Senior Inside Sales Representative - Software Solution Sales *Hybrid*
This is a hybrid position requiring working from our Kennesaw, GA office on a weekly basis.
About the role
As a Sr. Inside Sales Representative (ISR) for CCH Small Firm Services, your primary responsibility is to drive profitable sales growth to new customers within a designated territory. You will learn and stay current on the comprehensive SFS product line, prospect for new clients, and follow a methodical sales process. You’ll represent Wolters Kluwer within the industry and territory and contribute to sales planning and forecasting activities.
Responsibilities
- Territory Ownership: Strategically manage a defined geographic or vertical territory, developing and executing sales plans that align with revenue goals.
- Pipeline Development & Maintenance: Build and maintain a robust, well-qualified sales pipeline across multiple opportunity sizes; ensure consistent progression through each sales stage.
- Daily Sales Activity Execution: Meet or exceed daily outbound call/email activity targets and connect rates to ensure consistent pipeline velocity.
- High-Velocity Selling: Drive transactional sales while simultaneously managing longer sales cycles for high-value opportunities.
- Forecasting & Reporting: Deliver accurate weekly and monthly sales forecasts using CRM data and pipeline analysis.
- Lead Generation: Proactively identify, engage, and qualify new sales opportunities via cold calling, referrals, marketing campaigns, and data mining.
- Solution-Based Selling: Conduct needs assessments and position software solutions that drive efficiency, compliance, and growth for retail tax businesses.
- Sales Presentations & Proposals: Prepare and present tailored product demonstrations, proposals, and pricing packages to prospective customers.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with onboarding, implementation, and support teams to ensure a seamless customer experience post-sale.
- Market Feedback Loop: Capture and communicate customer and market insights to support product development and marketing strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university OR equivalent relevant sales experience if no degree.
- Minimum of 2+ years of B2B inside sales, account/relationship management experience, or other relevant work experience in the tax preparer space.
- Experience carrying a quota and exceeding sales targets.
- Demonstrated experience with a consultative sales approach, developing and qualifying prospect lists, and making presentations to prospective clients.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual Spanish/English language fluency (Native or professional business level).
- Tax Industry Acumen: Understanding of the needs and workflows of retail tax professionals.
- Prior sales, account, or relationship management experience in the tax preparer space.
- Prior Accounting Industry or Financial Services Software/SaaS sales experience.
- Formalized sales training (e.g., Holden, Complex Sale, Solutions Selling, Miller Heiman, The Challenger Sales Module).
Skills
- Hunter Sales Mindset: Driven by goals, resilient under pressure, and motivated by new client acquisition and outbound engagement.
- Territory & Pipeline Management: Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple priorities and manage dozens of opportunities across the sales funnel.
- CRM Expertise: Proficient in Salesforce or similar tools; able to track activities, manage leads, and run reports with accuracy.
- Forecasting Discipline: Demonstrated ability to analyze trends, probability to close, and pipeline velocity to produce dependable forecasts.
- Consultative Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to influence diverse buying personas.
- Metrics-Driven Performer: Comfortable in a structured environment where success is measured by KPIs including dials, connects, demos set, and closed revenue.
- Transactional + Strategic Sales Skills: Ability to pivot between high-volume transactional deals and more strategic, solution-oriented selling for larger clients.
Travel
Up to 10% annually.
Pay
$40,000.00 - $67,550.00 USD base salary. This role is eligible for Commission. Compensation range listed is based on the primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, and actual hiring location.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
- 401(k)
- FSA/HSA
- Commuter Benefits
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave