Sales Manager - Financial Services

Circit is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company on a mission to verify the trusted source in every business transaction. We are building a global asset verification platform that enables auditors to deliver higher-quality financial audits while giving financial institutions a modern, automated way to collaborate with their clients. Our current customer base includes Big Four accountancy firms, fund administrators, global banks, asset managers, and custodians. 

We are now seeking a Sales Manager – Financial Services to lead and scale our commercial sales efforts across financial institutions globally, with an initial focus on EMEA and the US. This is a hands-on, player–coach role, responsible for managing a small sales team while also contributing directly to pipeline creation and deal execution. 

This role is ideal for a commercially strong sales leader with experience selling into financial services who enjoys building process, driving funnel conversion, and developing high-performing sales teams in a fast-growth SaaS environment. 

Role and Responsibilities 

• Owning and driving the overall growth of Circit’s financial services sales pipeline, covering banks, asset managers, and fund service providers 

• Managing, coaching, and developing a small team of Sales Executives, with responsibility for performance, targets, and day-to-day execution 

• Driving the conversion of the sales funnel from origination to close, with a strong focus on prioritisation, deal progression, and velocity 

• Actively selling alongside the team, including originating and closing deals with key target accounts 

• Defining, implementing, and continuously improving sales processes, pipeline management, and forecasting discipline using HubSpot 

• Allocating target accounts and territories (non-geographic) to ensure efficient coverage and focus across a large universe of financial institutions 

• Performing and supporting high-quality demos of the Circit platform to senior decision-makers within banks, asset managers, and service providers 

• Working closely with product, marketing, and strategy teams to ensure feedback from prospects and customers informs product direction and go-to-market execution 

• Collaborating with auditor sales team to ensure alignment and optimal resource allocation 

• Representing Circit at relevant industry events and conferences to build brand presence and senior-level relationships 

• Hiring and scaling additional sales resources over time as the commercial organisation grows 

You must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, combining hands-on selling with people management and process ownership. You should be equally comfortable working at deal level and stepping back to optimise the overall sales engine. 

• 7+ years’ experience in B2B SaaS sales, ideally selling into banking, asset management, fintech, or financial services 

• Prior experience managing or leading salespeople, formally or informally, in a quota-carrying environment 

• Strong track record of closing complex deals and consistently hitting or exceeding targets 

• Deep understanding of the full sales funnel, from outbound origination through to close 

• Experience using HubSpot (or similar CRM) to manage pipeline, forecast accurately, and improve conversion rates 

• Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills 

• Commercially sharp, structured, and comfortable balancing strategy with execution 

• A proactive, builder mindset — motivated by creating scalable sales processes, not just running existing ones 

Desired Criteria 

• Existing relationships within banks, asset managers, or fund service providers in EMEA or the US 

• Experience or knowledge of the audit industry 

• Experience or knowledge of open banking and commercial APIs 

• Experience operating in early-stage or high-growth SaaS environments 

• Experience selling across multiple geographies or managing globally distributed teams 

This is an exciting opportunity for an all-rounder, highly motivated candidate to get involved at the ground level of a fast-growing company. We’re committed to making sure our employees are well-treated. If there’s something that’s important to you that’s not on the list, talk to us. 

• Competitive salary plus commission paid against goals and partnership contracts 

• A growing team with a friendly environment that promotes autonomy for you to self-manage your time; 

• Remote working and flexible working hours; 

• Great opportunity for career progression with hands on experience; 

• Freedom of expression is encouraged.