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Our Smart Financial Platform gives modern, global companies superpowers-automated accounting, real-time reporting, and financial flows that move at the speed of the business.\nWe build with our customers, ship fast, and obsess over craft. In a short time, Light has gone from idea to the operating core for leading companies like Lovable, Legora, and Keyshot. People don’t just use Light-they enjoy it.\nWe’re an early team defining a new software category. Think engineers who love debits and credits, designers who care about reconciliation states, and operators who treat finance as a product. If you’re excited to modernize how the world runs money-one workflow at a time-you’re in the right place.\nBacked by world-class investors and advised by industry titans, we’re building category-defining products with the freedom to ship ambitiously and own outcomes.\nCome help us make Light the global default for next-gen finance.\nThe Account Executive role:\nLeading sales cycles for Light as an SFP, managing deals from $30K to $200K+ and consistently hitting revenue targets.\n\nBuilding relationships with C-suite executives and key decision makers, understanding their business needs and showing how our SFP solution helps.\n\nCreating account plans and working closely with technical teams to develop solutions for target industries like asset-light, multinational companies.\n\nRunning effective customer meetings and negotiations, handling complex deals from first contact through contract signing.\n\nOwning the AE to BDR relationship to generate pipeline as a team.\n\nHow you fit into the team:\nYour main mission is to help prospective customers see the light. Aside from being based in-office in London or New York, this role requires you to be hungry, have an understanding of finance tools and knowledge of sales. We have a clear ICP defined with a leadlist.\nThis is a GTM role with the responsibility of sales and closing pipeline. You'll work with a small and stellar team with a deep understanding of the market who has done this before.\n\nYour qualifications:\n3-6 years of closing experience and acing pipeline - preferably within ERPs.\n\nYour Personality: Your exceptional interpersonal skills, energy and sense of ownership make you stand out.\n\nThriving in a Fast-Paced Environment: You thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, and rapidly changing environment.\n\nAttention to Detail: Your attention to detail, outstanding communication skills (phone, listening, and writing), set you up for success.\n\nSelf-Driven: Self-driven and ambitious, you have the desire to grow with Light.\n\nEntrepreneurial Spirit: Your entrepreneurial spirit and experience with a strong growth mindset align perfectly.\n\nComfort in Quota-Carrying Environment: You are ambitious, self-motivated, and comfortable working in a quota-carrying environment.\n\nPractical experience using AI or emerging technology tools to improve productivity, insight, or decision-making, with the ability to apply first-principles thinking to new problems.\n\nBonus points:\nYou're CPA and have a few years of experience within Big4, accounting or the CFO suite.\n\nSales Tools Familiarity: You have prior experience using Sales Automation/Prospecting Tools (e.g., Amplemarket, Salesloft, Outreach) and CRM (Hubspot).\n\nStartup Experience: You've worked at a fast-growing startup.\n\nCold Calling Pro: You ace cold calling and relationship building. 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Our cheat-code is that we've built something like this before - and are now doing it again, only better. 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