Account Executive, Payroll Sales

Restaurant365 is transforming how restaurants run their businesses. Today, we help more than 50,000 restaurant locations manage their finances, operations, and people. As AI changes what's possible, we're reimagining how restaurant back offices operate—automating routine work, helping teams make better decisions, and giving restaurant leaders more time to focus on growing their businesses. 

We're transforming how we work, too. AI is changing how we build products, solve problems, and deliver results for our customers. We're embracing new ways of working, moving faster, and creating opportunities for our people to make a greater impact. 

At Restaurant365, our culture is built on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We believe in challenging ourselves, learning every day, and working together to achieve great results. We're looking for people who are curious, take initiative, and want to grow while helping shape the future of an industry.

The Account Executive, Payroll Sales, Commercial sells Restaurant365 Payroll and Workforce Management solutions to small and midsize restaurant operators. You will own a short, mostly linear sales cycle from prospecting through close, build your own pipeline, and keep new customers on track to go live after the sale. You work independently within your scope and against a full quota. 

• Who you sell to: Commercial restaurant groups of about 2 to 12 units, usually with an owner or operator as the primary decision maker. 

• How you sell: Consultative and high volume. You uncover the operator's needs and the business impact of payroll and labor challenges, deliver tailored demos, use standard ROI tools, and close on standard terms. 

• How you work: You partner with Sales Engineering, Marketing, Implementation, Customer Success, and Revenue Operations, and ask your manager for guidance on complex pricing, contracting, or deal situations. 

• 5+ years of relevant experience, with a record of exceeding quota in sales; software sales preferred.  

• Experience running a full sales cycle with a primary decision maker, including prospecting, discovery, demos, and closing. 

• Experience selling payroll, workforce management, HCM, HR, accounting, or business management software is preferred. 

• Working knowledge of payroll fundamentals, including tax filing, direct deposit, tip credit, overtime, PTO, and compliance considerations. Strong candidates may learn some of these on the job. 

• Demonstrated ability to build pipeline through outbound and inbound motions and convert qualified opportunities into closed revenue. 

• Strong discovery, presentation, objection-handling, negotiation, and closing skills. 

• Proficiency with Salesforce or a comparable CRM, with strong discipline around pipeline hygiene and forecast accuracy. 

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain payroll and business concepts clearly. 

• High energy, self-motivated, and comfortable in a performance-driven environment. 

• AI fluency, including the ability to use approved AI tools responsibly while reviewing outputs for accuracy and protecting confidential information. 

• Trustworthy, ethical, and professional in all business dealings. 

• Ability to work remotely.  

• 30 days: Complete R365 payroll product training and certification; learn the Commercial customer profile, sales process, and territory. 

• 60 days: Build an active pipeline in your territory; run discovery conversations and demos independently. 

• 90 days: Manage your own opportunities from discovery to close, keep Salesforce and Gong records accurate, and close your first deals. 

• Year 1: Consistently attain quota with an accurate pipeline and forecast, and keep new customers on track to go live.