Accountant Business Development Manager West/ Pacific Time

Identifies sales opportunities, completes the sales process, and develops key relationships for core payroll acquisitions.

Responsibilities

Achieves assigned individual and team acquisition targets.

Hunting and securing relationships with new non referring firms. Utilizing a waterfall approach including Acquisition, Hosting and revenue share

Develops strong relationships with dynamic list of up to 300 identified companies, CPA firms, and independent payroll providers to acquire their payroll. Initiates the sales process and carries it thru to close.

Identifies and conducts regular status and strategy meetings with acquisition prospects to understand their needs and link those needs to Paychex products and services.

Drives acquisition revenue from companies that are currently processing client payroll, either independently or with an established competitor.

Works with finance to understand and apply the strategy and financial acumen behind acquisitions. Independently negotiates terms and pricing in accordance with Paychex business objectives, to secure acquisitions

Educate ZMs, DSMS and Field Sales Reps on Accountant Channel GTM Strategy, programs and initiatives

Educates district sales representatives on the acquisition sales process to encourage lead generation.

Works with field leadership and marketing to develop acquisition programs and best practices.

Coordinates field events with potential acquisitions to build relationships and promote Paychex sales initiatives.

Supports Marketing at planned Accountant Events

Delivers high-quality, responsive sales support on requests for information to assist in closing the sale.

Builds and maintains relationships with Accountants to increase referrals of new clients and create awareness and demand for additional products and services

Understanding, articulating and communicating monthly initiatives and GTM strategy for assigned territory

Enhanced oversight on activity sales rep activity standards and metrics for assigned territory

Explore and expand understanding of all Accountant programs and resources (example - AHQ, AKC, CPE Seminars, Prescriptive, Persona)

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Business preferred

4 years of sales experience

HCM sales and CPA partnership experience preferred

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share that the starting base pay for this position is $52,000-$81,000 annually + commission. Please keep in mind that this is the base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position. If you are hired at Paychex, your overall compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience which may result in total compensation outside of this range.