Senior Account Executive – Strategic Commercial Acquisitions

🔥 16 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $106k - $172k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Workiva

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2008

☁️ SaaS

💸 Finance

📋 Compliance

SaaS • Finance • Compliance

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

• Actively seek sales opportunities in collaboration with peer Sales teams, Inside Sales and Partnerships to generate qualified opportunities • Utilize information gathered during the needs analysis phase to deliver a compelling demonstration of the Workiva platform, creating a customer belief in the necessity of Workiva solutions • Skillfully address objections, removing obstacles to gain commitment, solving various client problems with the best possible solution • Lead the sales process naturally - guiding it to closure by effectively showcasing Workiva's value proposition • Regularly and promptly update customer relationship management tools to report customer contacts • Provide consistent and accurate forward-looking information through pipeline analysis to forecast sales • Develop and deliver strategic account planning with purposeful action to secure sales success • Rally internal support to pursue an account and optimize internal resources • Prioritize selling activities and ensure timely follow-through • Maintain a strong understanding of Workiva products through a commitment to ongoing training and a growth mindset

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years experience in a related role - enterprise technology or similar complex solution sales hunting large customer New Logos • Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and related career experience • Understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model • Ability to demonstrate complex software applications • Demonstrated experience navigating and delivering sales success across 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

🏖️ Benefits

• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package