Strategic Accounts Executive

Team: Performance Management

Location: Buffalo, NY

Commitment: Full Time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Salary:

+ commission $50,000 ++ (uncapped) & $15,000 variable bonus for hitting KPI's

Auto Fi is the leading provider of digital commerce technology that powers the sales and finance experiences for the most innovative brands and dealers in automotive. The Auto Fi platform enables a more transactional buying experience with $4B in funded loans processed through Auto Fi annually. Auto Fi’s dynamic selling platform empowers dealers to sell vehicles more efficiently and profitably, both online and in the showroom.

We are funded for years of future growth and backed by investors including Crosslink Capital, Santander Holdings USA, SVB Financial Group, Ford, BMW iVentures and JP Morgan Chase.

Our team is diverse - spread out across the U.S. and Canada, we have backgrounds from finance and technology as well as deep experience in all areas of the auto space. We’re empathetic, gritty, curious, and humble owners of this business and are supported by some of the biggest names in the auto and financial industries as commercial partners. We’ve never been more excited about the opportunity in front of us to help transition the auto industry from offline to online.

If changing a trillion-dollar industry sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.

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Auto Fi is looking for a customer centric Strategic Accounts Executive ready for a move that enables your dealership expertise and growth.

You will manage your own Book of Business in a regional area. This role will require onsite dealer visits, average week consists of 4 days a week in stores, overnight travel 50% which are crucial to the success of our partner relationships.

• You have a solid understanding of dealership variable operations, including, but not limited to:
  Finance & Insurance, Sales, Sales Management, processes, software, and performance reporting systems.
• You should be able to demonstrate a practical understanding of best practice digital sales processes, operating practices, Desking deals, integrations with vendors, CRM and DMS software tools.
• You may currently be working with a Automotive Software Vendor, managing dealership accounts from training delivery through ongoing account servicing and support, looking for your next challenge.
• Experience working with Vehicle Sales Teams (Sales People, Sales Managers Internet/BDC, and F&I Managers) integrating our software platform and processes into their dealerships.
• Provide training and insight on best practices that will leverage and drive the dealers' business.
• You will own the ongoing relationship with your dealers, which will include KPIs to ensure increased adoption, driving transactions, ensuring retention and delivering satisfaction.
• You will need to be as comfortable speaking to a customer as you would a Sales Person, a Sales Manager, a Dealer Principal, a C-Suite or a Manufacturer.

• Be assertive and persuasive
• Have a disciplined systematic approach to work
• Detail-oriented and analytical
• Strong work ethic
• 3+ years of relevant experience with a history of delivering results
• Highly computer literate, Google Suite
• Good follow up and organizational skills
• Quick to adapt to new technology and tools
• Have a working knowledge of common DMS systems, F&I systems, and F&I tools
• Proficient user of automotive CRM software
• Thrive in a multi-tasking environment and be able to adjust priorities on-the-fly
• Have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Relationship builder
• Continuous learner

• - We offer full training and a competitive total rewards package along with great benefits
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