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Enterprise Account Executive - Financial Services

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$123.2K – $247.8K/yr
Location
5 Locations, Illinois, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
7+ years of demonstrated success in full-cycle enterprise sales

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Role Summary

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The Enterprise Account Executive joins Salesforce’s Enterprise Business team, partnering with strategic customers with 10,000+ employees and selling into Financial Services accounts. The role supports Salesforce platform and cloud offerings while building customer relationships, accelerating revenue, and driving business impact.

What You'll Do

  • Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and C-suite decision makers within assigned accounts.
  • Develop and drive long-term account strategy aligned to customer business objectives.
  • Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer needs.
  • Perform account planning with Prime and Cloud sales resources.
  • Identify and develop new opportunities through warm leads and whitespace prospecting.
  • Drive growth within assigned accounts.

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Qualifications

7+ years of demonstrated success in full-cycle enterprise sales; experience managing and growing one large, strategic account; ability to lead and coordinate across a large extended team; strong executive presence with experience engaging C-suite decision makers.

Required

  • 7+ years of demonstrated success in full-cycle enterprise sales
  • Experience managing and growing one large, strategic account
  • Ability to lead and coordinate across a large extended team to drive outcomes
  • Strong executive presence with experience engaging C-suite decision makers

Preferred

  • Demonstrated progression in enterprise sales roles, with experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder deals
  • Experience selling into Financial Services accounts (Banking, Insurance, or Wealth & Asset Management)
  • Familiarity with the Salesforce platform and Customer 360 solutions
  • Experience in competency-based selling

Original job description

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To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Overview of the Role:
Our Enterprise Business team partners with our most strategic customers — organizations with 10,000+ employees — to deliver the full power of Salesforce. This role sells into Financial Services accounts, including Banking, Insurance, and Wealth & Asset Management. As an Enterprise Account Executive, you won't just sell AI agents — you'll work alongside them to accelerate revenue, build trusted customer relationships, and drive meaningful impact.

Note: By applying to the Enterprise Account Executive posting, Recruiters and Hiring Managers who support multiple cloud offerings across the organization will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams. Please note some of these positions may be office-based, office-flexible, or remote depending on the team.

We have Core Teams that sell the entire Salesforce platform, and Prime teams that specialize in a specific cloud solution. You may be aligned to, but not limited to, the following:
  • Slack
  • NetZero Cloud
  • Tableau
  • Marketing Cloud
  • Specialization Cloud
  • Digital

Responsibilities:
  • Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and C-suite decision makers within assigned accounts, helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments
  • Develop and drive long-term account strategy aligned to customer business objectives, coordinating internal Salesforce resources to meet their needs
  • Perform account planning in partnership with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment
  • Identify and develop new opportunities through warm leads and whitespace prospecting, driving growth within assigned accounts

Required Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of demonstrated success in full-cycle enterprise sales
  • Experience managing and growing one large, strategic account
  • Ability to lead and coordinate across a large extended team to drive outcomes
  • Strong executive presence with experience engaging C-suite decision makers

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated progression in enterprise sales roles, with experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder deals
  • Experience selling into Financial Services accounts (Banking, Insurance, or Wealth & Asset Management)
  • Familiarity with the Salesforce platform and Customer 360 solutions
  • Experience in competency-based selling; we evaluate experience across extracurricular leadership, military service, volunteer roles, and work history

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.

Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $123,200 - $247,800 annually There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $135,300 - $272,600 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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Salesforce is a global leader in customer relationship management (CRM) software, empowering businesses of all sizes to connect with their customers in innovative ways. Founded in 1999, the company revolutionized the software industry by delivering cloud-based solutions that streamline sales, service, marketing, and analytics. With a strong focus on customer success and a commitment to sustainability, Salesforce consistently ranks as one of the best places to work, offering diverse career opportunities in technology, sales, and consulting. Through its extensive ecosystem and community engagement, the company is dedicated to helping organizations enhance their customer relationships and achieve their business goals.