About the Role
As a Customer Base Financials Account Executive, you will lead business development, selling to prospective key accounts. Your recent success in selling cloud-based Financial applications and products to an enterprise customer base is a strong sign you're an excellent prospect for this role.
Role & Responsibilities
Ability to drive a complex sale, operate respectfully in a team selling environment, and have strong project management skills. If you have a stellar sales track record capitalizing on strategic accounts, are a self-starter, and love working in a dynamic environment, then Workday is the place for you.
Initiates and runs sales cycles, maximizing Workday Financial products suite including Accounting, Planning, Analytics, Payroll, and Expense Management. You will lead the sales process, negotiations, customer agreements, and closing plans with customers.
You will use your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers at the executive-level.
You will use your extensive experience within Financials and ERP to help drive demand for Cloud Financial Management in the marketplace. You will employ your consultative selling skills to successfully position Workday as a viable alternative to legacy ERP Financial solutions.
Coordinates, collaborates, and provides direction to various extended team members and sales/services resources. With a laugh or two thrown in!
About You
Basic Qualifications
•~8+ years of professional experience in software sales, including experience in a team selling environment.
•~5+ years of experience selling SaaS/Cloud based ERP, Financial, Planning, or Analytics solutions to C-levels within enterprise accounts.
•~5+ years experience working within finance and/or with finance executives.
•Experience negotiating deals with a variety of C-Suite Executives to close opportunities
•Experience with building relationships with existing customers for add-on or incremental business
•Experience in developing long-term account strategies with existing customers
Other Qualifications
•Experience with managing longer deal cycles beyond 6 months, with large deal sizes
•Understanding of the the strategic competitive landscape of the industry by staying up to date with trends and customer needs so you can effectively position Workday solutions within accounts
•Experience leveraging and partnering with internal team members on account strategies
•Ability to quickly understand business challenges and create solutions. An appreciation of the responsibilities and challenges of the Finance function of today, with an interest in co-creating desired business solutions.
•You enjoy working as part of a team and contributing best practices to aid the success of all. We believe in a continuous learning mentality.
•Strong organization and communication skills to drive urgency in closing new business. Adept at maintaining accurate and timely customer, pipeline, and forecast data.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.IL.Home Office Chicago Metro
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $153,700 USD - $187,900 USD
