The Onboarding consultant is responsible for:

  1. Support the sales team with giving demo’s and preparing sales calls
  2. Getting acquainted with new clients, right after they sign-up, and understanding the customer specific needs in their use of Smartbooks
  3. Guide clients through the Onboarding steps, this can range from a couple of hours up to a couple of days for a specific client
  4. Pro-actively propose Best Practices in the client’s financial processes and act as a trusted advisor
  5. Provide training and explanation during the Onboarding sessions and once the client is up and running during regular use of the application
  6. Periodically check in with clients about their usage and experiences and explain and promote new functionalities

Nature of the work

The role is both hands-on and an intellectual challenge because you are working with a software solution that is easy to use but has various functionalities. It is your job to guide the client through onboarding: helping them to make the right choices and assist in configuration, training and support.

Personal characteristics / education

The Onboarding consultant has a:

  1. Bachelor level education with a business administration profile and is tech savvy.
  2. Proven track record in a consulting role with demonstrable experience in financial processes around reporting, budgeting and planning
  3. Analytical skills with an administrative mind set; being able to structure, analyse, interpret and document.
  4. Being able to balance hands-on execution attitude with a consultative attitude;
    • Hands-on is required since in this start-up phase we expect you to be pro-active and flexible
    • Consultative means that you will interact with clients from the start of their customer journey and you will need to advise, assist and support them
  5. As we grow further the role will evolve into 4 focus area’s: Pre-sales, Onboarding consulting, Customer support, Customer Success. As a next step you either specialise in one of these fields or you become the manager of 4 new colleagues.