BlackLine

Strategic Account Executive

BlackLine$144K — $170K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise cloud software sales
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, IT, Finance or MBA preferred
  • Strong background in consultative and insight-based selling
  • Knowledge of ERP, CRM, HCM solutions
  • Experience working with C-level executives, particularly CFOs
  • Proven track record in generating leads and closing large-scale sales

Responsibilities

  • Generate and manage strategic accounts to drive subscription growth
  • Develop high-value relationships with key stakeholders
  • Lead the entire sales process from prospecting to closing
  • Coordinate responses to RFIs/RFPs/RFQs
  • Provide professional presentations of proposals to prospects
  • Collaborate across internal teams to enhance sales effectiveness
  • Maintain accurate sales activity records in Salesforce

Benefits

  • Short-term and long-term incentive programs based on eligibility
  • Robust benefits and wellness plans
  • Commitment to pay transparency
  • Travel opportunities to build relationships with clients
  • Dynamic environment in a fast-paced, collaborative setting
Full Job Description
Make Your Mark:
BlackLine is seeking an energetic, self-starting, entrepreneurial Strategic Sales Executive. The BlackLine Strategic Sales Executive will be responsible for generating BlackLine's most strategic accounts. Through a strategic approach, this individual will establish sales priorities, action plans and deliver/exceed on sales goals. This person will be assigned accounts to target and market BlackLine's solutions in order to secure new subscription business in our Software-as-a-Service(SAAS) business model. They will develop high value relationships with key stakeholders and will be responsible for negotiating and managing large contracts. They will work on bringing in new large strategic accounts (i.e. Fortune 500 and Large Privately-held organizations, too).

You'll Get To:
  • Utilize networking and prospecting skills to generate leads and identify strategic solution-based sales opportunities.
  • Develop and manage high-value relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Have a deep understanding of the way businesses operate and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-level
  • Provide leadership and guidance to other team members on enterprise accounts and participate in providing input on sales and marketing collateral.
  • Own the entire sales process from prospecting to closing business.
  • Coordinate and lead responses to RFIs/RFPs/RFQs.
  • Present BlackLine's proposals in a professional manner to prospects.
  • Provide feedback to management and Marketing teams on prospects' reactions and questions about BlackLine's solutions.
  • Collaborate with other BlackLine teams including pre-sales, product, value engineering, operations, finance, marketing, and legal.
  • Travel to cultivate relationships with customers, partners, and related associations.
  • Ensures opportunities are accurately reflected and maintained in Salesforce, providing weekly updates, monthly projections and quarterly committed forecasts of sales activity and volume to BlackLine NA Sales management team.
  • Achieve annual sales targets and average monthly revenue quotas on a consistent basis
  • Collaborating with and leveraging Marketing & Business Development to maximize revenue production


What You'll Bring:

Years of Experience in Related Field: 10+ years of experience selling complex enterprise cloud software, working with large high-profile accounts Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, IT, Finance or MBA preferred Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Exhibits a hunter mentality and possesses outstanding ability to close sales.
  • Proven record and strong capability to generate leads, pursue opportunities and sell.
  • Experience selling business applications to business users
  • ERP, CRM, HCM solution knowledge
  • Strong background or experience selling to the CFO buying center is a big plus.
  • Experience with comprehensive account planning, relationship mapping, and business strategy mapping following sales methodologies like Target Account Selling or similar
  • Possesses strong sensibility for technology.
  • Ability to solve customer-related problems in a positive manner.
  • Strong in consultative and insight-based selling.
  • Experience articulating complex solutions to decision makers and executives.
  • Proven ability to grow revenue and manage accounts
  • Knowledge of Cloud SaaS industry
  • Experience analyzing data trends
  • Strong time management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, manage multiple competing priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment
  • Adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism
  • Willingness to travel up to 50 percent of the time.

We're Even More Excited If You Have:
  • Knowledge of cloud SaaS industry, accounting background a bonus
  • Proven, award-winning, closer of the largest companies globally
  • Independent personality, detail-oriented, clear communicator, and knows and meets deadlines inside of BlackLine as well as with/for our clientele


Salary Range:
$144,500.00-$170,000.00

Pay Transparency Statement:

Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.

In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.

We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.

About BlackLine

BlackLine, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. The company’s platform is designed to help midsize companies and large enterprises improve the accuracy and efficiency of their financial reporting. BlackLine’s software is used by accounting and finance teams to manage tasks such as journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, and intercompany accounting. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California.
Learn more about BlackLine
Size
1,812 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$46.9 million
Founded
2001
5 Year Trend
+27.2%
Revenue
$351.7 million
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