Sales Executive, Commcise

Job Profile

Commcise is bringing transparency and precision to institutional investment research offering independent, cloud-based, fully-integrated commission management and research valuation solutions to the buy-side, sell-side and research providers through its COMMCISEBUY, COMMCISESELL and COMMCISECS product suite.

With a network of thousands of buy-side, sell-side and research providers globally, Commcise’s clients include some of the largest institutional asset managers, hedge funds, brokers and research providers in the world.

Commcise is a Euronext company, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone.

The Company is seeking to hire a Sales Executive, based in London. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a candidate who can bring the right balance of product and industry knowledge, communication skills and sales aptitude to a complex value proposition. You are expected to work closely with other members of the Sales team to drive what can often be complex deals with detailed client specific requirements. You will identify new opportunities and own the sales cycle from beginning to end.

Key Accountabilities

• Effectively communicate the Commcise value proposition and market differentiation among the competitive landscape
• Develop a robust sales strategy document for each sales opportunity that reaches a 50% probability. This must contain all the information we’ve learned about the client and a game plan on how we close the deal.
• Maintain leads, activities & opportunities in the group prospect monitoring solution (CRM) to promote transparency
• Identify and qualify new business opportunities with decision makers at asset managers, brokerage firms and investment research providers.
• Nurture and qualify both inbound / outbound leads to be guided through sales funnel with technical expertise and product demonstrations
• Collaborate with senior colleagues and product specialists to advance prospects from qualification to closing
• Achieve lead generation and revenue targets
• Stay up to date with the Commcise software platform functionality and the investment management research industry
• Become an SME within the Investment Research space, acting in a consultancy type manner to both buy-side and sell-side firms to assist with driving the deal pipeline

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

Essential:

• Strong client facing skills with ability to establish and grow relationships with key stakeholders at target firms
• Track record of building a sales pipeline and strong prospecting skills
• Demonstrates initiative in proactively engaging and qualifying prospective leads through direct outreach.
• Experience describing and demonstrating the structure, characteristics, and behavior of software
• Self-motivated with an ability to exhibit productivity in an independent setting
• Resourceful, focused, well organized and disciplined
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working in a team environment partnering to close deals

Desirable:

• Fluent in either French or German, with the ability to communicate confidently in a professional, client-facing context
• B2B SaaS inside sales experience in capital markets
• Consultancy background with experience working for and with
• Experience using sales tools such as CRM (Salesforce, Hubspot), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Excel, Notion, Slack
• Knowledge of the Investment Research market, MIFID II research inducement and unbundling regulation
• Knowledge of buy-side and sell-side dynamic as it pertains to Investment Research
• Bachelor or equivalent degree from accredited university
• Background or strong understanding of investment research and/or equity trading (e.g. sell-side, buy-side, market data, or related environments)