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Account Executive, SME & Growth

Airwallex airwallex.com Open · verified Sep 24, 2026
On-site Kuala Lumpur Full-time Mid-level Account Executive

At a glance

Mid-level Account Executive role at Airwallex. Kuala Lumpur · full-time.

Pay not stated

RoleAccount Executive
SeniorityMid-level
LocationKuala Lumpur
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
PostedApr 6, 2026 · 5mo ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Find promising prospects, create leads, and turn them into new revenue
  • Run the complete sales journey, from understanding customer problems through closing
  • Negotiate commercial terms and expand revenue across your assigned territory
  • Guide new customers through onboarding while resolving issues with internal teams
  • Keep current and prospective customer records up to date in the CRM

What you bring

  • At least five years in sales, ideally involving a complex offering and consistently strong results
  • A record of planning and carrying out sales approaches for a defined territory
  • Experience engaging finance managers through CEOs, with strong presenting and communication ability
  • Evidence that you can lead negotiations covering several products
  • A strong grasp of technology and financial services, plus comfort working amid ambiguity and speed

Who this fits

You’ll suit a relationship-led salesperson who enjoys prospecting, solution selling, negotiation, and owning outcomes from start to finish. The role is based onsite in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It calls for someone comfortable working with business owners, finance teams, and e-commerce teams while pursuing new-customer growth.

From the employer

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 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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. 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 serve the fastest growing businesses globally. The SME & Growth team focuses on bringing in new startups and small-to-mid-market businesses onto the Airwallex platform. You will leverage your skills in pitching, solutioning, and negotiating with customers to grow our business in the region while helping business owners, finance teams, and e-commerce teams improve their financial operations. We are looking for someone who has a passion for building relationships, selling, and negotiating, and a desire to revolutionize 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!

Responsibilities:

  • Identify high-potential prospects and use effective strategies to generate leads that drive revenue growth.

  • Develop and implement scalable sales strategies to drive new customer acquisition.

  • Identify and understand prospects' pain points to propose solutions, owning the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.

  • Lead commercial negotiations to increase customer revenue.

  • Develop strategies to maximize acquisition of new revenue and market share within a specified territory.

  • Ensure the best onboarding process and customer experience for new customers, working cross-functionally to solve customer pain points and improve our product.

  • Maintain a database of current and potential customers using our CRM.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a complex product with a track record of top performance.

  • Passionate about sales with the ability to develop and execute strategies for a particular territory.

  • Experience identifying and influencing key decision makers and stakeholders from finance managers to CEOs, with strong presentation and communication skills.

  • Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving multiple products.

  • Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment.

  • Strong interest in technology/financial services and a deep understanding of the space.

  • Success-oriented and are willing to "go the extra mile" in your work as needed to achieve results.

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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