Account Development Representative
Workiva
Bilingual Business Development Representative, English/French
Wealthsimple
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Junior
About the role
- Follow-up with high-quality leads from the Growth Marketing team, prospect cold sales-sourced leads, and own the full sales process
- Build growth opportunities for the business through warm and cold outreach emails, calls, SMS and qualification
- Be the first touchpoint that articulates the Wealthsimple value proposition to potential prospects
- Work closely with Product and Marketing teams on “playtests” that require client interaction
- Work closely with Sales and Marketing on creative projects that help drive revenue and net deposit growth
- Achieve monthly quotas and daily KPI’s of outbound touches across email, calls, text
- Nurture and educate prospective clients through the sales cycle until they are qualified
Requirements
- Resourcefulness — you should have demonstrated track record of persevering in the face of adversity
- Adaptability — in a startup, priorities and direction can evolve quickly. You should have a positive can-do attitude and be adaptable to evolving business goals
- Goal-oriented — you should have experience (and be excited about!) working hard towards a goal
- Strong communication — you should be comfortable writing persuasively and communicating at all levels
- Self-starter — when you see a need, you address it
- Natural Curiosity - you should be eager to understand our client’s needs and uncover the root of their problem
- 1-3 years experience in a sales or client-facing role, ideally with a SaaS or Financial background
- Resiliency - bounce back from rejection and objection and keep trying
- Required: Fluency in French and English
- Recommended - strong financial literacy (eg: Completed IFIC or CSC)
Benefits
- Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
- 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
- Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
- 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
- A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
- Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
sales processoutbound saleslead qualificationemail outreachcold callingSMS outreachKPI achievementgoal-orientedfinancial literacy
Soft skills
resourcefulnessadaptabilitystrong communicationself-starternatural curiosityresiliency
Certifications
IFICCSC
