Why go to Wall Street when you can go to Bohrsgade?

Sales Director, Financial Services, Accenture Denmark, Copenhagen

Why go to Wall Street when you can go to Bohrsgade? Because right now Nordic finance is defining its AI strategy and digital future. Which means its future as such. We're hiring the Sales Director who'll help building it.

The Opportunity

Join Accenture's Danish Financial Services team leading transformational sales with our largest banking and insurance clients. You'll partner with C-suite executives where brand meets technology—AI-driven operations, strategies, core system modernization, and digital reinvention. We're looking for relationship builders with 7-10 years of consulting-led sales experience and an established network across Denmark's financial institutions.

About Accenture

We are a Global professional services leader and our 800,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day. Serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities.

What You'll Do

Partner with senior Client Account Leads and build trust from technical teams to Boards

Present compelling business cases to C-suite, connecting their strategic challenges to our differentiated solutions

Cultivate deep relationships across all decision-making levels in client organizations

Develop account strategies and accurately forecast pipeline opportunities

Lead the full sales cycle: origination - qualification - proposal - negotiation - contract

Identify expansion opportunities through exceptional client partnerships and delivery excellence

Based in Copenhagen with occasional Nordic/European travel.

What Success Looks Like

You'll navigate stakeholder complexity at Denmark's leading financial institutions, architecting solutions spanning brand to infrastructure, and closing transformational deals. This is strategic advisory selling—where your credibility opens doors and your business acumen keeps them open.

What You Bring

Experience

7-10 years relationship management and consulting-led sales in Banking or Insurance

Track record of €M+ deal closure in financial services

Network of senior decision-makers across Danish financial institutions

Entrepreneurial spirit with keen business instincts

Persuasive communicator who facilitates executive-level strategic discussions

Strong planning skills; thrives managing multiple complex opportunities

Fluent in Danish and English | University degree

Key Attributes

Connects long-term vision to execution

Builds consensus across diverse stakeholder groups

High drive and achievement orientation

Comfortable with technology and digital transformation

Exceptional organizational and communication skills

Motivates cross-functional teams in matrix environments

Why Join Now?

Nordic financial services is in transformation mode; AI disruption, digital competition. Banks and insurers need partners who understand both business strategy and technology enablement. You'll lead conversations that define the next decade of Danish finance, backed by Accenture's unmatched global capabilities and local credibility.

Interested?

Contact: Annette Kleisdorff, +45 2999 9041

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

 Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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