Senior Account Executive, Financial Services

Adyen•San Francisco, CA

6h•$330,000 - $480,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. The Financial Services team at Adyen is responsible for accelerating growth across some of our fastest growing verticals: Financial Services, Professional Services, and Healthcare. As a Senior Account Executive, Financial Services, you will own go-to-market and revenue growth across these verticals. You will leverage deep industry expertise to identify where customers face complexity, and position Adyen’s single financial technology platform, including payments, payouts, terminals, and financial products, as a strategic solution. You will own the full enterprise sales cycle, from prospecting to close. Success requires the ability to navigate long enterprise sales cycles, build executive relationships, and translate complex business challenges into strategic opportunities. This role is for someone who understands how businesses in these industries operate, how money moves through complex ecosystems, and where Adyen's financial technology can unlock growth. You will partner closely with Product, Implementation, Risk, and Go to Market teams to shape solutions, bring market insights back into the organization, and help define how Adyen supports customers across these industries.

Requirements

10+ years of enterprise sales experience in B2B payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure.
Deep experience in at least one of the three Industries verticals: Financial Services, Healthcare, or Professional Services.
Proven track record of prospecting and closing complex, high value enterprise opportunities.
Expertise navigating long, multi stakeholder sales cycles with senior Product, Finance, and Treasury leaders.
Ability to translate technical infrastructure concepts into compelling business value for executive audiences.
Strong cross functional collaborator with a consultative approach to solving complex business challenges.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to dynamic market conditions while delivering results.
Strong commercial judgment with the ability to prioritize high impact opportunities and drive meaningful business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Own Enterprise Growth: Drive revenue across Financial Services, Healthcare, and Professional Services by building pipeline, developing strategic opportunities, and closing complex enterprise deals.
Bring Industry Expertise: Leverage deep understanding of industry specific workflows and business models to act as a trusted advisor to customers.
Solve Complex Problems: Identify where fragmented financial infrastructure, reconciliation challenges, and operational complexity limit growth, and translate those challenges into Adyen solutions.
Lead Strategic Engagements: Build relationships with senior stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Product, and Operations to align Adyen’s capabilities with customer growth objectives.
Shape the Business: Partner cross functionally with Product, Engineering, Implementation, and Risk teams to bring customer insights into our roadmap and go to market strategy.