
Account Executive – FinTech Startup
finperks
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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Salary
💰 €60,000 - €100,000 per year
About the role
- Work closely with the Founder to identify, win, and grow strategic enterprise customers.
- Own the end-to-end enterprise sales process from outreach to closing.
- Close a limited number of strategic enterprise customers focusing on quality.
- Manage complex B2B sales cycles of up to 6 months with multiple stakeholders.
- Identify and engage prospects for high-value annual turnover accounts.
- Develop tailored value propositions aligned with customer needs.
- Drive commercial negotiations and deal structuring.
- Represent Finperks in customer meetings and industry events across Europe.
- Build and maintain a focused enterprise pipeline with realistic forecasting.
- Continuously gather insights to refine sales approaches.
Requirements
- Structured and disciplined working approach with effective prioritization and management of sales processes.
- Hungry, ambitious, and goal-driven mindset to win meaningful enterprise customers.
- High frustration tolerance, resilience, and persistence through long sales cycles and rejections.
- Genuine passion for selling, interpersonal skills, and building trust.
- Willingness to execute hands-on sales including outreach, follow-ups, demos, and negotiations.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, ability to close significant enterprise deals.
- Ability to work closely with founders as a trusted partner in discussions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in English, suitable for C-level interactions.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel within Europe approximately 2–3 times per month.
- High level of ownership, self-organization, and accountability in an early-stage startup environment.
- Several years of experience in management or strategy consulting (nice-to-have).
- Experience in B2B enterprise sales, business development, or partnerships (nice-to-have).
- Proficiency in German or other languages like French, Spanish, or Italian (strong advantage).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
B2B salesenterprise salessales process managementnegotiation skillsdeal structuringvalue proposition developmentsales forecastingcustomer engagementpipeline managementcommercial negotiations
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsgoal-driven mindsetresiliencepersistenceself-organizationaccountabilitytrust buildingprioritization