Channel Sales Account Executive

The Channel Sales team is growing and we are excited to hire the next members in a variety of locations across the country. We’re seeking sales professionals with a track record of success in achieving new-business and growing a current book of business. The ideal candidate will be driven, organized, and display a natural ability to build rapport and trust. We’re looking for that perfect blend of sales drive coupled with a customer-service mentality that will help us create loyal, happy partners.

Gusto partners with Accountants whose customers are small business owners. You will work with accounting firms to onboard their entire book of business. It’s your job to understand an accountant partner's needs and the needs of their clients in order to properly convey Gusto’s value proposition delivered through the partnership. You’ll manage the ongoing relationship with each new accountant you bring onboard while continuing to work to add new accountants to your growing book of business.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Engage and ramp relationships with existing accounting partners through a high velocity consultative sales process where you will average interacting with 100 clients per quarter
• Manage a high volume book of business and build strong, long-lasting relationships with accounting partners to grow their client base on Gusto
• Manage accounting partners after the first 90 days of their joining our partner program, helping them bring additional clients onto the platform
• Keep accounting partners up to date on new product developments & best practices to get the most out of the Gusto platform as well as advocating for their needs to inform Gusto’s roadmap
• Penetrate the partner’s firm by convincing additional accountants to join, influencing additional client adds, and even getting the firm to adopt Gusto internally
• Win new business in competitive sales against the industry’s incumbent players, averaging around 200 new adds per quarter
• Construct, forecast, and manage your sales pipeline to meet company goals
• Leverage People Advisory and Certification to deepen strategic partnerships
• Deliver comprehensive product demos and answer technical inquiries
• Contribute accurate records and notes to a team-wide CRM

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a sales role
• 3+ years of experience managing a book of business and carrying a quota, preferably focusing on net-new acquisitions
• Previous experience working in any one of the following areas is required:
• Experience selling subscription based software technologies (SaaS), other software products, and/or financial services products
• Experience working with Small Businesses
• Experience working with channel and reseller sales partnerships, preferably within the accounting space
• Top-performer with a track record of consistently exceeding quota in a high volume and high velocity environment for the majority of your career
• A consummate team player who enjoys wearing multiple hats and inspiring everyone around you to do great work
• A builder who is excited to help shape the foundation for the Partner Sales team

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted between $108,000 OTE to $135,000 OTE in Denver and most other locations with a 60/40 split between base and commission. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.