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Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We seek a Senior Manager with measurable experience of sales / business development leadership gained within a professional services environment. Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience of originating and leading large and complex sales within the Financial Services Sector (Wealth and Asset Management). The UKI Sales Team is responsible for originating, selling, and closing complex contracts typically >$10m in value. It is a dynamic team made up of Sales Captures and Bid Managers who lead and support opportunities that often combine the full breadth of Accenture service offerings. We work with most of the major clients across the Financial Services Sector as well as working with new players in the industry. You will play a senior role as 'first chair', identifying opportunities and leading the team to present prospective clients with compelling reasons to choose Accenture as their reinvention partner.
Job Responsibility
Originate, shape, and transact large and complex sales opportunities, aligning Accenture’s value proposition to the strategic ambitions of our FS clients leading deals
Manage sales across the full opportunity cycle, including origination, seeking qualification and funding approvals internally, creating value propositions and submitting proposals, shaping client pitches, participating in negotiations, and closing opportunities
Own, develop, and manage relationships with key buyers and decision makers at existing and / or new clients
Collaborate with Accenture ecosystem partners
Commercial shaping of large and complex opportunities
Lead the planning and execution of client pitches
Articulate compelling value propositions through contributing to the authoring of executive summaries which emphasise and evidence Accenture’s differentiation
Author responses to strategically important RFP questions
Manage Accenture approvals to build internal support for opportunities
Create and execute on winning sales strategies to ensure competitive advantage is built and maintained
Coordinate large, global, and diverse teams
Develop junior talent within the sales team through active coaching
Participate in and help to prepare for negotiations for MSAs and Statements of Work
Manage pipeline and CRM records for your allocated opportunities / portfolio
Requirements
Senior Manager with measurable experience of sales / business development leadership gained within a professional services environment
experience of originating and leading large and complex sales within the Financial Services Sector (Wealth and Asset Management)
What we offer
comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development
a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level
access to training and a global network of experts
opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job