Account Manager - Financial Services Industry Vertical
bsky
| Company | bsky |
| Category | Sales |
| Location | Johannesburg |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| First seen | 14 Jul 2026 (the employer did not state a posting date) |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (bamboohr) |
Description
BlueSky is a leading digital transformation and technology consulting company aiming to be Africa's top enterprise digital transformation consultancy by 2030. We seek a driven enterprise software services sales professional to develop and drive profitable engagements with Financial Services clients.
Role: Account Manager
Responsibilities:
• Manage expectations and develop business solutions for selling professional services into enterprise clients.
• Create business plans to generate revenue, increase brand loyalty and improve customer satisfaction.
• Forecasting, pipeline management, and achieving targets.
• Own and drive the Revenue Protection and Growth plan.
• Align account plans with client strategy and understand current projects and success metrics.
• Identify value-adding opportunities (cross-sell/upsell).
• Assist with business case definition, ROI analysis, and proof points.
• Own proposal creation, client presentations, and documentation.
• Drive customer conversations aligned to value propositions.
• Manage proposals, customer engagement cadence, and build lasting relationships.
• Understand customer procurement processes and operating models.
• Represent BlueSky at events and conferences.
• Ensure positive customer experience and manage escalations.
• Coordinate internally for timely solution delivery.
• Follow internal processes and partake in meetings.
Requirements:
• Professional services sales and account management experience with enterprise financial services organizations.
• Solution selling experience and a track record of success.
• Minimum 3 years selling into enterprise accounts.
• Relationship-building skills and proficiency in oral and written communication (English).
• Ability to define account plans and leverage C-level relationships.
• Leadership, communication, business acumen, relationship savvy, results-oriented, and appetite for learning.
• Proven experience selling into the Financial Services industry.
• Professional services experience with software or technology solutions.
• Knowledge of Salesforce ecosystem or CRM, AWS (nice to have).
Our Values:
In It Together
Make It Better
Embrace Difficult
Pay It Forward
Benefits
Our team inspires progress in each other and in our customers through our relentless pursuit of excellence; you will work with leaders who promote learning and personal development. We offer competitive salaries, incentives, training, and mentoring.
Please note: This role is only able to accept applications from people currently located in South Africa