Daniel Bowlin
Ashford,Kent
Summary
Sales professional with over 8 years of experience in fintech and market research, excelling in consultative selling and strategic planning. Proven track record of enhancing client relationships and driving growth through effective team management. Aiming to utilise leadership abilities to improve operational efficiency and team performance in a managerial position.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Commercial Renewals Manager
GoCardless
London, City of London
2021.02 - Current
- Implemented and managed 6 month renewal cycles, collaborating with Account Executives, Account Managers and Customer Success Managers to reduce churn and identify upsell opportunities.
- Conducted weekly forecasts for senior leadership, outlining strategic next steps for key client deals.
- Own entire renewals motion and responsible maintaining Net Retention of 120% and Logo retention of 95%
- Developed and trained Renewals Managers, implementing structured onboarding and ongoing coaching to improve team performance.
- Trained Customer Success Managers to lead renewal conversations and supported by creating renewals playbooks encompassing: sales methodologies, discovery techniques, internal operation processes and weekly drop ins for continuous support
- Created and presented churn reports, using data analysis to inform strategy and mitigate future losses.
- Managed and closed big ticket renewals with senior stakeholders across US, AUS, NZ and EMEA
Client Development Manager
Confirmit (now Forsta)
London, City of London
2016.09 - 2020.06
- Consistently exceeded OTE by aligning client strategies with business objectives
- Managed $2M portfolio of 35+ SME and Enterprise clients across EMEA
- Consulted with C-level executives and key stakeholders on best practices to enhance client satisfaction and retention rates
- Led adoption of new Text Analytics solution across our Market Research sector, with biggest client uptake of 500,000+ verbatim's run each year
- Collaborated with partner channels to develop local market strategies and ensure alignment with sales objectives
- Liaised between clients and product management to ensure developments were in line with market demand and development pipelines were accurately managed
- Defined and implemented clear vision for territory, communicating account status, resource needs, challenges, and successes regularly
- Collaborated with Pre-sales & Customer Success teams to drive customer adoption
- Consult on Confirmit's best practices & applications whilst leveraging internal services for methodologies that fit the project at hand
Client Development Executive
Confirmit (now Forsta)
London, City of London
2016.04 - 2016.09
- ● Cultivated strong relationships with key business stakeholders through consultation and alignment, enabling them to effectively pitch our functionality aligned with their USPs
- ● Collaborated with internal teams to identify and develop cross-sell opportunities
- ● Prospecting role supporting both US, UK & AUS teams across their global client base
- ● Assisted marketing team in creating targeted campaigns and webinars aimed at enhancing engagement with existing customers
- ● Promoted to Client Development Manager within six months
Sales development representative
Deltek
London, City of London
2015.04 - 2016.03
- Self-prospected through telephone, social media, and personalised outreach emails
- Generated new business opportunities within the EMEA markets
- Followed up on marketing campaigns and inbound leads within 48-hour service level agreement
- Arrange meetings and conference calls between the sales reps and prospects
- Engaged prospects in discussions about internal processes and common business challenges in professional services
- Accurately and consistently maintain Salesforce
Education
A-Levels - Games Design
Canterbury College
Canterbury, Kent 2012.09 - 2014.06
GCSEs -
The Towers School
Ashford, KentSkills
- Renewal management
- Account management
- Sales strategy
- Forecasting
- SaaS
- Sales presentations
- Negotiation
- Customer Success
- Coaching
Affiliations
- Skiing
- Brazilian Ju Jujitsu
Accomplishments
GoCardless MVP Q3 2025
GoCardless Lifesaver (For bringing dead deals back to life)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Commercial Renewals Manager
GoCardless
2021.02 - Current
Client Development Manager
Confirmit (now Forsta)
2016.09 - 2020.06
Client Development Executive
Confirmit (now Forsta)
2016.04 - 2016.09
Sales development representative
Deltek
2015.04 - 2016.03
A-Levels - Games Design
Canterbury College
2012.09 - 2014.06
GCSEs -
The Towers School