Sales Executive - Tax & Accounting, Audit

About the Role

The 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 Sales Executive position is a virtual role, requiring excellent telephone and writing skills.

• A successful 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.

In this opportunity as 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
• Cloud Audit Suite (CAS) 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 ethic
• Located near one of our three hubs : Ann Arbor, MI; Eagan, MN; Frisco, TX, with the ability to work a hybrid structure, traveling to the office at least 2x / week

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through :

• 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
• Wellbeing : Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance : flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off;
• work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription;

retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture : Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Learning & Development : LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company;

Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact : Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work : We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future?

At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services - Reuters.

We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most : advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion.

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.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our 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 / Affirmative Action 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.

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