Strategic Account Executive at Fieldguide (S20)
$150K  •  
Vertical AI for Audit & Advisory Firms
San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
Full-time
6+ years
About Fieldguide

Fieldguide is a platform that powers the most complex compliance and financial audits performed by accounting and advisory firms. With Fieldguide, firms save thousands of hours per year, transforming the operations of their practices and modernizing the experience of their clients.

About the role

About Us:

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets through automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners specifically within cybersecurity, privacy, and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance). Put simply, we build software for the people who enable trust between businesses. 

We’re based in San Francisco, CA, but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. We're backed by top investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Y Combinator, Floodgate, Elad Gil, Justin Kan, Qasar Younis, Eric Ries, and more.

We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. We need people from all backgrounds and walks of life to help build the future of audit and advisory. Fieldguide’s team is inclusive, driven, humble and supportive. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture that we are building, seeking teammates that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but care deeply about supporting each other's growth.

As an early stage start-up employee, you’ll have the opportunity to build out the future of business trust. We make audit practitioners’ lives easier by eliminating up to 50% of their work and giving them better work-life balance. If you share our values and enthusiasm for building a great culture and product, you will find a home at Fieldguide.

About the Role:

As a Strategic Account Executive at Fieldguide, you'll be focused on driving net new sales of Fieldguide’s innovative vertical AI platform to the largest players in audit and advisory. Your main responsibilities will include prospecting, identifying, and securing new sales opportunities within the largest public accounting firms in the world. By understanding their specific business needs with a values-based selling approach, you will sell solutions that improve their efficiency and productivity and help redefine the future of audit and advisory services.

What You’ll Do:

  • Own targeted account list of key strategic accounts, overseeing the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
  • Achieve and exceed revenue targets and key sales metrics.
  • Build a relationship as a trusted advisor with key decision-makers, understanding their business needs and pain points and aligning Fieldguide’s solutions with their needs.
  • Present a compelling walkthrough of Fieldguide's solutions to prospects.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with teams, including Solutions, Finance, Product, Marketing, etc., to ensure the customer’s needs and expectations are properly met throughout the sales process.
  • Develop and refine our enterprise sales playbook and processes.
  • Attend networking events and conferences to build relationships that will create new business opportunities.
  • Up to 30% travel is required.

About You:

  • 10+ years of sales experience as an Account Executive, with a focus on net new logos and a proven track record exceeding quota and selling complex software solutions to key strategic accounts.
  • 3+ years of experience working as a practitioner at an audit/advisory/assurance firm.
  • Strong executive presence and experience successfully selling to executives at Fortune 500 companies.
  • Able to manage complex, multi-threaded, highly technical sales processes involving customer stakeholders from executives to day-to-day product users.
  • Experience independently managing a complete sales cycle from prospecting to negotiation to close.
  • Team player who collaborates effectively across internal teams (Solutions, Finance, Product, Marketing, etc.)
  • Motivated by building sales processes in a rapidly changing startup and being part of a team-oriented selling environment.

More about Fieldguide:

Fieldguide is a values-based company. Our values are:

  • Fearless - Inspire & break down seemingly impossible walls.
  • Fast - Launch fast with excellence, iterate to perfection.
  • Lovable - ​​Deliver happiness & 11 star experiences. 
  • Owners - Execute & run the business with ownership.
  • Win-win - Create mutual value & earn trust for life. 
  • Inclusive - Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams. 

Some of our benefits include: 

  • Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401k
  • Wellness benefits, including a bundle of free therapy sessions
  • Technology & Work from Home reimbursement
  • Flexible work schedules
Technology

We're looking for early-stage engineers with experience in the following:

  • Complex web tech stacks consisting of several of the following: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, GraphQL, NodeJS, Hasura, Postgres, and AWS
  • Architecting large features and determining the best technologies for the job
  • Test and automation tools like Jest and Cypress
  • DevOps and continuous integration/delivery best practices
  • Information security best practices
  • Collaborating on all aspects of product strategy and UX
  • Working directly with customers and fixing bugs
  • Shaping a young tech stack, product, and engineering processes

We’re based in San Francisco, CA, but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. This is an opportunity to be an early engineer at a young, fast growing startup, working directly with the company’s co-founders and early employees. We offer competitive compensation and perks.

We greatly value learning and invest in our team members. As we build the company together, we’ll map your professional interests and goals to ensure you’re learning not only how to be a better engineer, but also growing towards your ideal role in the future.

Fieldguide is committed to building a diverse and inclusive company that celebrates individuals of all backgrounds. We’re an equal opportunity employer and encourage all applicants.

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