Assistant Director, Sales Representative - AML/KYC Data Apps

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Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated success as a hunter or new business sales professional, consistently originating pipeline, leading discovery, and closing new logos and net-new expansion within existing accounts
• Strong working knowledge of Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), sanctions, screening, onboarding, and ongoing monitoring workflows, including how clients operationalize these processes
• Experience selling workflow and data solutions, including Moody’s Maxsight™ and related screening capabilities
• Ability to sell unique, high-value datasets to quantitative and data-driven stakeholders such as quantitative research, risk analytics, data science, and model development teams, clearly articulating differentiation and value
• Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to map client objectives to outcomes, build business cases, manage objections, and negotiate complex commercial terms
• Executive presence and stakeholder management skills across asset management organizations, including compliance, operations, risk, procurement, and investment data teams
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Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for driving new business and expansion growth for Moody’s AML/KYC data applications within the Asset Management segment through consultative, outcome-oriented selling of workflow, screening, and data solutions.

• Drive new business and expansion for Moody’s AML/KYC data applications within the Asset Management segment by selling workflow and screening solutions that improve onboarding, monitoring, and compliance outcomes
• Own the full new business (hunter) sales motion for AML/KYC data applications, including prospecting, discovery, solution positioning, pricing, negotiation, and close
• Drive net-new expansion within existing accounts by identifying additional use cases such as onboarding, vendor screening, monitoring, investigations, and reporting, and expanding adoption across teams and regions
• Position and sell integrated solutions, including Moody’s Maxsight™ and screening capabilities such as Grid, aligning solution value to client pain points including false positives, inefficient onboarding, and fragmented risk intelligence
• Sell unique datasets and data applications to quantitative and analytics-focused stakeholders, articulating data differentiation, quality, coverage, and applicability to investment and compliance workflows
• Build and maintain multi-threaded relationships across compliance, operations, risk, data, and procurement stakeholders, developing account strategies and mutual success plans to support sustained growth
• Partner with Solutions, Product, and Customer Success teams to support demonstrations, pilots, implementation readiness, and post-sale adoption, ensuring strong handoffs and accelerated time to value

About the Team

The AML/KYC Data Apps Workflow Specialist team supports Asset Management clients in managing financial crime and third-party risk by combining workflow technology with high-value data and screening capabilities. The team helps clients enhance onboarding and monitoring processes, reduce compliance friction, and connect risk intelligence across functions through unified risk platform capabilities. This is a growth-oriented sales team focused on driving expanded adoption of Moody’s screening, KYC, and Grid-related workflow solutions across the asset management industry.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $82,400.00 - $119,450.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

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