Senior Account Executive - Financial Services

UiPath UiPath · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · Sales

Senior Account Executive for UiPath's Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) solution suite, focusing on AML, KYC, CDD, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention technology within financial services enterprise accounts. The role involves driving new business and expanding existing relationships, owning the full sales cycle, and engaging C-level and senior compliance, risk, and technology stakeholders. Requires deep domain expertise in financial crime and regulatory compliance, with a proven track record in enterprise sales.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and drive the full sales cycle for enterprise financial services accounts, from lead qualification to contract close.
  2. Build and manage a robust pipeline of net-new logos and expansion opportunities within existing accounts.
  3. Consistently meet or exceed quota and revenue targets for AML/FCC compliance solutions.
  4. Develop and execute account-based sales strategies for top-tier banks, fintechs, payment providers, and financial institutions.
  5. Leverage deep knowledge of AML, KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, adverse media screening, entity resolution, case management, and regulatory reporting to credibly engage compliance and risk stakeholders.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of enterprise sales experience selling software/technology solutions into financial services (banks, fintechs, payment providers, insurers, or capital markets firms).
  • Extreme depth of knowledge in Financial Crime Compliance — AML, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and regulatory risk.
  • Demonstrated history of success consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas in complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles.
  • Proven ability to sell to and influence senior executives, compliance leaders, risk officers, and technology buyers.
  • Strong understanding of global AML/FCC regulatory frameworks across EMEA
  • Excellent presentation, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Experience with enterprise CRM tools (Salesforce or similar) and structured sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, Challenger, Command of the Message).

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field (or equivalent experience).

What the JD emphasized

  • Extreme depth of knowledge in Financial Crime Compliance — AML, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and regulatory risk.
  • Proven ability to sell to and influence senior executives, compliance leaders, risk officers, and technology buyers.
  • Strong understanding of global AML/FCC regulatory frameworks across EMEA