Key Account Director

Executive Integrity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 134,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Integrity is seeking a Key Account Director – Finance & Insurance in London, a hybrid role leading a small account-management team. You will own the commercial strategy and revenue for major banks, insurers and trade finance houses, driving proactive growth and transforming approach from renewal-led to value-led selling.

You will report to senior leadership and shape the 2027 go-to-market plan with autonomy, partnering with a PE-backed maritime data and intelligence business on a

Qualifications

• Commercial fluency in financial services; selling data or intelligence into finance or FinTech solutions.
• Proven ability to engage C-suite, Heads of Compliance, CROs and Chief Underwriting Officers.
• 8+ years in B2B SaaS, data or intelligence sales with a track record of leading an account team.

Responsibilities

• Own commercial strategy and revenue for a multi-million pound book spanning banks, insurers, and trade finance houses.
• Lead and reshape a team of five to six account managers to proactive growth.
• Unlock white space in globally-owned accounts, ventilating under-penetrated international markets.
• Translate risk, compliance and ownership-transparency data into board-level business cases for leaders.
• Shape the 2027 go-to-market plan with executive sponsorship and autonomy to redesign the team.

Skills

C-suite engagement

Strategic selling

Team leadership

B2B SaaS sales

Job description

Key Account Director – Finance & Insurance
Location: London (Hybrid)

The Opportunity
A private equity-backed maritime data and intelligence business is splitting its largest, most complex account book into dedicated sector teams, and this is a crucial appointment into that new structure. Reporting directly to senior leadership,this mandate is to grow and develop a specialist commercial function focusing on Finance and Insurance customers, inside a business moving from to an 18–20% growth ambition.

The Impact You Will Have

• Own commercial strategy and revenue for a multi-million pound book spanning the world’s leading banks, insurers and trade finance houses
• Lead and reshape a team of five to six account managers, shifting the function from renewal-led account management to proactive, consultative growth
• Unlock significant white space inside globally-owned accounts that are well established in London but materially under-penetrated internationally
• Translate complex risk, compliance and ownership-transparency data into board-level business cases for banking and insurance leaders
• Shape the 2027 go-to-market plan directly with senior leadership, with full executive sponsorship and genuine autonomy to redesign how the team sells

To be Successful in This Role You Will Have

• Commercial fluency in the financial services world;selling data or intelligence into finance or selling FinTech solutions
• Commercial credibility with C-suite, Heads of Compliance, CROs and Chief Underwriting Officers
• 8+ years in B2B SaaS, data, intelligence sales with a proven ability to lead a key account team and transform a team to proactive, value-led selling
• A track record of growing revenue, not simply retaining it, in a complex, considered-sale environment
• Genuine tenacity and drive, comfortable coaching, challenging and where necessary restructuring a team

What Is on Offer

• Competitive base with a $200K+ OTE
• Direct executive sponsorship and real autonomy to transform a function
• The opportunity to be the first sector-specialist leader inside a business on a clear, well-resourced growth trajectory
• PE-backed business with a highly reputable brand.

Who are we?
Executive Integrity is a global executive search and recruitment consultancy for a more sustainable world with a focus on talent within the Maritime and Renewable Energy sectors. We give a proportion of all our profits to Renewable World, a charity that develops affordable and innovative renewable energy solutions to poverty-stricken communities.