Sales Executive (South Africa) - Market Expansion | Circit

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Hiring Remotely in Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Sales Executive will drive market expansion in South Africa, owning sales cycles, building relationships, and influencing growth strategy.
Summary Generated by Built In

Join a fast-growing global fintech transforming the future of audit. 

Circit is building the world’s first global asset-verification network—redefining how auditors, banks, and fintechs establish trust in every financial transaction. Our platform powers higher-quality audits, eliminates manual friction, and helps financial institutions deliver certainty at scale. Today, Circit is trusted by The Big Four & Top 30 Global Audit Firms, global banks, fund administrators, and some of the world’s leading financial service providers. 

We’re entering a major growth chapter, and South Africa is a strategic expansion market. This is a rare opportunity to join at exactly the right moment—where the product is proven, the market is ready, and you can directly influence how we scale. 

We’re looking for an ambitious Sales Executive to own this key region, accelerate adoption of our technology, and help build the future of trust in financial system


Requirements

IWhy This Role Is Exciting 

  • High ownership – you will drive Circit’s entire go-to-market approach in South Africa. 
  • Proven product + growing market – you’re not “starting from zero”; the foundations are in place and adoption is accelerating globally. 
  • Category-creating technology – join a company reshaping how auditors and financial institutions operate. 
  • Direct access to leadership – work closely with founders and senior product, GTM, and growth teams. 
  • High-impact growth – your success in this market will directly influence Circit’s global expansion roadmap. 
  • Equity potential – share in the long-term upside as Circit scales internationally. 

This is an ideal role for a high-performing SaaS seller who’s hungry to own a market, close deals, and work in a fast-paced, non-hierarchical environment. 

What You’ll Own & Deliver 

Market Execution 

  • Own the full sales cycle in South Africa—from prospecting and qualification to negotiation and close. 
  • Deploy a proven go-to-market strategy to accelerate growth in a maturing, high-potential market. 
  • Develop a high-quality pipeline aligned to monthly and quarterly revenue targets. 

Customer Expansion 

  • Build strong, strategic relationships with auditors, fund administrators, fintech teams, and financial institutions. 
  • Collaborate with Customer Success to uncover upsell and cross-sell opportunities in key accounts. 
  • Become a trusted advisor and product expert for our customers. 

Market Intelligence & Growth 

  • Identify new use cases, segments, and partnership opportunities to open fresh revenue streams. 
  • Bring customer insights back to the product and leadership teams to influence future development. 
  • Represent Circit at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings across South Africa. 

Candidate Requirements   

You thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments and have a passion for building markets, closing deals, and creating meaningful relationships. 

Must-Haves 

  • 6+ years' experience closing B2B SaaS deals, ideally within fintech, regtech, audit tech, or financial services. 
  • A strong track record of hitting or exceeding revenue targets. 
  • Experience selling into enterprises or multi-stakeholder environments (audit firms, banks, financial services). 
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills. 
  • Commercially sharp, adaptable, and comfortable owning an entire market. 
  • A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and a desire to build, not just maintain. To grow the market, client by client.  

Strong Pluses 

  • Experience working with auditors, fund administrators, or financial institutions. 
  • Understanding of the audit lifecycle or the financial services ecosystem. 
  • Experience in early-stage or high-growth SaaS environments. 
  • Ability to identify and develop partnerships that accelerate revenue. 

This role includes remote work with travel to customers, partners, and industry events across South Africa. 


Benefits
  • Competitive salary + commission + equity potential 
  • Remote-first culture with flexible working hours 
  • Career acceleration—grow as the team and region scale 
  • Autonomy and trust to build and run your market strategy 
  • Friendly, high-performing, non-hierarchical team 
  • Hands-on experience at a high growth, globally scaling fintech 
  • A culture where your ideas matter and your voice is heard 

If there’s something you need that’s not listed, let’s talk—we’re committed to creating an environment where great people can do great work. 

Ready to shape the future of audit technology? 

Join a globally ambitious fintech where your work will have real impact, your results will be visible, and your career can scale as fast as the company does. 

Skills Required

  • 6+ years' experience closing B2B SaaS deals, ideally within fintech, regtech, audit tech, or financial services
  • A strong track record of hitting or exceeding revenue targets
  • Experience selling into enterprises or multi-stakeholder environments
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Commercially sharp, adaptable, and comfortable owning an entire market
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The Company
HQ: Dublin, Dublin
62 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Circit is a financial audit management platform that provides real-time visibility of audit confirmations as well as direct connections to banks, solicitors and fintech services. Circit has created a network of validated professional and financial services firms, all of which benefit from the highly secure software platform. Circit's founders have over 50 years experience across financial auditing, banking operations and software engineering. The company has been granted status as an Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Startup (HPSU) company and has been awarded government funding along with professional investors.

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