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Strategic Account Executive - Audit and Assurance

Circit Limited · Remote · US

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
13d ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

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The job

What you'd do
Sell Circit's asset verification platform to a named list of top 100 US audit firms, including the Big Four, through long multi-threaded cycles. You win new firms and expand existing ones, and build your own pipeline.
Who you'd sell to
Still reading the posting. Check back within the hour.
Where deals come from
Mostly you. Expect a lot of outbound: cold calls, emails and LinkedIn.

The Braun Read

Proceed with caution

A few things here deserve a hard look before you spend time on it.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Shares 1 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Open 13 days.
Company hiring
This is their only open sales role.

Red lights

  • "Unlimited earnings," no numbers. It sells uncapped or unlimited earnings but never says what anyone actually earns.

Green lights

None spotted.

Based only on what the posting says. Lights are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What did the median rep and the top rep actually earn last year?

    "Unlimited" is a ceiling, not a number. You need the median.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  3. 3.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  4. 4.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  5. 5.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

› When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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Full posting
Circit is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company on a mission to verify the trusted source in every business transaction. Our global asset verification platform lets auditors deliver higher quality financial audits and spend more time helping businesses create value. Our customers include Big Four accountancy firms, fund administrators and global banks. Having recently entered the US market, Circit is now building a dedicated team to accelerate its growth. As an early member of this team, you will work closely with senior leadership and play a key role in shaping our sales strategy. As a Strategic Account Executive at Circit, you will own a focused set of top 100 audit firms in the US, including the Big Four. You will win new firms and grow the ones that already use Circit, across offices and products. This is a relationship-led role. You will run long, multi-threaded sales cycles with audit partners, national office and audit innovation leaders, procurement and IT security, and build a clear plan for each firm. You will help firms bring confirmations, PBC requests and bank connections onto one platform, then work with Customer Success to roll Circit out firm-wide. On the Big Four and top accounts you will be account lead, with the Head of North America as executive sponsor. This role reports to the Head of North America and is fully remote within North America. It is a senior individual contributor role with a full quota. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Owning a targeted list of key US audit firms, covering both new firms and existing customers, and running the full sales cycle from first outreach to signed contract, including procurement, security, compliance and legal - Meeting or beating quarterly targets for new business and expansion, and the key sales measures behind them - Building your own pipeline through targeted outbound, referrals, events and partners, with SDR support as the team grows - Building trusted relationships with senior decision-makers by understanding how each firm runs its audits, sharing useful expertise and showing how Circit fits - Qualifying and running every deal using MEDDICC, with mutual action plans and an honest forecast - Giving clear, convincing product demos built around what you learned in discover - Writing and owning an account plan for each firm, and a territory plan that sets which firms to work first by audit share and buying signals, then following through to get the most out of the market - Working with Customer Success, Solutions, Product and Marketing so customers get what they were sold and their needs are met at every stage of the sale - Keeping CRM records clean and up to date, forecasting accurately, and feeding market and competitor insight back to leadership and internal teams - Attending networking events and conferences to build relationships that lead to new business - Travelling up to 30% of the time, within the region and across the US Requirements You must be a self-starter who opens doors and does not wait for leads, and be drawn to a start-up where the sales process is still being built. - 8+ years of B2B enterprise sales, with at least 3 years closing six-figure deals as a full-quota individual contributor - A verifiable record of beating new business quota, with named deals you can talk through in detail - Experience selling software to US audit and accounting firms, or into banks and other regulated financial institutions, including firm-wide purchases through central procurement - Able to manage long, multi-threaded cycles, with a record of expanding accounts after the first sale - Credibility with senior buyers and the ability to explain a technical product in business terms - A team player who works well with SDRs, Customer Success, Product and Marketing Desired Criteria - Existing relationships in audit, fund administration or banking This role is fully remote, and we are open to applicants across North America. Benefits This is an exciting opportunity for an all-rounder, highly motivated candidate to get involved at the ground level of a fast-growing company. Pay is set by role, level and location. The final base salary depends on experience, skills and the local market. Ranges may change over time. - Competitive salary plus uncapped commission - Health insurance - Pension - 34 days annual leave (inclusive of any local public/federal holidays) - Remote working with real autonomy - Direct access to leadership and a clear route to progress as the US team grows Help change how audit firms verify the trusted source in every transaction. Please apply by uploading your CV and a short note on the largest new business deal you have closed.
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