Account Executive

Posted 14 Hours Ago
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Toronto, ON
Mid level
Digital Media • Fintech • Information Technology
The Role
The Account Executive will manage customer accounts, generate new business opportunities, increase customer satisfaction, and ensure successful account renewals. Responsibilities include maintaining customer relationships, identifying revenue growth opportunities, and articulating product value propositions.
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Job Description

When you join Dow Jones, you become part of one of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, radio and television--including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, such as Factiva, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. Our media inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent, allowing our customers to uncover growth opportunities and mitigate risk. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and insight into prosperity. From 58 countries and in twenty-five languages, we enlighten and inspire audiences with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.

 

Our Business Intelligence team is seeking an Account Manager to work customers and prospects across our Risk and Compliance, Factiva, and Newswires solution lines. The key responsibilities for this position include:

  • ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT: Provide a high level of account management service, by building excellent customer relationships, understanding our customers' businesses, and resolving issues in a timely manner; understand competitor solutions the customer is using and the customer's current and developing needs

  • NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Generate new streams of revenue through sales of products and services which address prospects business needs 

  • CUSTOMER GROWTH: Identify opportunities for increasing revenue within the account territory via up-selling and cross-selling

  • CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction through regular communication with all customers, and build solid working relationships with each customer 

  • SUCCESSFUL RENEWALS: Develop and execute on plans to manage strategic account renewals,

  • ROLLOUT AND ADOPTION: Ensure appropriate levels of customer training and awareness are provided by closely partnering with the Customer Engagement team 

  • PRODUCT & MARKET KNOWLEDGE: Clearly express the value proposition and benefits of the Dow Jones products and solutions to specific sectors and markets, and use this knowledge to help increase the value and adoption of our solutions by our customers

  • FORECASTING: Manage Sales Forecast and Pipeline to ensure clear reporting of forthcoming renewals, additional sales opportunities, plus the associated revenue and timescales 

Skills & Experience:

  • A minimum of three years sales experience and a proven track record of success in selling solutions to corporate or financial customers

  • The ability to work well in cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams, as well as being highly self motivated and able work independently when required

  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) to ensure the Dow Jones value position is clearly articulated to our prospects and customers

  • Strong results orientation, with the commitment and drive to achieve new business goals in a complex business environment

  • Strong level of business acumen and awareness to help build credibility with the customer, spot potential opportunities within a peer group or industry sector, and express the benefits of Dow Jones in an appropriate business context

  • Strong time management skills, with an ability to manage tasks in a fast paced environment, and track progress against appropriate activity goals 

  • Experience working with, or within, Risk & Compliance functions would be an advantage

  • Educated to Bachelor’s degree level

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Business Intelligence

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Union role

The Company
HQ: New York, NY
4,898 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1882

What We Do

When you join Dow Jones, you become part of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, and video --including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, like The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.

Our products inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and prosperity. We enlighten and inspire audiences around the globe with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.

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