Account Executive - Europe

Innovative Systems/FinScan, a fast-growing international hi-tech provider of on-premise and SaaS data management and compliance solutions and services, is looking for a high-achieving software sales professional to expand and grow new sales revenue in markets across Europe, including the French-speaking countries such as France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium - making native level French a must have!

You will have the DNA of a hunter with a deep record of achievement in growing new business and building relationships within the FinTech, AML, or risk/compliance space. You have a thirst for smashing your targets built upon the development of lasting trusted advisor relationships.

Reporting and Work Location: You will report to the SVP Sales EMEA & APAC. Innovative has a flexible hybrid work environment. When in the office, you'll be in the heart of London's financial district in Tower 42.

What’s in it for you? We provide you with a competitive salary, potential for double OTE uncapped, great benefits, and the tools, training, and mentoring to be successful. And - Innovative is known for being a great place to work! We work collaboratively across diverse teams and geographies in a quest for creating solutions that keep Innovative at the top!

In this role you will:

• Achieve targets for your assigned territory or vertical.
• Contribute to the achievement of overall organisational targets and objectives.
• Consistently seek out and identify new business opportunities while developing strategies to win the sale.
• Identify potential customers through networking initiatives, cold-calling, LinkedIn, partner channels, and compelling email communications.
• Respond promptly to all leads and inquiries to continuously grow and build an ongoing pipeline of opportunities.
• Consistently execute on sales processes to maintain a balanced sales pipeline and funnel.
• Maintain consistent competency of Innovative's product offerings, the industry, and your skills.
• Leverage and continuously grow your knowledge of the industry, government and regulatory trends, the competition, and our products and relevant technological developments to build a strategy for increasing market share and penetration of Innovative’s solutions.
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with enterprise prospects and utilize a consultative, solutions-oriented approach to create a better understanding of their challenges, needs, and requirements – leading to superior service and positive outcomes for the prospect and Innovative.
• Proactively engage with and seek the assistance of managers, decision makers, top leadership, and other levels of the organization for assistance throughout all stages of the sales process to ensure winning the sale and achieving the highest levels of client satisfaction.
• Keep management apprised of opportunities, challenges, industry and competitor changes, and overall account status throughout all stages.
• Provide feedback to marketing and product management to assist development of effective and up-to-date sales presentations, materials, and needs.
• Work cooperatively with various internal teams including support, delivery, product development, and account management.
• Prepare and deliver sales presentations to potential new customers.
• Prepare regular sales reports as well as sales territory plans i.e. Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s).
• Share knowledge and best practice across the sales team; serve as mentor to others.
• Regularly utilize sales tools (salesforce.com) to track and manage the sales cycle.
• Maintain integrity in dealing with internal teams, clients, and partners.

The qualifications and skills you must have for success:

• Excellent native-level French communication skills (written and spoken).
• Minimum 5 years proven success consistently exceeding new business sales targets selling software, data, SaaS or other related sales experience.
• Prior experience/knowledge of data/data quality/data management, regulatory risk and compliance, AML, KYC, sanctions screening, PEP screening, etc.
• Consistent use of B2B value/solutions selling or similar sales techniques, e.g. Challenger, etc.
• Demonstrated strength in relationship building, listening, client problem assessment and needs identification, sales planning techniques.
• Deep prospecting and sales process habits.
• Knowledge and use of Salesforce.com or similar sales CRM.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a passion for sales success.
• Strong negotiator with proven ability to close business.
• Highly motivated self-starter that is self-motivated with strong commitment to follow through.
• Proven team player with strong collaborator mentality.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30-60%.

It’s a plus if you have:

• ACAMS, ACSS, or ICA certifications.
• Working knowledge of data analytics, data quality, data integration, Business Intelligence (BI), or similar technologies.
• Fluency with other languages.

What we provide to you: Our sales executives receive a competitive salary plus generous incentives for reaching and exceeding sales targets. We provide the tools, training, and coaching to help you achieve success and continue to grow your career. We provide generous paid time off, 100% company paid private medical insurance, paid parental leave, cycle scheme, volunteering service time-off, tuition reimbursement, charitable-gift matching, and more. Innovative has a culture that is highly flexible and friendly with a hybrid work environment that strives to keep our teams safe while being sensitive to individual needs. We are team-oriented, customer-centric with deep values and ethics - our record proves that. You’ll find an entrepreneurial environment where exchanging ideas and creating solutions is what we all do. We don't have time for office politics - we prefer transparency as we work collaboratively across diverse teams and geographies in a quest for creating solutions that keep Innovative at the top!

The Innovative difference and you! We care about the world around us! Our mission is to create a SAFER, more efficient world by pioneering the most reliable and most accurate compliance and data quality solutions. Yes, we are known by our clients around the world for providing exceptional solutions that consistently outperform our competition, but this is just part of our story. Innovative’s solutions also help our clients detect the risks associated with many of the financial crimes that plague our world today – money laundering, terrorist financing and other corrupt activities. Working here, you, too, will be part of this crucial fight. Join the Innovative team!

Innovative's world headquarters is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Our regional offices are in London, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; Dubai, UAE, and São Paulo, Brazil.