Overview

Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team focuses on partnering with customers to achieve strategic goals. Join our Financial Services Industry team as an Account Executive and partner with leading Swiss Banks to deliver measurable business outcomes. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, navigating regulated, risk‑aware environments—to translate cloud, data and AI innovation into secure, compliant solutions that create lasting customer value. Drive executive alignment, strategic account plans, and long-term partnerships built on trust.

As an Account Executive, you will have the opportunity to drive transformation in partnership with our major customers with a focus on AI, Copilot, Security, Business Processes and the Azure Cloud to achieve both Microsoft and customer business outcomes. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft solutions portfolio, engage at the most senior levels of your customer and bring industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace digital technologies.

With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will give the opportunity to leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against your customer’s account plan. This role is flexible in that you can also work up to 50% from home.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Responsibilities- Customer Advocate – Develops and oversees the execution of account plan(s) to ensure Microsoft revenue targets and customer outcomes are met.

• Engages with internal and external stakeholders on business planning, to promote mutually beneficial customer digital transformation strategies.

• Orchestrate full customer team across all areas of Microsoft to ensure we are focused on delivering customer outcomes across the customer lifecycle to build deep trust with Microsoft.

• Financial Services Industry Relevant Trusted Seller– Proactively develops a strong understanding of the customer’s business, industry priorities to drive new business opportunities/ drive growth/net new business.

• Advocates on behalf of the customer internally, ensuring requests and needs of assigned accounts are being addressed.

• Deliver Sales Excellence – Leads and orchestrates extended virtual teams across our solution areas to consistently achieve growth in revenue & market share.

• Industry Knowledge – Builds and maintains a strong knowledge of customers’ banking industry, associated business strategy, and key banking industry partners and solutions. Gains deeper insights and knowledge through direct engagement in their customers’ business and operations.

• Qualifications- Proven experience in working in the Financial Services industry, driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Technology, or related field AND releveant experience working in the Financial Services industry, driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)

• OR Master's Degree in Business Administration AND demonstrated experience working in the Financial Services industry, driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)

• OR equivalent experience

• Fluent in French, German and English

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.