FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
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FactSet is looking for a highly motivated sales professional to join our Buy-Side EMEA Front Office team. This role reflects our commitment to helping investment professionals make better decisions through a deep understanding of their workflows, challenges, and business objectives.
Working closely with Generalist Sales, Client Services, Trading Solutions, Middle Office Sales, and the broader Buy-Side organization, you will be responsible for driving the growth and adoption of FactSet's Front Office solutions across institutional asset managers, asset owners, insurance firms, and hedge funds throughout the EMEA region.
As a trusted advisor, you will develop expertise across our Front Office product suite, helping clients solve complex investment challenges through a consultative and enterprise-focused sales approach.
Why Join the Team
This is a unique opportunity to join one of FactSet's strategic growth areas and play a key role in expanding our Front Office business across EMEA.
As part of this team, you will:
- Develop deep expertise across FactSet's Front Office solutions and investment workflows.
- Partner closely with Sales, Product, Marketing, Consulting, and Client Services teams across the organization.
- Gain exposure to senior decision-makers at some of the world's leading asset managers, asset owners, insurance firms, and hedge funds.
- Play an active role in shaping product direction by providing direct market feedback and client insights to Product teams.
- Expand your enterprise sales and consultative selling skills while managing complex, high-impact opportunities.
- Build a broad network across FactSet and gain visibility with regional and global leadership.
- Contribute to the continued growth of a business segment that is a critical component of FactSet's long-term strategy.
- Join a collaborative, ambitious, and high-performing team that values continuous learning, innovation, and career development.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience within the financial technology, market data, investment research, or financial services industry.
- Proven track record of managing complex sales cycles and successfully closing opportunities.
- Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to engage senior investment professionals in meaningful business conversations.
- Ability to tailor messaging to different client personas, including: Research Analysts Portfolio Managers Quantitative Analysts Investment Strategists Traders
- Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, generate pipeline, overcome objections, and deliver results.
- Client-centric mindset with strong persistence, resilience, and ownership.
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across teams and functions.
- Good understanding of Front Office workflows and investment processes.
- Familiarity with FactSet's Research, Content, and Analytics solutions is highly desirable.
- Strong technical aptitude and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Previous experience working directly with Front Office investment professionals is preferred.
- Eagerness to learn, develop subject matter expertise, and contribute to one of FactSet's fastest-growing strategic business areas.
- Thrives in a collaborative, high-energy environment focused on innovation, growth, and client success.
The budgeted salary range for this position in London is £80,000 to £120,000. Please note: the salary range may differ in other locations.
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in financial technology, market data, investment research, or financial services
- Proven track record managing complex sales cycles and closing opportunities
- Strong consultative selling skills with senior investment professionals
- Ability to tailor messaging to research analysts, portfolio managers, quantitative analysts, investment strategists, and traders
- Ability to identify opportunities, generate pipeline, overcome objections, and deliver results
- Client-centric mindset with persistence, resilience, and ownership
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Strong collaboration skills across teams and functions
- Good understanding of Front Office workflows and investment processes
- Familiarity with FactSet Research, Content, and Analytics solutions
- Strong technical aptitude and analytical problem-solving skills
- Previous experience working directly with Front Office investment professionals
- Eagerness to learn and develop subject matter expertise
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative, high-energy, innovation-focused environment
Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.
Factset Insights
What We Do
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year. As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.
