Account Executive, South Korea

Account Executive, South Korea ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. About the team Airwallex aspires to partner with the most ambitious businesses globally. The SME & Growth sales team is where this partnership begins. Your primary focus will be bringing on new customers within South Korea’s trading and distribution ecosystem—authorized distributors, trading houses, and channel partners—and leveraging your skills in pitching, negotiating, and driving internal processes to set up our partnerships for success. We are looking for someone who has a passion for building relationships, selling, and negotiating, and a desire to revolutionise the way companies transact globally. If you have a customer-first mentality, are solution-focused, obsessively curious about everything, and have the desire to make an impact and grow yourself, our market, and our customers, then you have found your calling. With the commission structure for this role, there is a significant upside for won opportunities. If you’re hungry, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you! RESPONSIBILITIES - Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition across distributors and trading firms in South Korea. - Own the full sales cycle and territory management from prospecting to close, focusing on distributors. - Build and manage a high-quality pipeline through targeted outbound, referrals, and industry events within Korea’s trading or distribution ecosystem. - Deliver consultative solution selling that addresses sector-specific needs, including cross-border payments, FX exposure management, multi-currency accounts, receivables/payables, and reconciliation to drive measurable outcomes. - Identify, map, and influence multiple decision-makers and stakeholders (e.g., managing directors, finance leaders, treasury, operations, procurement, and compliance) to advance complex opportunities. - Lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements and multi-product solutions aligned with distributor pricing models, credit terms, and margin structures. - Ensure the best customer experience and onboarding process for new customers, and own the initial customer ramp-up period through successful go-live. - Represent Airwallex at cli ... (truncated, view full listing at source)