An Account Manager serves as the single point of contact for all customer inquiries about the accounts they manage. Other duties and responsibilities an Account Manager may perform include:
- Communicating to clients clearly and addressing their concerns and resolving any conflicts that arise
- Raising clients’ business concerns and needs to the company’s management
- Negotiating and closing business contracts with existing and new clients
- Delivering sales pitch to prospective clients
- Preparing and presenting business and account updates to the company’s management and clients
- Monitoring the budget of the client, explaining costs or expenditures and discussing new terms if necessary
- Following up clients to ensure they are satisfied with the company’s products or services
- Contributing information to sales strategies by assessing current product results, monitoring competitive products, assessing needs to be filled and analysing customer reactions