Strategic Account Executive - Financial Services/BFSI

Overview

Strategic Account Executive role selling Salesforce solutions into the largest enterprise accounts in India, with a focus on banks and financial institutions.

What you'll do

• Exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets by selling Salesforce solutions into enterprise accounts within an assigned geographical or vertical market.
• Handle the entire sales process, with a strong emphasis on new business sales while expanding existing accounts.
• Formalize a go-to-market territory strategy and create a qualified target account list within 30 days.
• Develop pipeline through cold calling, email campaigns, and market sector knowledge.
• Create and maintain a sales pipeline to ensure over-achievement within the designated market sector(s).
• Engage prospect organizations to position Salesforce solutions through value-based selling, business-case definition, value analysis, references, and analyst data.
• Lead the end-to-end sales process by engaging resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, and Partners.
• Generate short-term results while maintaining a long-term perspective to increase overall revenue generation.
• Update the Salesforce system daily with accurate customer and pipeline data.
• Deliver accurate monthly forecasting and revenue.

What you'll need

• Successfully sold into banks and financial institutions across India.
• 12+ years of enterprise solution sales experience selling CRM, ERP, or similar.
• A proven track record of driving and closing enterprise deals.
• Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals.
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.

Nice to have

• Strategic account planning and execution skills.
• Experience selling to C-Level and across both IT and business units at banks and financial institutions in the North Market of India.
• Strong technical competence.
• Passion and commitment to customer success.
• Ability to sell both an application and deployment of a platform.
• Strong time management skills.
• Demonstrated consultative sales solution skills, including the ability to articulate a clear, concise return on investment value statement.
• Ability to maintain high productivity, handle multiple contending priorities, and work under time pressure in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, team-oriented environment.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.
• Territory covers the largest companies in India.