Sales Executive

Refinitiv; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a dynamic Sales Executive to drive growth in the fintech space. This role involves developing relationships with banks and audit firms, selling a cutting-edge software solution, and implementing effective sales strategies. With a flexible hybrid work model and a focus on career development, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a real-world impact while enjoying a supportive work environment. Join a team that values collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to excellence, and help shape the future of finance.

Benefits

Flexible Vacation

Mental Health Days Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Incentive Programs

Access to Headspace App

Work from Anywhere for 8 Weeks

Paid Volunteer Days Off

Qualifications

• Min 2 years’ experience in a B2B sales position.
• Proven track record of achieving & exceeding targets.
• Experience selling into accounting firms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with banks and audit firms.
• Drive adoption of the Confirmation platform in the UK.
• Identify and set up meetings with senior leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

B2B Sales

Relationship Building

Cold Calling

Social Selling

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Are you passionate about using your sales experience with a market leading fintech solution? Does contributing to significant growth in Europe excite you? Are you looking to progress your career and develop new skills by stepping up into a sales role where you own the entire sales cycle? Do you have previous experience driving new business and developing relationships within a specific territory? We are looking for you!

Join a sales team that is experiencing growth at an unprecedented rate with huge opportunity and a fantastic culture. Confirmation, part of Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading provider of secure online audit confirmations, used by over 4,000 banks and 16,000 audit firms globally. Our solution helps to digitise a paper-based process, mitigates fraud & automate processes, and as a result, enhances the customer experience. Due to our growth, we are expanding our entrepreneurial European team for the UK and CEE regions working with banks and accounting firms.

The Sales Executive - UK will be responsible for new business and managing relationships with existing clients. You will be prospecting, cold calling & social selling to develop new relationships within existing accounts and finding new business opportunities for net new clients across banks and firms in the UK and Ireland.

About the Role

· Develop strong relationships with banks and audit firms

· Introduce and sell new software solution to audit firms

· Drive adoption of the Confirmation platform in the UK

· Develop and implement a sales strategy to drive growth onto the fintech platform.

· Drive network growth in the UK & Ireland, achieving pipeline and sales targets

· Identify and set up meetings with senior leaders, users and other stakeholders across the territory.

· Attend client meetings, tradeshows, user groups, and key conferences to network, build new contacts and drive growth.

· Work with the Marketing team to plan and drive strategic initiatives, programmes, messaging, and campaigns within the region.

· Provide market feedback to the product team that enhances the current offering.

· This position requires approximately 20% travel to train and develop relationships in the UK

About You

· Min 2 years’ experience in a B2B sales position

· Self-starter, able to launch and implement projects of own initiative.

· Proven track record of achieving & exceeding targets

· Experience of ability to build strong relationships

· Exceptional presenting skills at the C-Suite/senior level

· Enthusiastic to develop fresh ideas, learn new skills and work closely with other team members in Europe

· Experience of selling into accounting firms a plus

What’s in it For You?

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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