Sr. Sales Account Executive
At a glance
Senior Account Executive role at WEX. Remote, United States · full-time · $77,400–$101,800 base.
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What you'll do
- Find expansion prospects among current WEX customers and build a pipeline for Expense Management sales
- Create a territory plan with your sales manager, then work the assigned customer base for new opportunities
- Run consultative sales conversations that uncover back-office friction and present payment and expense workflows
- Keep Salesforce records current and meet monthly targets for sales activity, pipeline creation and new business
What you bring
- At least five years in sales, including customer acquisition or expansion and relationship-building
- A record of meeting quota in B2B sales and selling against incumbent or competing solutions
- Experience with credit card processing, commercial payments or expense management offerings
- You can qualify prospect channels, segment a territory and manage forecasts and pipeline
Who this fits
This senior sales role suits someone who can independently prospect and manage a territory, while working with a sales manager and the wider sales team. You’ll sell remotely across the United States, with minimal travel. The stated base salary range is $77,400 to $101,800 per year; sales roles may also earn commission.
From the employer
About the Team/Role
As an Account Executive for WEX Expense Management, you will play a pivotal role in driving sales and growth for our newest solution: a modern expense management platform. You will be responsible for identifying existing WEX customers who will find value in upgrading to Expense Management, facilitating payment processing for expenses that go far beyond WEX’s current fuel card processing.
We are seeking dynamic, results-oriented sales professionals who are adept at prospecting for qualified leads and identifying opportunities. The ideal candidate is a proactive communicator with exceptional discovery and presentation skills, along with a strong track record in closing sales.
You will lead a consultative software sales process, engaging existing WEX mobility customers to position our integrated payment services, virtual card issuing, and expense management workflows as a comprehensive Financial Operating System. Your success relies on identifying back-office friction, articulating how WEX eliminates manual reconciliation, and converting operational business owners and finance leaders into active platform users.
Travel for this role is minimal.
How you'll make an impact:
In this role, you’ll take on the primary responsibility of identifying and acquiring new business opportunities within the assigned group of existing WEX customers. Key responsibilities include:
- Consistently meet or exceed monthly KPIs (sales activities, pipeline creation, new sales, etc.)
- Develop a strategic plan for territory penetration in collaboration with your sales manager
- Self-generate leads and build a robust pipeline of Expense Management opportunities
- Maintain accurate records in Salesforce
- Demonstrate exceptional discovery and presentation skills
Experience you’ll bring
- Industry knowledge in credit card processing, commercial payments, and/or expense management solutions
- 5+ years of sales experience with a proven track record in client acquisition/expansion and relationship building
- Demonstrated consistent quota performance in a business-to-business sales environment
- Ability to sell against the competition and unseat incumbent solutions
- Strong prospect-channel identification, development, and qualification skills
- High degree of territory management capability, including territory segmentation
- Successful completion of a background investigation
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Comfortable with professional written and verbal communication at all levels from front line to C Level contacts
- Commitment to teamwork within the sales organization
- Strong forecasting and pipeline management skills
- Goal-focused, self-motivated, creative, flexible and adaptable to new situations
- Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity to meet deadlines
- Excellent relationship management skills
- Strong time management skills
- AI -- Gemini, ChatGPT or similar