Open Coverage Associate Sales Executive

Thomson Reuters; Ann Arbor (MI); Remote; USD 73,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Open Coverage Associate Sales Executive to help clients make informed business decisions. This role requires strong sales skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage an account base effectively. The position offers a virtual work environment and extensive training to ensure success in meeting sales targets.

Benefits

Flexible Work-Life Balance

Career Development and Growth

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Volunteer Days

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of successful sales experience.
• Software as a Service Sales experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Attain sales and renewal targets on a monthly basis.
• Drive strategic initiatives supported by assigned account team.

Skills

Communication

Sales Skills

Time Management

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce

MS Office

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About The Role

Our team is responsible for helping both new and existing customers make informed business decisions to better manage the ever-changing business ecosystem through our highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for Tax & Accounting professionals. Our software products drive productivity, data, content and research capabilities through world-class AI and machine learning. We measure our success by achieving new sales and retention targets as well as achieving high customer and employee satisfaction scores.

About The Role

Our team is responsible for helping both new and existing customers make informed business decisions to better manage the ever-changing business ecosystem through our highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for Tax & Accounting professionals. Our software products drive productivity, data, content and research capabilities through world-class AI and machine learning. We measure our success by achieving new sales and retention targets as well as achieving high customer and employee satisfaction scores.

We enable success through intensive training and onboarding that allows you to become a product expert, and continued mentorship programs to help you hit those sales goals every month. If you want to be a part of a high performing sales organization and have an immediate impact, apply today!

The Associate Sales Executive in our Tax & Accounting Professionals Small-Mid client segment is responsible for retaining and growing their existing account base and acquiring new accounts within their geographic area of responsibility. Their territory consists of customers and prospects with 1-30 professionals. The Associate Sales Executive position is a virtual role, requiring excellent telephone and writing skills.

A successful Associate Sales Executive:

• Draws on their high level of initiative and ability to apply strong business acumen to conduct a thorough needs analysis within their accounts.
• Has the ability to develop trust, demonstrate their credibility with all account stakeholders through their knowledge of Thomson Reuters’ products, and services and acquired knowledge of the tax and accounting industry.
• Tailors their client presentations to the unique needs of the individual account and articulates their proposals through ROI justification to shorten the sales cycle.
  
  
  

As an Associate Sales Executive, you will:

• Attain sales and renewal targets and quotas on a monthly basis
• Demonstrate the use of Tax & Accounting products to the customer
• Obtain and provide territory information regarding market intelligence and penetration
• Confer with and assist in customer-related issues as needed to maintain good customer relations
• Complete weekly sales performance reports and completes all CRM reporting in a timely and accurate manner
• Drives strategic initiatives supported by assigned account team consisting of Sales Development Representative, Account Development Representative and Solutions Consultants to drive growth in assigned territory
• Leverage sales automation tools and data insights to engage prospects and expedite sales cycles (such as utilizing Flash/EMS/Salesforce)
• Attend sales meetings and conventions as required
  
  
  

About You

• Minimum 3 years of successful sales experience with proven/consistent track record of quota attainment
• Software as a Service Sales (SAAS) experience a plus
• Working knowledge of sales concepts, methods and techniques
• Excellent communication skills & presentation skills to maximize phone and virtual client meetings/presentations
• Strong prospecting and closing skills
• Ability to win new customers as well as cross sell/upsell existing customers
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Ambitious self-starter with high energy and motivation
• Highly proficient in MS Office suite, utilizing a CRM (such as Salesforce preferred) and overall technical aptitude
• Continuous learner, flexible and open-minded, positive attitude
• High level of integrity and understanding of sales ethics
  
  
  

What’s in it For You?

• 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 commitment of 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 paid leave, 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.
  
  
  

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The target total cash compensation range varies across locations.

For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the target total cash compensation range for this role is $73,850 - $137,150.

This is inclusive of both base pay and any target sales incentive.

Pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay and any target sales incentive are part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

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.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Financial Services, Legal Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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