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Microsoft Industry Solutions helps Microsoft customers around the world get the best outcomes from their investments in the latest Microsoft cloud technologies. We focus on empowering customers on their digital journey, from envisioning new possibilities to delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and a great customer experience.
 

Responsibilities

The focus of the Financial Services Account Executive role is to lead the consulting sales account strategy in Microsoft’s most strategic FSI (Financial Services Industry) customers, developing and winning market-making opportunities that enable transformational customer outcomes and drive commercial cloud growth.

Key Responsibilities:
 

• Strategy & Planning: Leads the Consulting team's contributions to the account vision and strategic approach in FSI

• Customer Relationship Management: Leads regular Consulting connections with FSI customers to maintain understanding of customer business & industry priorities, seeking feedback on Consulting value provided to proactively anticipate & mitigate risks to customer satisfaction
• Business Value Selling: Drives intentional customer value conversations with CXO level customer stakeholders & develops transformational Consulting propositions with customers, aligned to customer business needs & priorities
• Account Team Orchestration: Leads the Consulting sales relationship with the core FSI account team, working closely with One Microsoft teams & Partners to ensure a positive customer experience 

• Deal Excellence: Drives the sales cycle from lead qualification through to deal closure, effectively executing per Microsoft selling processes & methods to drive deal velocity & successfully close deals

Qualifications

-10+ Years working in the FSI industry serving Banking and Financial Institutions

-7+ Years of Consulting Sales experience 

Key Capabilities: Individuals in the FSI Account Executive role should be able to demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Strategy & Planning - Ability to: Lead virtual team(s) to develop effective account vision & plans; Skilled in using required sales methods & tools for multi-horizon account planning aligned to prioritized customer outcomes
• Customer Relationship Management - Ability to: Build enduring relationships with CXO level stakeholders & decision makers. Skilled in identifying value-creation opportunities & influencing customers, partners & internal stakeholders through appropriate rhythms of connection
• Business Value Selling - Ability to: Articulate industry expertise & value propositions, aligned to customer priorities; Skilled in leveraging sales methods such as Business Value Assessments & 3-Horizon modelling, as well as sales techniques for creating cases for customer change, differentiating value & intentionally leveraging required sales motions & IP
• Account Team Orchestration - Ability to: Lead virtual teams to deal success. Skilled in: Influencing, collaboration & relationship building
• Deal Excellence - Ability to: Drive the sales cycle from lead qualification through to deal closure; Skilled in: Sales Process (0-100% lifecycle), qualification, close planning, pipeline hygiene & negotiation

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