New Business Sales Executive

Our New Business team is responsible for bringing in new business across the US with a focus on institutional companies including hedge funds asset managers investment banks and CLO managers. The team establishes business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry.

Our team is based in our New York City office and operates on a hybrid 3 days/week schedule.

New Business responsibilities

• Establish business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry; researching and analyzing sales options
• Manage all facets of the sales cycle to exceed annual targets including pitching demoing negotiating and closing deals
• Identify competitive advantages by understanding how current subscribers leverage our products
• Interface with prospects and communicate the value of all Octus products

What we look for

• 2+ years experience in a quota-carrying full-cycle new business / new logos sales role with demonstrated ability to hit and exceed targets
• Experience selling financial research analytics or data (preferably credit) to the buyside and/or sell side
• Organized detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize and respond quickly; ability to keep on top of all requirements with multiple ongoing workstreams
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment

Octus Values

•     Action Oriented
•     Customer First Mindset
•     Effective Team Players
•     Driven To Excel

At Octus we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions including experience skills location and our business needs and limitations. As a result compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The salary range estimate for a New Business Sales Executive is $110000 - $135000 plus monthly commission.

The actual compensation will be at Octus’ sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. 

Octus provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Octus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

What We Do

Octus was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading refinancing distress and restructuring we follow every development across leveraged loans high-yield bonds private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents surface risks benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations uncover opportunities manage portfolios execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today nearly 40000 professionals across the world’s leading banks asset managers CLO managers law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth depth and rigor forged over more than a decade and for the speed integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation collapse the distance between intelligence and execution and transform insight into impact. Because in credit clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.

Why Work With Us

Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts this is the place.

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