New Business Executive (Investors)

Job description / Role

Thomson Reuters is looking for a New Business Executive, based in Saudi Arabia, to represent our Financial division.
The role is responsible for selling the Investors suite of products, targeting Asset Management, both retail and institutional, and Investment Banking sectors primarily in the KSA.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of both the buyside and sellside in the region and have gained significant experience selling to these sectors here, in either a data vendor or financial services capacity.

The New Business Executive generates new business opportunities and closures, by taking qualified leads from multiple sources including prospectors and, over the telephone, demonstrates Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk capability to new customers, develops proposals, negotiates contracts and finally closes the business.

He/she must also ensures the effective handover of accounts to Account Management and provide feedback from the customer to segments.

The successful candidate will be required to source their own leads through prospecting and research, build knowledge of competition, maintains accurate customer contact and opportunity data in our CRM system, and conduct win/loss analysis plus maintains strong awareness of external market, to identify business opportunities.

Requirements

- 3-5 years experience in Sales
- Must have experience of selling to KSA Asset Managers or Investment Banking
- Understanding of software products used in this space eg Bloomberg, Factset, CapIQ, TR
- CFA or CAIA qualified would be an advantage
- Willingness to travel
- Strong self-motivation with a determination to succeed
- Ability to consistently achieve targets
- University degree
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong presentation skills
- KSA National

About the Company

Refinitiv is one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in approximately 190 countries. We provide leading data and insights, trading platforms, and open data and technology platforms that connect a thriving global financial markets community - driving performance in trading, investment, wealth management, regulatory compliance, market data management, enterprise risk and fighting financial crime. We are new market pioneers with 167 years of confidence. Breaking new barriers. Enabling more responsible, transparent and connected financial markets. We redefine what data can do. Through an open ecosystem, a high-performance culture, analytics, insights and technology.

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