Account Executive IV

1 Year ago • 10 Years + • Account Management

Job Summary

Job Description

This position is responsible for generating revenue for Vertex through the sale of Vertex solutions to prospects and existing clients. Develop strategies and plans to penetrate a defined territory and targeted accounts. Leverage Vertex solutions as an enterprise-wide, global value proposition and understand customer business and service requirements to develop tailored Vertex solutions. Develop long-term relationships with clients and create account plans for new relationships. Target accounts include new and existing clients within an assigned territory. Works without supervision, exhibiting extensive latitude for independent judgment on highly complex opportunities. Responsibilities include managing sales opportunities, targeting specific accounts, overall territory management, proposal preparation, negotiating proposed solutions, and closing business.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of B2B sales experience
  • Proven success with enterprise clients
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work independently and manage priorities
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and CRM
Good to have:
  • Tax, finance, or consulting solutions sales experience
  • Understanding of ERP platforms and tax software
  • Executive-level engagement ability
  • Strategic thinking
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or Finance
  • Accounting, Tax, or Finance qualifications
  • English fluency required; other language fluency may be needed

Job Details

Job Description:

This position is responsible for generating revenue for Vertex through the sale of Vertex solutions to prospects and existing clients. Develop strategies and plans to penetrate a defined territory and targeted accounts. This will include navigating through an organization to leverage Vertex solutions as an enterprise-wide, global value proposition. Responsible for understanding customer business and service requirements in order to develop tailored Vertex solutions. This includes the development of long-term relationships with clients as well as the development of account plans for new relationships. Target accounts include new and existing clients within an assigned territory. Works without supervision, exhibiting extensive latitude for independent judgment on highly complex opportunities. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Generate revenue for Vertex by selling Vertex tax compliance solutions in a defined geographic territory. Includes managing sales opportunities, targeting specific accounts, and overall territory management. 
  • Responsible for proposal preparation, negotiating all aspects of the proposed solution, and closing business. 
  • Drive opportunities at the strategic and tactical level by selling the enterprise-wide value proposition associated with Vertex solutions to the highest levels within our clients’ organizations. 
  • Includes establishing relationships with key client and partner contacts and selling into complex, multi-department enterprises. 
  • Understand the client’s requirements, direction, and strategic vision of tax by building client relationships at the highest levels of all business areas, providing valuable input that influences their vision and tactics, and developing plans to assist them in achieving their goals. Developing and responding to RFPs, developing joint proposals with Vertex Consulting, and fostering relationships/partnerships between Vertex, client(s), and/or partners. 
  • Present client-specific, tailored Vertex solutions by working with client contacts to understand business, tax, and technical requirements. 
  • Work with key client contacts to help sell the Vertex value proposition throughout their organization. 
  • Track and manage territory activity: Develop, implement, and monitor territory lead generation activities as needed to support quota/territory goals. Accurately forecasting sales pipeline on an ongoing basis. Make use of CRM tool to track key data associated with sales opportunities and pipeline. 
  • Enhance job knowledge by staying abreast of client-related news and developments, attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies, and developing and/or maintaining proficiency in the latest productivity and technical tools. Apply broad knowledge of Vertex’s services, products, and marketing techniques to develop opportunities and close sales. 
  • Coordinate selling team efforts by managing the sales process and coordinating appropriate subject matter experts as required to present a tailored Vertex solution to the client. Must be able to coordinate a selling team and leverage various skill sets to effectively develop and present the best possible solution for the client. 
  • Assists less experienced peers. 
  • Lead or participate in other projects or duties as assigned. 

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES 

What You Bring 

  • 10+ years of experience in B2B sales, ideally selling tax, finance, or consulting solutions. 
  • Proven success building relationships and closing deals with large, complex enterprise clients. 
  • Strong understanding of ERP platforms and tax compliance software preferred. 
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills—confident engaging at the executive level. 
  • Ability to work independently, think strategically, and manage multiple priorities. 
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office and CRM platforms. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field preferred—or equivalent experience. 
  • Additional qualifications in Accounting, Tax, or Finance are a plus. 
  • English fluency required; other language fluency may be needed depending on market. 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS 
The Winning Way behaviors that all Vertex employees need in order to meet the expectations of each other, our customers, and our partners: 

  • Communicate with Clarity - Be clear, concise, and actionable. Be relentlessly constructive. Seek and provide meaningful feedback. 
  • Act with Urgency - Adopt an agile mentality – frequent iterations, improved speed, resilience. 80/20 rule – better is the enemy of done. Don’t spend hours when minutes are enough. 
  • Work with Purpose - Exhibit a “We Can” mindset. Results outweigh effort. Everyone understands how their role contributes. Set aside personal objectives for team results. 
  • Drive to Decision - Cut the swirl with defined deadlines and decision points. Be clear on individual accountability and decision authority. Guided by a commitment to and accountability for customer outcomes. 
  • Own the Outcome - Defined milestones, commitments, and intended results. Assess your work in context, if you’re unsure, ask. Demonstrate unwavering support for decisions. 

COMMENTS: 
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in this position. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time. 

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Vertex is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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