Marcus Bennett

Customer Success Director, Finova

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

About

Specialties: B2B Sales - specifically CMO, BPO & Software; Consultancy, Commercial Negotiation, Internal & External Communication Management, New Proposition Identification & Development, Mortgage Servicing & Arrears Management consultancy

Experience

  • Customer Success Director at Finova
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Mortgage Sales & Originations (MSO) (10 yrs 6 mos)
    • Client Delivery Director
      Feb 2021 - Jul 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Head of Account Management, Contracts and Commercials
      Nov 2016 - Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Lead Client Delivery Manager
      Feb 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Responsible for the planning, structuring, leading and execution of large client programmes, monitoring and reporting of the P/L of programmes / projects. Extended responsibilities include: * implementation & delivery strategy of projects as directed by Head of Client Delivery * project Board / Steering Committee meetings attendance and contribution * defining of commercial baseline for each project delivery * ensuring effective change, risk and quality management plans are in place * lead the team of Client Delivery Managers * act as an escalation point for resolution of client issues

  • Vertex Financial Services (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Account Director
      Apr 2009 - Jan 2015 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible for the Vertex commercial relationship, including P&L, with JP Morgan, UBS, Commerzbank (all outsourcing), ING Direct and Alliance & Leicester (software). The relationships include provision of software, CMO, BPO and debt recovery services. Extended responsibilities include: * Management of profit and cost accounts for each client delivery * Management of existing customer base and prospect relationships * Provide industry and regulatory advice and direction to delivery and development teams * Responsibility for ensuring delivery to client and contract SLAs are achieved * Promotion of the fair treatment of customers and ensuring TCF is factored into all decision making processes * Provision of consultation to the Sales Team

    • Account Development Manager
      May 2008 - Apr 2009 · 1 yr

  • Vertex Financial Services (Cheltenham)
    • Consultant
      Jul 2006 - May 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Responsibilities included: * leading the consultancy for a major investment bank's wealth management arm in the creation of a mortgage division * Project managed the conversion of two clients from paper based manual DD to an AUDDIS compliant service * Lead analyst for two mortgage portfolio sales * Lead analyst for development of and implementation of system changes to ensure full FSA compliance

    • Senior Business Analyst / Business Analyst
      May 2000 - Jul 2006 · 6 yrs 3 mos

      Lead analyst for the configuration and implementation of software solutions for new clients and software development for existing clients. Role included management of a team of Application Support Analysts and Developers, supporting the live service of three outsourcing clients. Responsibilities included: * Preparation and sign-off of business requirements for system development * Sign-off of IDD (Internal Development Documentation) for Mortgage Servicing system development * Client Management of change control process for system and process development * Lead analyst for General Ledger configuration, reconciliation and implementation across a number of mortgage portfolios

  • Senior Project Administrator / Senior Mortgage Administrator at Cheltenham & Gloucester (Lloyds TSB)
    Oct 1993 - Apr 2000 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Originally working as a Senior Mortgage Adminstrator providing supervisory functions to the administrative teams gained promotion to the Senior Project Administrator role reporting directly to the Head of Sales Responsibilities across both positions included: * Preparation of key presentation material for the board directors and Head of Sales for delivery to internal and external bodies * Creation of and distribution of supporting documentation for key lending criteria across the Lloyds TSB and C&G mortgage branches * Creation of national lending statistics and presentation material for board of directors * Supervision and training of staff dealing with multiple elements of mortgage administration * Creation of training and procedural documentation for use of company mortgage administration system