Technology Financing Consultant

Computacenter North America • Irvine, San Francisco

Irvine, San Francisco

218313-en_US

About the role

The Technology Financing Consultant works in proactive collaboration with Computacenter's sales departments to offer customer financing solutions that support overall sales. The Technology Financing Consultant Increases awareness and promotes the use of customer financing across all sales areas, and identifies new opportunities in collaboration with Computacenter Sales Specialists and Account Managers.

The Technology Financing Consultant manages local relationships with refinancing partners and brokers and works with external providers to ensure that sales delivered by Computacenter are financed in the most competitive and appropriate way. The Technology Financing Consultant collaborates with the Computacenter Legal and Commercial Finance Team to ensure that all financing meets business requirements in terms of risk, revenue recognition, and general terms and conditions.

Annual compensation: $65K USD

What you'll be doing

  • Managing and maintaining relationships with Computacenter Sales Specialists, Account Managers, and Sales management.
  • Collaborating with sales teams to identify and develop new opportunities where customer financing is required, and to support the overall sales solution offered.
  • Promoting and enhancing understanding and awareness of customer financing throughout the company.
  • Negotiate financing terms and conditions with customers to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
  • Working with recognized Computacenter financing partners to provide suitable customer financing solutions.
  • Collaborating with the operations team to ensure efficient processing and ongoing management of customer financing.
  • Source and manage competitive pricing from international funding partners.
  • Support operational teams to ensure accurate processing and ongoing management of financing agreements.
  • Support the monitoring and reporting of market and competitive activities.
  • Maintain a strong commercial acumen and understanding of relevant accounting standards related to lease and payment-agreement products.
  • Communicating, connecting, and negotiating internally and externally to facilitate the development of profitable new business and sustainable relationships.
  • Provide support to the UK Head of Financing Solutions where required.
  • Complying with health and safety policies and other requirements.
  • Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
  • Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.

What you have

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in IT leasing, ideally with PC financing
  • More than 5 years of experience in leasing, including receivables-financed transactions
  • Experience in financing sales aids
  • Detailed knowledge of the IT leasing market
  • Strong commercial acumen and experience in managing leasing-related risks
  • Experience with large deals and corporate clients
  • Pricing and deal structuring
  • Knowledge and experience in negotiating contract terms
  • Ability to interpret statutory and management financial statements
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Good knowledge and experience of SAP, MS Office and MS Teams
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strategic thinking and tactical execution skills
  • Good knowledge of the IT industry and an understanding of IT technologies and products
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable communicating with colleagues in different countries where English is not the first spoken language
  • Good self-organization and time management skills
  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple requests simultaneously
  • Can build trust, be assertive when required and shows initiative and enthusiasm
  • Resilience, and able to deal with stressful situations
  • Business and financial acumen with strong analytical skills
  • Demonstrate an understanding of product supply chains
  • Commercially astute
  • Team-oriented working and thinking

Why you should choose us

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognized, so too the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! and tenure recognition scheme schemes are just a taste of how we say thank you for all that you do. And when it comes to recognizing success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organization that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly, and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering, and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people!

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work; that’s why we see and value you as the individual you are. We take a genuine interest in you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion within our industry.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, a ‘Be well’ app (powered by Humanoo), Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing webinars, wellness fairs, and much more.

Tuition reimbursement

Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Pension & financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? For our people based in the US, we offer automatic enrollment onto our 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match. For our Canadian colleagues we offer enrollment onto a Registered Retirement Savings Plan provided by Canada Life where we’ll match 25% up to 6% of your base earnings. Irrespective of where you’re based, you’ll also have access to our financial advisors who can help you with your retirement planning needs.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

Flexible benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that you can tailor to fit you needs. In addition to great medical, dental, and vision coverage options, we also provide 100% company-paid life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. Our easy to navigate employee benefits platform, you’ll have the opportunity to enroll in supplemental life insurance.

We’re a place where you can belong

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!