Account Executive, Singapore

About Sleek

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a high-growth space.

We operate 3 business segments:

Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations

Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service

FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled companies to achieve a public listing in the Asia Pacific region.

About the Role
At Sleek, we help entrepreneurs and businesses start, manage and grow their companies through company incorporation, accounting, payroll and corporate secretarial services. We are looking for an Account Executive who is passionate about helping founders and business owners solve problems and make informed decisions. You will engage with inbound leads, understand their needs, guide them through their options, and help them become successful Sleek customers.
This is a consultative sales role where you will work directly with founders, startups, and SMEs, helping them navigate important business decisions while identifying the most suitable solutions for their needs.

Mission
Sales professional for the Singapore market, whose mission is to drive revenue growth by building and maintaining client relationships, identifying new business opportunities and closing deals.

Outcomes

• Convert inbound leads into new business opportunities and customers.
• Conduct consultative conversations with founders and business owners to understand their goals, challenges and requirements, and recommend the most suitable Sleek solutions.
• Become knowledgeable in Sleek's services and the Singapore business landscape to effectively advise prospects.
• Deliver a professional, responsive and consultative experience for every lead.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and urgency in managing leads and opportunities from first contact through to conversion.
• Maintain accurate records and a healthy pipeline in HubSpot, ensuring reporting is timely and reliable.
• Collaborate closely with the Singapore Sales Team to share learnings, best practices and customer insights.
• Contribute ideas and feedback to improve sales processes, customer experience and conversion rates.
• Leverage AI tools to prepare for customer conversations, improve lead qualification, generate insights and increase sales productivity.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of sales experience, preferably in B2B services, SaaS, professional services, financial services, fintech, or a consultative sales environment.
• Proven ability to manage inbound leads and convert opportunities into customers.
• Strong discovery, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to understand customer needs and recommend suitable solutions.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Comfortable using CRM systems (HubSpot preferred).
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini) to prepare for customer conversations, improve lead qualification, generate insights and increase sales productivity.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Based in Singapore

Nice to Have

• Experience working with founders, startups, SMEs or entrepreneurs.
• Professional proficiency in Mandarin to support Mandarin-speaking founders and business owners.
• Experience working in a fast-growing or high-performance sales environment.
• Exposure to accounting, payroll, company incorporation, corporate secretarial, or business services industries

Benefits

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment. 

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp.  Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy.