Account Executive - Corporate

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About us

The role

We’re looking to hire a Corporate Account Executive to join our UK&I team. As a Corporate AE you will be responsible for finding and closing new business deals across the UK&I via your own efforts and supported by our marketing, partnerships and Sales Development teams. 

You will be engaging with economic buyers within merchant accounts to identify and secure a role for GoCardless as a payment provider. You will liaise with a multitude of stakeholders and departments; from finance and engineering to marketing and procurement. By successfully multi threading you will build business cases and ultimately secure commercial arrangements. 

We’ve built a dynamic, collaborative culture in which we hire and develop smart, driven people that share our desire to do work we can be proud of. 

What excites you 

• You’ll love taking a data driven approach to pitching GoCardless as a payment provider to Corporate ($30-$100m) accounts. 
• Closing multi-territory, multi-year deals with fast growing companies
• Identifying high-fit accounts within your territory/ book of business 
• Developing account plans, working with stakeholders in marketing to deliver those plans and building your network within those accounts
• Selling the value of our global payments platform and then developing opportunities through negotiation to contract closure
• Proactively building pipeline through calling, emailing, linkedin etc. 

What excites us  

• Proven sales experience in a B2B SaaS environment with a track record of achieving quota (total quota for this role is £650k pa.)
• Previous sales experience in the Payments industry or any other focused on Open Banking 
• Experience of working with some of our key verticals such as Utilities, Telco, Banking or Insurance
• Experience selling to CxO (CFO/ CTO ideally) and other stakeholders
• Candidates with an understanding of the MEDDPICC Sales methodologies (or similar) and experience in applying them 
• A structured sales approach, experience of using salesforce and prior experience of selling complex SaaS products and services (Selling APIs is not essential but a nice to have) 
• High activity: you are able to cover a large territory effectively and build a dynamic pipeline 
• A consultative style and the ability to become a trusted advisor

Salary range: £53,600 - £80,400 + 100% OTE

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

(some of) The good stuff

• Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
• Work away scheme - you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy)
• Adaptive Working - Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
• Equity - all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
• Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
• Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Life at GoCardless  

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCees’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of July 2024;

45% identify as women

23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other

10% identify as LGBTQIA+

9% identify as neurodiverse

2% identify as disabled

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report 

Sustainability 

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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