Account Executive III, RegTech APAC

Hybrid: London or UAE Office

ACA is seeking an ambitious Sales Account Executive to drive growth of our Regulatory Technology Business Unit, you will be responsible for growing our Regulatory Technology client base across the APAC region and across clients. The successful candidate will be tasked with selling to new logos as well as selling our cutting-edge regulatory technology platform to existing ACA consulting clients.

The successful candidate will be skilled at building relationships with appropriate contacts within their target account, and positioning ACA as a trusted partner to their organizations. Active prospecting, lead generation are imperative as the candidate looks to qualify opportunities and build and close a robust pipeline of business within the Financial Services vertical as we strive to solve complex and regulatory burdens faced by firms today.

What you’ll do:

• Build and close a sales pipeline across both new business and upsell/cross sells
• Actively prospect across their territory and work to drive opportunity generation across their chosen prospects.
• Conduct meetings and product demonstrations with potential customers and activity position ACA’s Regulatory technology products.
• Work closely with the delivery and customer success teams to ensure clients are onboarded seamlessly and position us for future growth within the accounts.
• Support colleagues in the team by contributing insights into product and competitive landscapes as well as customer requirements.
  
  

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5-7 years of consulting, customer support, relationship management/account executive, or sales experience
  
  

Skills or attributes for Success:

• Have sound knowledge and experience within financial services and/or trade surveillance, ecommunication archiving/surveillance, or Code of Ethics tools.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with at least 5+ years of proven success in a quota-carrying client-facing sales role.
• Client presentation experience to manage escalations, projects and support cross/upsell would be preferred.
• Prior experience with SaaS (Software as a Service) and enterprise software (desirable).
• Prior experience with professional services (desirable).
• Demonstrated professional integrity.
• Dependable, flexible, and adaptable to new ACA initiatives and changing client needs.
• Ability to exercise discretion and make independent judgments on matters of significance.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, small-team environment.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritize effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients.
  
  

What working at ACA offers:

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Our Total Rewards package includes an annual discretionary bonus, pension, private medical insurance, group life insurance, group income protection, subsidized corporate gym membership, season ticket loan, employee assistance programme, and more. Our time off options include up to 26 days of annual holiday allowance and statutory bank holidays, as well as days off for your work anniversary, career development, and volunteering.

About ACA:

ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. We empower our clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business. Our innovative approach integrates consulting, managed services, and our ComplianceAlpha technology platform with the specialized expertise of former regulators and practitioners and our deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape.

What we commit to:

ACA is firmly committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, which applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, training, discipline, terminations, layoffs, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.