Account Executive III or Mountain Time Zone

Job Description

The Account Executive III is responsible for achieving sales and profitability objectives from both existing accounts and new client prospects. Account Executives meet with clients and prospects to recognize opportunities and turn leads into long‑lasting partnerships. With extensive product knowledge and an understanding of industry trends, Account Executives communicate directly with clients and prospects, understand their individual needs, and recommend products or services to help clients attain their goals.

• Achieve assigned sales targets. 50%
• Participate in a high level of prospecting activities: lead generation, qualifying prospects, discovery, and demonstrating solutions to prospective clients. Ability to manage multiple accounts while seeking new opportunities. 20%
• Meet in person with clients and prospects. 10%
• Deepen existing client relationships—generating incremental business. 5%
• Consult with clients on business issues and marketing program design. Ability to understand client needs and negotiate costs and services. Resolve sales or delivery issues. 5%
• Work with Strategists and Delivery Teams to execute project specifications and deliver quality results to clients. Develop insightful proposals and deliver strategic sales presentations. 5%
• Manage contracts and up‑sell/cross‑sell opportunities. 5%
• Sell with data and insights. 5%

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field required.
• Advanced degree in business or a related field preferred.

Experience and Skills

• 7-10 years in a quota‑carrying sales role; demonstrated ability to close new business and manage relationships.
• Recent sales experience within a financial services vendor company; marketing discipline preferred.
• Experience with multi‑channel marketing disciplines.
• 1-3 years’ experience and proficiency required in Marketing, Media, Advertising.
• Selling through creating a compelling vision or story. Use of data and insights as a selling tool. Prospecting/new business development. Managing client relationships. Selling multiple/integrated product campaigns. Understanding of the client’s market and strategic needs to align and recommend the ideal solution.
• Use of data and insights as a solution selling tool.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Ability to interpret marketplace needs and translate them into products/services.
• Adapt easily to change—including the market, products, and internal company initiatives.
• Deliver formal/high impact presentations—to clients and internally as needed.
• Display Emotional (EQ) and Cognitive (IQ) Intelligence; the ability to read those around you and appropriately respond intellectually and emotionally.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization and outside.
• Highly developed client solution selling and targeting skills; needs very little support from management to sell or close business.
• Innovative, analytical, and strategic thinking.
• Manage client expectations.
• Proficient at solution selling and closing opportunities.
• Show a consistent track record of success in achieving and exceeding annual quota and business objectives.
• Strong skills in: problem resolution, overcoming objections, initiative, conceptual selling, presentation delivery, negotiation, innovation, and managing multiple priorities.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM software, with aptitude to learn systems.

This position requires a high amount of interpretation of financial information, judgement, creativity and/or innovation to solve problems and determine the best service/solution/course of action as it relates to the client goals and objectives.

Base Salary Range: $98,000–$120,000

Applications will be accepted until the posted or until a sufficient candidate pool has been identified.

Position is eligible for a sales incentive/commission program.

The ultimate compensation offered for the position will depend upon several factors…