As the first dedicated Account Executive, you will build Arva’s sales function from the ground up in New York City. Working directly with the CRO and CEO, you will own the full sales cycle for AI agents that automate AML and KYC operations, helping major financial institutions reduce compliance costs by 85%.
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Founding Account Executive at Arva AI
Arva AI is hiring a Founding Account Executive in NYC to scale the revenue engine for their category-defining agentic AI platform. Backed by Google’s AI fund and YC, Arva is already helping major banks slash compliance costs by 85%. This is a rare opportunity to join a 14-person team with real product-market fit, working directly with founders from Revolut and Google to build a sales organization from the ground up. If you have 2-4+ years of enterprise SaaS experience and want to lead $100K+ deals in the heart of the AI revolution, apply now to join a fast-shipping team fighting financial crime.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Arva AI
SoftwareLewes, United States
Arva AI - Google & YC-backed agentic AI platform
What you'll do
What you will do
- Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles with $100K+ ACV, targeting compliance and risk leaders at banks and fintechs.
- Build and execute the company’s outbound sales playbook using modern tools like Salesforce and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
- Partner with Solutions Engineering and Product to translate market feedback into a category-defining AI roadmap.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 2-4+ years of consistent B2B SaaS sales over-performance, specifically managing 3-6 month enterprise deal cycles.
- Significant experience selling into regulated industries such as financial services, fintech, or compliance/risk functions.
- A resourceful, "founding-mindset" closer who thrives on building sales processes from scratch rather than inheriting them.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Founding-level impact as the first sales hire at a high-growth S24 YC startup backed by Google’s AI fund.
- Proven product-market fit with major US and UK banks already processing hundreds of thousands of monthly alerts.
- Direct mentorship from a world-class leadership team with deep expertise from Revolut, Google, and Taktile.
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