Sales Executive - Associate Director, Private Equity

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Sales Executive – Associate Director, Private Equity (Preference to San Francisco or Metro New York)

 

Our Sales function brings together business, sector, and account knowledge along with EY competencies and solutions to meet unique client needs. The Sales & Strategic Pursuits Organization shapes and drives an integrated growth strategy across EY's largest accounts, industry sectors, solutions, and services, while demonstrating and achieving market leadership through a client centric culture.

 

The opportunity

Reporting to the PE Sector Sales Leader, as a Sales Executive (SE), you'll be focused on specific, priority, Private Equity accounts.  You'll deliver exceptional client service by understanding your client's issues and challenges, leveraging the firm's capabilities to originate and drive new business opportunities to grow revenue and deepen the customer relationship management.  You'll drive global account strategy, rigorous account planning, and relationship development across the client(s) organization.

 

Your key responsibilities

• As a Sales Executive, you'll be responsible for delivering Sales impact through personal sales goals, owning client relationships, pipeline development/advancement, sales excellence, and account operational effectiveness.
• You'll develop and drive account planning and act as a strategic advisor and proxy to the Global Client Service Partner (GCSP), internally and externally, with the common objective of achieving an exceptional client service experience.
• Your efforts will focus on both external and internal objectives, actively engaging with your client(s) and supporting the Account Field of Play Leaders and Engagement Partners on their growth strategies, actively promoting growth and demand generation through solutions, alliances, and managed services.

 

Skills and attributes for success

• You'll need to thrive in a matrixed organization, balancing the needs of the client against business initiatives and goals.
• Your ability to develop and build networks will be instrumental in connecting with colleagues across the leadership team and service lines to drive a coordinated market effort.  Possessing natural coaching skills, you'll inspire others with your actions in the market.
• You'll be a trusted advisor to the GCSP and the account team, acting in a consultative manner.
• You'll be the catalyst that pulls stakeholders together to drive strategic initiatives and enable revenue growth.

 

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 10-12+ years of business development/sales experience for a professional services firm.
• A proven record of selling complex diligence & deal support, as well as asset transformation services, across the full PE deal lifecycle.  Globally serving both the fund as well as the investee management teams. 
• Have strategic, large account experience.
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