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Senior Lead Account Executive

Emburse
United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Apr 2026

About the role

Who We Are:
At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in travel and expense solutions, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.
Senior Lead Account Executives will focus on finding and closing deals with companies over 500+ employees in size.  Through a defined sales process and partnership with key sales leaders, they will strive to meet and exceed quarterly and annual sales goals.

What you will do :

  • Responsible for all aspects of the sales cycle, from pipeline sourcing and qualifying to negotiating and closing
  • Articulate the company's service, benefits, and processes to potential clients through all outlets (phone, email, online meetings, and in-person)
  • Develop a strong understanding of the territory, competitive offerings, and marketplace.  Responsible for developing and executing a strategic territory plan
  • Create and execute sales strategies to grow revenues within the customer base as well as through new customer acquisition
  • Develop influential relationships and sales leads through partner/channel and other open networking efforts
  • Effectively demonstrate Emburse SaaS solutions with strong presentation skills
  • Effectively lead sales opportunities throughout the entire sales process
  • Collaborate with sales management on sales opportunities and obstacles
  • Promote partner sales development efforts by meeting and communicating with Channel Partners regularly
  • Participate in company-organized sales and marketing events as required
  • SME in Expense Management
  • Work both inbound and outbound leads to generate a robust pipeline of large-size businesses
  • Present Emburse's solutions via web presentation to potential clients
  • Learn and develop new, creative sales techniques and strategies
  • Position yourself to understand the AP, Expense and Business needs of a Mid Market/Enterprise level business as assigned
  • Meet or exceed monthly sales targets according to sales plan
  • Maintain an adequate number of new prospect meetings and continuously building pipeline to exceed quarterly and annual business objectives
  • Participate in weekly sales meetings and articulate market feedback to management
  • Assess market opportunities and develop territory plan to meet revenue objectives

What we are looking for :

  • Education:
  • Preferred: Undergraduate College Degree, equivalent years of relevant experience may substitute  
  • Experience:
  • Required:
  • Minimum of 8-10 years of experience selling financial SaaS solutions to companies with a minimum of 500 employees; preference for experience in selling  to companies with      1000-5000+ employees
  • Proven track record of closing six-figure ARR license deals
  • Preferred:
  • Proven track record of consistently finishing above annual quota
  • Knowledge of travel and expense and/or AP/Payments management industry highly preferred
  • Experience selling to finance personas Preferred: Experience with MEDDPICC, Challenger Sale
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  • Certifications:
  • Required: None  
  • Additional Eligibility Qualifications
  • Required:
  • Strong prospecting skills
  • Ability to set, manage and document agreed outcomes of successful meetings
  • Keen curiosity about businesses, how they work and specifically AP/Finance/Expense operations
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Excellent communication skills, including one on one, small virtual setting and in front of a larger group
  • Ability to analyze processes to determine the best solution fit
  • Technology skills and the proven ability to use email, Zoom, SFDC, other sales tools as needed to increase sales efficiency
  • Comfort professionally pushing back on and negotiating with customer to drive a better deal/outcome for Emburse
  • Ability to work with internal and external partners to a mutually agreed outcome
  • Communication
  • Attention to Detail
  • Time Management
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Active Listening
  • Sales Execution Resourcefulness
  • Discover Issues, Needs and Pain Points
  • Quantify and Articulate Value
  • Overcome Objections 
  • Prospecting (research and outreach)
  • Solution Development
  • Establish Executive Sponsorship 
  • Negotiation
  • Upselling and cross-selling
  • Data Analysis
  • Relationship Building
Why Emburse?
Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our A

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