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About the Role

Smartstream Technologies is seeking a Senior Sales Executive to drive new business growth across the UK and European financial services market. The role involves identifying, developing, and closing new logo opportunities within banks, asset managers, financial market infrastructures, fintechs, and other regulated financial institutions. You will collaborate with global teams to deliver complex enterprise solutions to demanding institutions, engaging with senior stakeholders and navigating complex organizations to secure strategic, multi-year agreements.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a territory strategy across financial services institutions in the UK and wider European market.
Identify and close new logo opportunities, building a structured pipeline of enterprise sales engagements.
Create detailed account plans, perform organizational mapping, and develop multi-stakeholder engagement strategies.
Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities equivalent to 4–5x annual quota.
Manage pipeline progression and opportunity qualification using MEDDPICC and CRM tools such as Salesforce.
Provide accurate forecasting and maintain strong pipeline hygiene across the territory.
Work closely with Pre-Sales, Product, Professional Services and Customer Success teams to scope opportunities, support RFI/RFP responses, conduct demonstrations and manage proof-of-concept engagements.
Develop trusted relationships with senior executives across operations, technology, data and finance functions.
Identify new market opportunities and contribute to regional go-to-market strategy and sales initiatives.

Requirements

A proven track record of winning new business and closing complex multi-stakeholder deals.
Strong understanding of financial services operating models, post-trade operations, data management or regulatory environments.
Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
The ability to navigate complex organisations and influence multiple stakeholders across business and technology teams.
Demonstrated ability to build and manage large, qualified sales pipelines.
Experience selling enterprise SaaS or mission-critical operational platforms.
Experience using structured sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC.

Skills

Sales
Business Development
Financial Services
Enterprise Sales
SaaS Sales
MEDDPICC
Salesforce
Account Management
Pipeline Management
Forecasting
Communication
Presentation
Negotiation

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
3 days office working

Experience Level

8+ years experience in enterprise technology sales, ideally within financial services or capital markets technology.

About the Company

Smartstream Technologies works with many of the world’s leading financial institutions, delivering mission-critical solutions that support data integrity, reconciliation, transaction lifecycle management, regulatory reporting, and operational automation across the financial services ecosystem.
At Smartstream, you will work with some of the most respected financial institutions globally, helping them solve complex operational and data challenges while modernising their post-trade and financial infrastructure.
Our culture combines deep financial services expertise, advanced technology and a collaborative global team, providing a strong platform for high-performing sales professionals to build long-term strategic client relationships and drive meaningful growth.

Equal Opportunity

Smartstream is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and following practices which are free from unfair and unlawful discrimination.