Strategic Account Executive

The posting, as Basis AI wrote it

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ABOUT BASIS

Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world.

We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale.

Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders.

"Basis is on the frontier of building production-grade, long-horizon agents. They've pushed the limits of what we thought our models could do on real-world, economically valuable, complex accounting tasks. They've been a great collaborator in helping us shape what the future of agents looks like." — Prashant Mital, Applied AI Lead, OpenAI

THE ROLE

Basis is hiring a Strategic Account Executive to win new revenue within a small set of our largest and most strategic accounting-firm accounts. This is a quota-carrying role for a seller who can manage a complex enterprise deal while building the durable, multi-threaded relationships required to earn trust inside a global professional-services organization and expand our revenue base and business line footprint.

You will own the full commercial motion—from account research and opportunity creation through discovery, solutioning, negotiation, and close. You will work closely with a Strategic Account Partner, who will help deepen and coordinate the long-term account relationship. You remain accountable for revenue: creating momentum, advancing the buying process, forecasting accurately, and closing high-value new and expansion business.

Success requires more than running a disciplined sales process. You will build relationships across executive, business, technical, legal, procurement, and delivery stakeholders; translate Basis’s capabilities into firm-level priorities; and orchestrate the right Basis resources to move a deal forward.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Own a named portfolio of strategic accounting-firm accounts, with clear accountability for new revenue and expansion.
• Build and execute multi-year account and opportunity plans that map the firm’s priorities, buying centers, stakeholders, use cases, competitive dynamics, and path to revenue.
• Leverage existing relationships to prospect into and create demand across large, complex organizations; develop relationships with executive sponsors, senior functional leaders, technical teams, and economic buyers.
• Lead the full enterprise sales cycle, including discovery, business-case development, solution alignment, pilots or evaluations, commercial strategy, negotiation, procurement, legal, security, and close

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arterback cross-functional teams while making ownership and accountability explicit.

• Resourcefulness, high urgency, and sound judgment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

WHAT WE’D LOVE TO SEE

• Direct experience selling to Big Four or other global accounting and consulting firms.
• Experience selling AI, automation, workflow, data, or other complex technology into the office of the CFO, accounting, audit, tax, advisory, or professional-services teams.
• Familiarity with enterprise sales methodologies such as MEDDIC or similar.
• Experience at a high-growth company, with a builder mindset and an interest in shaping a new strategic-account sales motion.

BENEFITS AT BASIS

We offer a competitive and thoughtful benefits package designed to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being:

• Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health.
• Basis will cover 100% of your Wellhub Gold https://wellhub.com/en-us/employees/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCixehqvud1v9ahoeOFqYnuIiBWAVW73IQK_ysAVP8wl75ukUUW-myBoCDlcQAvD_BwE&utm_campaign=us_b2c_google-search-brand-plans-pricing-wellhub__el_con_ongoing_all_signup_0425&utm_content=181565584554&utm_id=22473088932&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=wellhub+gold+plan_801285082537 membership.
• Wellhub gives you access to gyms like Lifetime, SoulCycle, NYSC and so many more - as well as access to wellness apps like Strava & Headspace!
• Time off: Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays.
• In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup.
• Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
• Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours.
• Parental Support: Access to Carrot Fertility and paid parental leave.