Account Executive

About CMC Markets:
CMC Markets is a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Our vision is to provide the ultimate online trading experience so everyone can achieve their financial potential. Since our launch in London in 1989, we’ve expanded globally with offices across Europe and Asia Pacific. Over 1.2 million clients make 67 million trades with us every year, and we’re still growing.

Why you’ll love working at CMC Markets:
Growth: CMFAS (Financial Regulatory) qualification, LinkedIn learning, internal opportunities, intensive training and support from the L&D team. Team: You’ll work alongside a collaborative and diverse team with supportive Team Leader that all value an amazing workplace culture. Social: We have our own in-house Culture Club that organises a bunch of activities such as: parties, dinners, networking events, bowling etc. We also have social clubs where like-minded colleagues can bond over ocean swimming, fine dining or gaming etc. Perks: Day off for your birthday, free breakfast and coffee every day, additional day of leave after each year of service, volunteer opportunities, discounted rates at various retail stores.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leverage your current contacts to immediately generate revenue for CMC by promoting our CFD offering
- Source prospective clients for the Company in addition to your current network
- Follow up on all prospective leads, explaining CMC Markets’ USPs in order to optimise CMC’s position in the marketplace
- Develop, build and maintain strong relationships with your existing clients
- Keep abreast of global and economic news in order to provide trading support to your clients
- Maintain a strong working knowledge of competitor companies within related markets; sharing knowledge with relevant internal departments
- Collaborate across CMC to ensure that all clients’ requirements are identified and relevant IT and trading platform solutions are offered
- Educate clients on the use of CMC’s platform, systems and trading processes to ensure maximum client satisfaction - and consequently maximum revenue for CMC
- When dealing with all customers or colleagues ensure that we provide a clear, fair and consistent high quality service that presents a professional and positive image of CMC Markets
- Maintain strong regulatory knowledge relevant to your role and experience of liaising with Legal & Compliance to ensure best sales practice
- Maintain personal/professional development to meet the changing demands of the role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training
- When dealing with all customers, clients or colleagues ensure that we provide a clear, fair and consistent high quality service that presents a professional and positive image of CMC Markets
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality
- Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Have already built great contacts within the CFD/FX sector
- Be able to demonstrate a keen interest and understanding of the financial markets and industry
- High degree of self-motivation and ambition
- Proactive, positive and flexible approach to teamwork
- Strong ability to sell
- Hard working individual with a real passion for talking to people about FX trading and other margin trading products.
- Knowledge and awareness about our competitors within the CFD/Spreadbet sector
- Commercial awareness to identify good leads and business opportunities for partnerships
- Have strong experience in financial sales, with experience of dealing with companies within the CFD/Spreadbet sector.
- Be extremely motivated with great attention to detail
- Be highly articulate, both in person and in writing, with the ability to communicate with and sell to clients of differing backgrounds

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and can do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.
- The Company reserves the right to review, alter and amend job descriptions from time to time in line with business requirements._