Account Executive, SMB

About Karbon

Karbon is the global leader in practice management software for growth-minded accounting firms. We provide an award-winning, highly collaborative cloud platform that streamlines work and communication, enabling the average accounting firm using Karbon to save 18.5 hours per week, per employee.

We have customers in 34 countries and have grown into a globally distributed team, with our people based throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, have a fantastic team culture built on our values, are growing rapidly, and making a global impact.

Are you a sales professional looking for an opportunity to make an impact in a rapidly growing, award winning and well-funded SaaS business that is disrupting a multibillion-dollar industry? 

We are looking for top performing, self-starter sales executives with experience and desire to manage all aspects of the sales process including prospecting, lead qualification, demand creation and closing new business. Our sales team members are located throughout the United Kingdom offering flexibility to work remotely. This is a tremendous career opportunity with a high level of professional and financial upside.

About the Role

As a Small Business Sales Account Executive, you will be responsible for taking Small Business leads and guiding them to get the most out of their trial, guide them to resources for starting their trial and implementation, demonstrating Karbon’s value, communicating the compelling reason to change, and leading demonstrations of our platform while providing a first-class experience and ultimately optimizing how prospects run their firms. 

• Proactively sell Karbon, through both inbound leads and outbound efforts, to small business prospects
• Interacting with all triallists quickly, understand and extract their needs and cater their trial experience to align with the value Karbon delivers to their needs
• Respond to prospective customers promptly, book discovery calls with inbound leads, uncover their pain points, and tailor presentations to demonstrate how Karbon will help them modernize their firm, accelerate their growth and retain and attract top talent
• Drive and expand your portfolio of prospects through reengagement of former opportunities, expanding into other team members in the firm (goal of 40% of new opps are generated by the rep)
• Create Outreach sequences leveraging marketing rich content and/or custom campaigns that include phone, email, e-gifting, and LI to secure meetings with decision makers in named accounts
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities with a minimum of 3 times quota securing next step meetings throughout the process
• Ensure accurate and timely updates of information and forecasts (call/meeting notes, supporting documentation, next steps etc.) in Salesforce/Gong

About You!

We are looking for someone who thrives working independently in a high growth, fast-paced environment. The ability to multitask, leverage lots of modern software to automate tasks, set and adjust priorities, and be a team-player is critical. This may be your first sales role, but you are hungry to learn and enjoy being a part of a high-performance team where authenticity and passion for action are valued, Karbon is your future home.

Candidates with the following qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply:

• 1-3 years of experience selling with a track record of being top performer
• Excited and willing to learn outbound sales and adopt a hunter mentality
• Personal drive to succeed at quota carrying role
• Ability to demonstrate a strong business case for Karbon through a consultative and value driven sales process
• The technical aptitude to master our sales tools /tech stack
• Ability to prioritize and multitask sales opportunities of varying lengths and depths, and effectively articulate the potential you have with each account
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A friendly, but assertive demeanor
• Bonus points if you have previous experience selling or working with accountants

Our sales team has amazing additional incentives focused on performance including an annual President’s Club Trip, Rep of Month, Quarter and Year!

Why Work at Karbon?

• Competitive salary with uncapped monthly bonus potential and high quota attainment
• Excellent benefits package including:
  • Flexible work hours
  • Work remotely or in an office
  • Commuter & work from home benefits
  • Home office equipment menu for you to choose how you deck out your home office
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Up to 10 wellness days (because you don't need to be "sick" to stay well)
  • Karbon Fun / Social Club!
  • Up to 5 weeks paid vacation
• Opportunity to sell a leading platform (number 1 on G2) with a highly recognized and valued brand/product offering
• Work with (and learn from) an experienced, high-performing team
• Be part of a fast-growing company that firmly believes in promoting high performers from within
• A collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity, invests in development, and provides consistent feedback
• Additional incentives focused on performance, including President’s Club Trip, Rep of Month, Quarter, and Year
• OTE for this role at target is £96,000

Karbon embraces diversity and inclusion, aligning with our values as a business. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. If you've made it this far in the job description but your past experience doesn't perfectly align, we do encourage you to still apply. You could still be the right person for the role!

We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, physical or cognitive ability, and other diversity dimensions that may hinder inclusion in the organization.

Generally, if you are a good person, we want to talk to you. 😛

If there are any adjustments or accommodations that we can make to assist you during the recruitment process, and your journey at Karbon, contact us at people.support@karbonhq.com for a confidential discussion.

At this time, we request that agency referrals are not submitted for this position. We appreciate your understanding and encourage direct applications from interested candidates. Thank you!