TIDs and ensured that the TID setup contributed to volume and increased CASA balance/
  • Float maintained in the Merchant's current account.
  • Implemented ring-fencing activities to keep the wallet share impenetrable, enabling additional form
  • factors like UPI, Bharat QR, Multi-banking Credit card EMI, BNPL, Debit card EMI, Net banking, etc.
  • Cross-sold POS Machines, QR codes, and other collection solutions to enhance merchant offerings.
  • Periodically visited Branches and other stakeholders for Business development, maintaining strong
  • relationships and ensuring branch channel management effectiveness.
  • Maintained relationships with Banking alliances/VAS Partners such as CCAveneue, PayU, Razorpay,
  • Worldline, Onepay, Qfix, MCB, etc., ensuring quality service provision to Merchants on time.
Team leadershipPayment solutionsCustomer acquisitionAPI integrationRelationship ManagementBusiness Development

Relationship manager - HNW Liability

Apr 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Acquired new CASA (Current Account Savings Account) customers meeting product criteria and
  • managed and deepened relationships by cross-selling bank products, including TPP (Third Party
  • Products), Assets, Cards, and Digital solutions, to meet clients' financial needs and goals.
  • Successfully increased the liabilities size of relationships through targeted sales efforts across all
  • product segments.
  • Ensured the delivery of high-quality customer service to maintain client satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Collaborated closely with internal teams to leverage available resources and provide comprehensive
  • financial solutions to clients.
  • o Received a reward for a Cluster-level life insurance objective, demonstrating commitment and
  • success in meeting organizational goals.
  • o Achieved the title of Unsecured Loan Champion in the Power Play Loan Drive, exceeding targets by
  • accomplishing 75 lakhs in business loan/personal loan disbursement against a target of 50 lakhs.
  • o Signed up 100+ new account holders to the Preferred Banking premium program, enhancing the
  • bank's high net worth client base.
  • o Contributed 25 lakhs+ Annual premium subscription of Life insurance and 3+ Lakhs Annual premium
  • subscription of Health insurance, demonstrating success in promoting insurance products.
  • o Mobilized 5+ Crores of Average Annual Balance (AAB), showcasing effective portfolio management
  • and wealth management skills.
  • o Facilitated the opening of 100+ Unique FD/RD accounts on an annual basis, contributing to the bank's
  • deposit growth and client wealth accumulation.
Customer acquisitionCross-sellingPortfolio managementFinancial solutionsSalesRelationship Management

Icici bank

3 roles

Relationship Manager - Institutional Merchant relationship

Promoted

Oct 2017Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · On-site

  • Acquiring institutional relationships by proposing and demonstrating digital solutions as a strategy.
  • Periodically meeting stakeholders and maintaining relationships with institutional clients such as
  • schools, colleges, NGOs, and charitable organizations.
  • Onboarding customers onto digital platforms, ensuring seamless integration and adoption.
  • Offering payment and collections digital solutions including Eazypay Invoicing solution, Payment
  • checkout, and Form-based collections.
  • Coordinating between clients and IT teams to integrate digital solutions into client ERP/Website,
  • ensuring smooth implementation and functionality.
  • Managing the quality of the existing portfolio in terms of CASA, FD, and revenue-generating products,
  • ensuring portfolio growth and profitability.
  • Cross-selling collection and payment solutions products such as CMS, DSB, POS terminals, Payment
  • gateway, Fee Management solution, Prepaid cards, etc., to enhance client offerings and revenue
  • streams.
  • Managing compliance parameters including Rekyc, FATCA, AML, etc., ensuring adherence to
  • regulatory requirements.
  • Achieving 100% digital solutions sales target and selling over 50+ digital solutions, showcasing
  • proficiency in sales and solution delivery.
  • Successfully increasing portfolio CASA growth from 11 crores to 25 crores, demonstrating effective
  • portfolio management and growth strategies
Institutional relationship managementDigital solutions onboardingCompliance managementSales target achievementBusiness DevelopmentSales

Deputy Branch Manager - Branch banking

Apr 2014Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos · On-site

  • 1. Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers and provide assistance
  • with problems these customers may encounter.
  • 2. Conduct or direct the internal investigation of compliance issues.
  • 3. Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews
  • 4. Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries
  • and complaints.
  • 5. Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in
  • performing services for customers.
  • 6. Extracting Sales output from Reporting Bankers,DSA and Counsellors mapped to the Branch
  • 7. Taking care of Branch Expenses and Revenue.
  • 8. Timely Report generation and MIS Preparation
  • 9. Timely submission of Audit reports to Investigation officials
Customer serviceSales managementAudit complianceRevenue managementCustomer Relationship ManagementSales

Customer Service Manager - Trade Desk

Aug 2012Mar 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos · On-site

  • 1. Marketing Trade Products and acquisition of new Trade Customers
  • 2. Day to day Banking operations and activities
  • 3. Cross selling of Third party products like Life Insurance, Mutual funds etc.,
  • 4. Achieving Revenue Targets
  • 5. Acquisition of new CASA customers and managing Existing Customer relationships
  • 6. Handling Import and Export bank operations
  • 7. Selling Financial products of the Bank like CASA accounts, Jewel loan marketing and operations, etc.,
  • 8. Customer Relationship Management
  • 9. Taking care of Growth in Bank GL Book size
  • 10. Overachieved Retail Forex target with 5 lakhs USD per annum against the target of 360000 USD
Trade product marketingCustomer acquisitionBanking operationsRevenue target achievementSalesCustomer Relationship Management

Education

Manipal University

Post graduate diploma in Management — Banking and Financial Support Services

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Anna University Chennai

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Information Technology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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