Business Development Representative - Financial Services

FreightWaves

FreightWaves

Accounting & Finance, Sales & Business Development
Remote
Posted on Jul 31, 2024

Are you smart, driven, curious, resourceful, and looking to get a start in SaaS technology sales? Then we want to meet you!

FreightWaves SONAR is growing our team of Business Development Representatives. We are looking for entrepreneurial-minded, high energy sales professionals with a demonstrable passion for growth. FreightWaves SONAR offers a fast-paced, team-focused culture in which you will be provided the tools, technology, and training to take your career to the next level. We build talent for a long term career in technology sales. There is defined career pathing to grow here for those that hit their targets.

FreightWaves delivers the data, analytics and insights to drive today's modern supply chain. Our technology is used by the top shippers and carriers in the industry to power their decision making process. If you are ready to join our team, it is time for you to apply!

As a BDR - Financial Services, you’re truly the ‘tip of the spear’ for driving organizational growth through identifying & nurturing strong prospects to help us continue the rapid growth of our SaaS-based Data Analytics platform SONAR with a focus in the financial services sector. You will be reporting directly to sales leadership and hunting for new business opportunities as directed.

SONAR is a subscription-based data platform focused on providing high frequency global supply chain data.

**This position is hybrid with three days a week in the Chattanooga office***

What you will be doing:

Clearly communicate FreightWaves SONAR value proposition to prospects specifically into the financial sector to understand their needs to identify if/where there is a strong mutual partnership fit.

  • Seeking, prospecting, & qualifying new business opportunities through organic outreach
  • Using our comprehensive technology stack to engage prospects through social selling, email marketing and phone calls
  • Reaching out to new leads captured through external marketing campaigns
  • Coordinate & book conversations for prospective clients & SONAR account executives
  • Provide feedback to marketing team regarding quality of marketing-sourced leads
  • Meet & exceed your stated daily, monthly sales & performance KPI metrics

What you bring to the table:

  • Prior full-time sales/lead gen experience
  • Selling data or software products to financial institutions is preferred
  • Proven track record of success in prospecting for new business
  • Self starter and hunter mentality
  • Experience with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce) preferred
  • Experience in being held to performance metrics (Sales Metric preferred)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in finance, business administration or relevant field and/or equivalent professional experience preferred
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment required
  • Effective time management skills & ability to prioritize multiple tasks required
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills required
  • Prior military with some transition sales training will be considered in lieu of prior SaaS experience.

Our benefits:

  • An excellent work environment, flat hierarchies, and short decision paths.
  • Competitive salary
  • Work from home two days a week
  • A generous benefits package including 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability
  • Concierge doctor on-call
  • Stock options
  • 401k with up to 3.5% match
  • Training programs and career development opportunities
  • Student-loan reimbursement
  • Annual life achievement bonus of $2000 for having a baby, buying a house, or getting married (one per year)
  • No set days off Vacation policy (our team takes time off as needed with supervisor approval)
  • Gym Membership (or virtual membership)
  • Audible or Kindle Unlimited subscription
  • FreightWaves strives for sustainability. We offset our carbon emissions
  • Discount on Ford vehicles