Account Executive

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

SS&C Intralinks

A growth-oriented business unit of SS&C, Intralinks is a technology leader in M&A, Alternative Investments and Banking & Securities markets. Our solutions facilitate 1/3 of the world’s global M&A deal flow and 50% of the private equity raised globally.

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We are seeking a high-energy, motivated Account Executive to represent Intralinks in our Alternative Investments market segment in the DACH market. You will work with customers to professionalize their fund raising and investor reporting processes with Intralinks for Investor Relations.

In this role, you will develop and build relationships with key contacts across Alternative Investments firms to position Intralinks as the ultimate solution for investor relations. You will have an account portfolio of existing clients and prospects in EMEA. You will focus on growing our footprint within this client base.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage prospecting campaigns to develop new business.
• Leverage social networks such as LinkedIn to increase our brand awareness and generate demand
• Establish a strong and consistent cadence of cold calls and online meetings
• Present Intralinks’ business solutions using appropriate sales approaches and techniques, including team and/or consultative presentations and efforts.
• Work with senior management and corporate counsel, negotiate contracts and provide all follow-up to deliver signed contracts.    
• Maintain strong sales pipeline and forecast to increase visibility of short- and long-term prospects through our CRM system salesforce.com
• Meet agreed monthly/annual performance in both client activity (meetings/demos etc.), market knowledge development and quota achievement.

Qualifications

• Full Professional Proficiency in German and English
• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent experience required.
• 2+ years of sales experience in software or technology sales or 3-5 years of relevant financial services industry experience.
• Excellent verbal and written (including presentations) communication skills, including the ability to speak publicly to groups.

Desired Qualifications

• Consistently exceeds monthly and annual quota.
• SaaS software solution sales preferred.
• Strong knowledge of alternative investments and broader financial services industry.

EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.