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Small Business Account Executive I

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of consultative, quota-carrying sales experience, ideally in fintech, SaaS, payments, or retail technology
  • 2+ years of experience selling into the UK market, with a strong understanding of the SMB merchant landscape
  • Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding revenue targets
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle: prospect, qualify, pitch, negotiate, and close new SMB merchant partnerships across the UK market
  • Build and manage a healthy, high-volume pipeline, consistently meeting and exceeding monthly and quarterly quota
  • Run consultative conversations with founders, owners, and decision-makers, tailoring Affirm's value proposition to each merchant's goals
  • Drive merchant activation and early adoption, partnering with onboarding and account management teams to ensure a smooth launch

Key facts

Other skills

  • Relationship Management
  • Communication
  • Relationship Building
  • Collaboration
  • Resilience
  • Growth Mindedness

About the company

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Affirm

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) & Consumer Credit

At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more. A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either β€œ@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email. We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more. Affirm is also proud to be a remote-first company! Attracting great people starts by finding talent in different places. That's why we built remote work into the DNA of how we do businessβ€”but if an office space is more your style, we have offices in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto. Not to mention we have comprehensive and award-winning benefits that were made for you. Interested in learning more? Check out our careers page and apply today! Visit affirm.com/careers for more information. A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either β€œ@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryBuy Now Pay Later (BNPL) & Consumer Credit
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

About the Revenue team

The Revenue team drives Affirm's top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go-to-market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in-store, telesales, and the Affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimisation to help partners succeed. We deliver value-added solutions, drive adoption, and support long-term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through Affirm's products.
 

About the role

As a Small Business Account Executive I, you'll fuel Affirm's UK growth by acquiring and onboarding small and mid-sized merchants. You'll own a high-volume pipeline end to end, introducing merchants to Affirm's buy now, pay later products and helping them grow through flexible, honest financing.
 

What you'll do

  • Own the full sales cycle: prospect, qualify, pitch, negotiate, and close new SMB merchant partnerships across the UK market.
  • Build and manage a healthy, high-volume pipeline, consistently meeting and exceeding monthly and quarterly quota.
  • Run consultative conversations with founders, owners, and decision-makers, tailoring Affirm's value proposition to each merchant's goals.
  • Drive merchant activation and early adoption, partnering with onboarding and account management teams to ensure a smooth launch.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline, forecasting, and activity data in the CRM.
  • Act as a voice of the UK SMB market internally, sharing feedback with Product, Marketing, and Partnerships to improve our offering.
     

What we look for

  • 3+ years of consultative, quota-carrying sales experience, ideally in fintech, SaaS, payments, or retail technology.
  • 2+ years of experience selling into the UK market, with a strong understanding of the SMB merchant landscape.
  • Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding revenue targets.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills.
  • Comfortable managing a high volume of deals and navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
  • A collaborative, resilient, and growth-minded approach; understanding of eCommerce, in-store technology, and payments ecosystems is a plus. 

Base Pay Grade - D

Equity Grade - 3

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which includes the annual base pay and the sales incentive target.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidised medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

GBR On Target Earnings per year including base and variable components: Β£92,000 - Β£112,000

Location: Remote UK

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents 
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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