Account Executive, Legal Services

Posted 13 Days Ago
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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech • Software
Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine.
The Role
Sell Carta Law to asset managers and legal services clients across EMEA. Own full sales cycle from outbound prospecting to close, influence C-level legal and finance buyers, manage complex multi-stakeholder deals, build customer relationships, and drive revenue through strategic sales planning and execution.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Company You’ll Join

Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Team You'll Work With

You'll be joining our Carta Law,  EMEA Sales team. As an Account Executive, you'll join a cross-functional team to strategically navigate asset managers - evangelizing the Carta Law value proposition and driving revenue for the largest AI-native law firm in private capital. This is a high-growth, high-visibility role at the commercial frontier of a business that is scaling fast. 

The Problems You'll Solve
  • Communicate the business impact of Carta Law's product offerings to key decision makers, including CCOs, GCs and CFOs of leading asset managers
  • Demonstrate ability to influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus-building to identify and sell new opportunities
  • Own sales cycles end-to-end, from outbound prospecting in partnership with a dedicated SDR to close
  • Drive revenue through strategic outbound prospecting within the legal services and fund administration markets
  • Own the entire sales lifecycle, from lead generation to close
  • Develop a comprehensive sales strategy and sales plan that ensures consistent achievement of goals over the short and long-term
  • Build and maintain relationships with legal services clients and serve as their customer advocate
About You
  • Fluency in legal services, fund management, or financial services - you understand how law firms and fund managers operate
  • 5+ years of Account Executive experience selling into legal, financial services, or alternative assets or 3+ years of legal experience in a corporate law firm
  • Experience selling to legal and compliance leaders, fund managers, or asset managers with a proven ability to speak their language
  • Experience managing and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
  • Interest in being part of a 'startup within a startup' — Carta Law is a growing business within a scaling platform
Salary

We are hiring for multiple levels and locations, so final offers may vary from the amounts listed based on geography, experience and expertise, and other factors. Carta's compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans.

Disclosures:

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email. 
  • Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
  • For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
  • Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [email protected].

Skills Required

  • Fluency in legal services, fund management, or financial services
  • 5+ years Account Executive experience selling into legal, financial services, or alternative assets OR 3+ years of legal experience in a corporate law firm
  • Experience selling to legal and compliance leaders, fund managers, or asset managers
  • Experience managing and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
  • Proven ability to own end-to-end sales cycles including outbound prospecting in partnership with SDRs
  • Ability to develop and execute comprehensive sales strategy and plans
  • Experience building and maintaining client relationships and serving as customer advocate
  • Interest in working within a high-growth, startup-within-a-startup environment

Carta Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Carta and has not been reviewed or approved by Carta.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Compensation is portrayed as market-competitive in many roles, with particularly strong positioning in engineering and product packages. Pay is also framed as comparatively strong versus other aspects of the overall employee experience.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is positioned as notably generous, with extended paid leave for birthing parents and paid bonding leave for all parents. Family-building support is also emphasized through fertility treatment and egg-freezing coverage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is structured with a required minimum amount of paid leave and then additional flexibility through an unlimited PTO and sick-time approach. This design is intended to ensure time off is actually taken while preserving flexibility beyond the minimum.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,902 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine. Carta’s world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management in venture capital and private equity. Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more. Together, Carta is setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO. Carta has been included on the Fortune Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance list, Forbes’ list of the World's Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company's Most Innovative list, and Inc.'s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list. For more information, visit carta.com.

Why Work With Us

Carta is a place where everyone can be the best version of themselves. We're a team of unconventional builders who's focus is to create infrastructure for innovators. Join our team and help us to create more owners.

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