Account Executive, Financial Services

AlphaSense; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Greater London is seeking an entrepreneurial New Business Sales Executive to enhance growth across EMEA. This role involves targeting new clients in Financial Services and requires proven success in selling SaaS technology. Key responsibilities include managing the sales process, developing client relationships, and collaborating with marketing to improve brand presence. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills and thrive in a high-velocity sales environment.

Qualifications

• Proven success in selling SaaS technology to Hedge Funds and Asset Managers.
• Strong track record of exceeding new-business targets in high-volume sales environments.
• Ability to run the full sales cycle from outreach to close.

Responsibilities

• Manage the new-business sales process focusing on net-new logo acquisition.
• Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline with accurate forecasting.
• Collaborate with marketing to enhance brand presence.

Skills

Selling SaaS technology to Hedge Funds

Exceeding new-business targets

Full sales cycle management

Building relationships across organizations

Exceptional communication

Simplifying complex concepts

Job description

About AlphaSense:

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision‑making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI‑driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Role

We’re seeking an entrepreneurial, high‑performing New Business Sales Executive to fuel our continued expansion across London & EMEA, focused on net‑new logo acquisition within Financial Services (BuySide & Sell Side Institutional Investment). This is a rare opportunity to join a hyper‑growth company where you will sell a category‑defining GenAI platform that is transforming how the investment world accesses and interprets information. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our regional growth trajectory and win big along the way!

Who You Are

• Proven success selling SaaS technology to Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, and InvestmentBanks across the U.K., Ireland, and Europe
• Strong track record of exceeding new‑business targets in a high‑volume, high‑velocity B2Bsales environment
• Expert prospector with the discipline to drive the full sales cycle—from cold outreach anddiscovery to demo, trial, and close
• Natural relationship‑builder who influences stakeholders across complex organizations
• Energetic, curious, and resourceful, with a reputation for ownership, initiative, and consistentoverachievement
• Exceptional communicator with outstanding presentation and storytelling skills
• Ability to simplify complex concepts and articulate a compelling value narrative
• Comfortable traveling within the region as needed

What You’ll Do

• Own the end‑to‑end new‑business sales process in your territory, targeting hedge funds, asset managers, banks, and research teams
• Drive net‑new logo acquisition through rigorous prospecting, outreach, demos, trials, andnegotiation
• Develop and maintain a robust pipeline, forecasting with accuracy and consistency
• Collaborate with Marketing to amplify AlphaSense's brand presence and regional market penetration
• Partner with Product Specialists to deliver high‑impact trials and exceptional client experiences
• Surface client and market insights to Product, Content, and Marketing to enrich platforminnovation and GTM strategy

AlphaSense is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non‑merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

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