Sales Executive

Sales Executives are responsible for the generation of new business relationships for this prestigious company

The role involves development of an accurate and up to date customer prospect database from which introductory and follow-up consultative sales calls are made. Sales Executives proactively qualify applications for our services predominately via tele-marketing with the objective of gaining commitment from client to open a trading facility.

In addition to sales and marketing activity, Sales Executives are also responsible for setting up new customer accounts, explaining the terms and conditions for opening an online dealing facility with HiFX and assisting the compliance team with anti-money laundering and due diligence checks for new customer accounts.

The role is extensively telesales based (e.g. 60-100 calls outbound per day) with key activities focused on targeting decision makers within prospect companies at executive level (i.e. Finance Managers, Finance Directors, Chief Financial Officers and Managing Directors) to obtain a detailed understanding of the prospect’s current suppliers and processes for executing international payments and managing currency risk.

Post meeting, sales executives are responsible for handling any client objections and work closely with the internal compliance team in order to complete KYC checks and anti-money laundering checks before opening dealing facilities for new clients.

To be successful in this role, you will have previous telephone based B2B sales experience in a challenging environment, and a keen interest in the financial markets. You will be resilient, self motivated, tenacious, articulate and quick to learn.