Account Executive

Account Executive

This position is responsible for developing account plans for new and/or existing small to mid-sized corporate accounts in an assigned territory. Prospects new customers and new business at existing customers and close full solution sales to corporate customers. Products: Selling the tax/trade solutions, legal products, or risk/compliance. Location: Will depend on the territory or you working hybrid out of one of our offices (MN, MI, TX, or NYC). About the Role: In this opportunity as Account Executive, you will:

• Prospecting: Prospecting is a must. Actively seek out new business opportunities with both new and existing customers to build a strong sales pipeline. Keep your sales pipeline clean and up to date, aiming for 3-4 times coverage of your sales targets on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Account Management: Focused on companies with revenues of less than $500M, leading the entire sales process through account planning, to include initial contact, account planning, deal closing to renewal.
• Sales Goals: Meet or exceed your revenue targets.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other teams within the organization to tailor our solutions to address the customer needs.
• Relationship Building: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders, understanding their challenges and demonstrating how our solutions can address them.
• Salesforce Maintenance: Regularly update our CRM system (salesforce.com) to maintain accurate records of your sales activities and to provide reliable sales forecasts. Engage in direct client meetings either in person or via platforms like MS Teams.

About You: You're a fit for the role of Account Executive if your background includes:

• Proven ability to sell complex software solutions to small and medium companies (less than $500M in revenue), using a consultative and value-based approach.
• Must be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and possess a growth mindset, capable of managing change effectively.
• Experience selling to C-level executives applying a solution selling approach and the ability to identify business challenges and impact to their business if they don't solve their challenges.
• Skilled in leading detailed sales processes involving various stakeholders.
• Ability to work well with teams across different departments (such as marketing, product, and legal) to achieve shared objectives.
• Eager to help refine sales strategies, enhance the sales team culture, improve the company's value proposition, and develop sales tools to boost overall success.
• College degree preferred with a minimum of 4 years direct field sales experience (sales experience in the corporate sector preferred) with a proven, exemplary track record of sales quota over achievement.
• Ability to develop and execute an account plan. Able to work from home office and travel to customer locations.

What's in it For You? Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, and access to the Heads.