Key Account Executive (Professional Services)

Location: Chicago, United States

Salary: $147,000–$260,700 per year, plus potential sales commissions and a discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides audit, tax, consulting, assurance, compliance, reporting, and advisory services to middle-market and complex multinational clients.

What you will do

• Develop and execute strategic account plans for 8–15 key accounts, including revenue targets, relationship milestones, and cross-sell initiatives.
• Lead quarterly account reviews and coordinate audit, tax, consulting, and subject-matter teams around integrated client solutions.
• Build executive-level and multi-threaded relationships across client departments, business units, and geographies.
• Identify, qualify, present, and close renewals, upsells, cross-sells, and new multi-service opportunities.
• Monitor account health, client satisfaction, renewal status, competitive threats, and service adoption while preventing churn.
• Bring industry insights, benchmarking, regulatory developments, and thought leadership to client conversations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; a graduate degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of account management, strategic account leadership, or sales experience in professional services, consulting, accounting, or mid-market B2B services.
• Working knowledge of audit, assurance, global tax, consulting, advisory, compliance, and financial reporting services.
• Demonstrated success with consultative selling, cross-selling, multi-service expansion, strategic account planning, and account health assessment.
• Experience working with global accounts, multinational organizations, and/or publicly traded companies.
• Advanced proficiency with M365, CRM analytics, and business intelligence tools, plus excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and C-suite relationship skills.

Nice to have

• CPA, CFA, or another relevant industry credential.
• Experience serving clients in financial services, healthcare, construction and real estate, manufacturing, technology, or food and beverage.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible scheduling to help balance personal demands with client service responsibilities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Potential eligibility for sales commissions and a discretionary performance-based bonus.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the application and recruiting process.