Senior Account Executive – Government

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Workiva

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2008

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Workiva is a cloud-based, AI-powered platform that unifies financial reporting, risk and compliance management, and sustainability reporting. It enables teams to connect data across systems, collaborate in real time, automate reporting (including XBRL tagging), and maintain auditability and traceability for regulated disclosures and assurance processes. Workiva serves large enterprises and finance, legal, audit, and sustainability teams to accelerate reporting, improve accuracy, and reduce risk.

📋 Description

• Obtain new business and customer expansion sales opportunities from Executive-level buyers and influencers at government customers • Sell Workiva’s core platform and collaborate with other Workiva Solution Sales teams to deliver multi-solution sales • Build relationships and identify Workiva products and solutions that meet customer needs to drive customer acquisition within an assigned territory • Drive sales growth through new customer subscriptions, professional services, delivery, and training • Seek sales opportunities in collaboration with Inside Sales, Solution Sales, and Partnerships to generate qualified opportunities • Use needs-analysis information to deliver compelling demonstrations of the Workiva platform • Address objections, remove obstacles, and find solutions to customer challenges • Lead sales processes to closure by showcasing Workiva’s value proposition • Update customer relationship management tools with customer contacts • Conduct pipeline analysis and provide accurate forward-looking sales forecasts • Develop and execute sales strategies to secure sales • Rally internal support and optimize internal resources for accounts • Prioritize selling activities and ensure timely follow-through • Maintain product knowledge through ongoing training • Share knowledge, successes, lessons learned, and best practices with peers

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of sales experience in a related role, selling to Executive-level buyers in enterprise technology, Software as a Service (SaaS) or similar complex solution sales • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field • Experience selling to senior executives at Government customers • Understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model • Ability to demonstrate complex software applications • Demonstrated experience navigating and delivering sales success across mid market and large, enterprise organizations • Strong business acumen and ability to understand complex business issues • Executive presence; ability to communicate at the most senior level • Ability to identify and understand the power of influencers versus buyers and how to navigate the nuances of each during the sales cycle • Ability to manage multiple complex sales cycles simultaneously • Ability to negotiate pricing with a focus on retaining value • Capability for achieving (and exceeding) sales quota targets • Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely • Must be able to work from within the country of employment

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements, supporting work from an office or remotely from any location within the employee’s country of employment • Up to 30% travel for regular team and customer meetings and events • Ongoing training and growth mindset opportunities • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities • Comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to employees’ roles