Business Development Intern
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Job description for Business Development Intern at StraitsX
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a Business Development Intern at StraitsX, you will play an instrumental role in fuelling StraitsX’s growth in the Singapore market. You will be focused on acquiring new merchants and servicing current accounts. You will be part of the StraitsX team and reporting to the Business Development Manager.
Our team is looking for a highly motivated colleague to help support building up our business in Singapore. The ideal candidate is a driven and strategic networker who thrives in a fast-paced, diverse and entrepreneurial environment.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
- Drive client acquisition, onboard merchant and corporate accounts across our digital assets products;
- Develop and nurture relationships with stakeholders at new and existing clients, collaborate across teams from client organization if required;
- Responding to clients’ questions, expedite the resolution of problems and complaints to maximize satisfaction for client retention;
- Generate data-driven sales reports and results;
- Support key stakeholders such as Compliance, Product, Product operations, the management to optimise sales operations;
- Conduct ad-hoc research on the blockchain/cryptocurrency landscape in Singapore as required.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU / IDEAL PROFILE:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with internal and external senior stakeholders;
- You are forward-thinking and approach challenges with a solution-orientated approach;
- Team player and you are comfortable and determined in dealing with challenging situations (i.e. objection handling, overcoming gatekeepers, etc.);
- Solid organization, multi‐tasking, and prioritization skills, including acute attention to detail as well as effective time management;
- Tech-savvy with good knowledge of using G-suite (Gmail, Google Drive, Google docs, sheets, etc.).
NICE TO HAVE:
- Exposure and broad understanding of the Digital Assets and FinTech sector;
About the company
About StraitsX
StraitsX is the pioneering payments infrastructure for the digital assets space in Southeast Asia and is a Major Payment institution licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. StraitsX is part of the Fazz ecosystem, which aims to make the future of finance accessible for all businesses in Southeast Asia. StraitsX issues the Singapore dollar-denominated stablecoin (XSGD) and Indonesian Rupiah-denominated stablecoin (XIDR).
StraitsX offers personal and business accounts holders to mint and redeems StraitsX stablecoins, manages payments as well as connect their accounts to digital asset platforms. Business accounts can also access B2B API-enabled payments rails for digital asset platforms.
For more information, please visit straitsx.com.
Office address
Blk 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #04-08/09, Singapore 139955