Onsite Senior Software Account Executive – Banking & Financial Services

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About the role

  • Senior Software Account Executive managing sales cycle for BFS software portfolio in South Africa. Focusing on core banking modernization and client engagement with C-suite level executives.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end sales cycle for Banking & Financial Services software portfolio in South Africa
  • Position solutions for core banking modernization, digital channels, payments, fraud/AML, dispute management, and cloud/SaaS transformation
  • Build and execute territory/account plans to drive ACV/TCV growth, new logo acquisition
  • Develop pipeline through multi-threaded engagement, outbound prospecting, and local partner collaboration
  • Act as a trusted advisor to C‑suite and senior leaders, lead discovery/value workshops
  • Own the full sales cycle; coordinate cross-functional teams to secure internal approvals
  • Craft compelling value propositions and measurable outcomes
  • Maintain rigorous CRM hygiene and accurately forecast.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
  • 10+ years of enterprise software sales/business development experience in Banking & Financial Services, with consistent quota attainment and complex deal wins in South Africa
  • Proven success selling one or more of: Digital banking & onboarding/KYC, customer identity & authentication Payments (card issuing/acquiring, merchant services, EFT, real-time payments/PayShap, ISO 20022) Risk, fraud & AML, dispute & chargeback management, case management Cloud/SaaS, API‑first architectures, microservices, managed services
  • Proficiency in value-based selling and executive-level storytelling
  • Strong financial acumen (P&L, TCO, ROI modeling), negotiation, and commercial structuring skills
  • Experience leading RFP/RFI efforts and orchestrating cross-functional deal teams
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and executive presence
  • Ability to travel 25–50% across south Africa.

Benefits

  • Offer conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job

Job title

Senior Software Account Executive – Banking & Financial Services

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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