Financials Account Executive - CMTE Key Accounts

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About the Role

As a Financials Account Executive, you will partner in business development, selling to prospective key accounts. Your recent success in selling cloud-based Financial applications and products to net new enterprise accounts is a strong sign you’re an excellent prospect for this role. 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, and Expense Management. You will lead the sales process, negotiations, customer agreements, and closing plans with prospective enterprise accounts. 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 ERP Financial solution. 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, or Planning solutions to C-levels within enterprise accounts.
• 5+ years experience working within finance and/or with finance executives.

Other Qualifications:

• Deep financial product skills and confidence in developing relationships by conducting business-driven discussions with CFOs and their finance teams.
• Experience in business transformations in medium and large enterprises, preferably across multiple industries.
• Proven ability in owning and supporting complex sales cycles from start to finish.
• Demonstrated success with transformational and consultative selling, strategy and running sophisticated negotiations.
• Ability to quickly understand business challenges and create solutions.
• An appreciation of the responsibilities and challenges of the Finance function of today.