ADP is hiring a Deal Desk Analyst / Deal Consultant - Commercial Operations Center of Excellence (CoE)
**This is a hybrid role - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week from home.**
The Deal Desk Analyst is a key facilitator for Sales teams. You will serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on deal policies, contract and product configuration, and business terms. You will also advise Sales on objection handling techniques, alternative contract options, and/or improving the underlying process to help drive deal closures within ADP's Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) segment. We are seeking individuals who are high-energy, thrive where things move fast, and deadlines must be hit without exception. You will work directly with sellers and sales leaders as a part of the quoting and pricing process.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support and guidance to Sales on best practices for deal management and contract structuring.
- Shepherd and project manage deals through the sales cycle and internal approval process in collaboration with the appropriate cross-functional teams.
- Identify and document deal making policies in support of the contracting process.
- Serve as the point of contact and subject matter expert on deal policies including contract terms, fallbacks, production configurations, and business terms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Pricing, Legal, Finance, Product, etc.) providing advice and deal insights in order to build scalable, efficient processes; drive improvements in policies, processes, and systems to help increase Sales and Seller productivity.
- Manage post-sale transition to ensure Sales to Implementation cycle is efficient and seamless.
- Conducts and coordinates financial, market, operational, and related research on clients to audit and adjudicate deal value, sizing, and disputes.
- Analyzes historical pricing and provides recommendations and guidelines to sales leadership.
- Prepares analytical models, calculators, etc. to evaluate strategic pricing decisions.
- Manage and analyze data at both client and deal level that ensures accuracy and compliance with Sales and Service customer onboarding policies/procedures
- Cultivate strong partnerships with your peers in cross-functional teams (sales, implementation, clients) to ensure Sales to Implementation cycle is efficient and seamless
- Provide recommendations to ADP leadership around potential best practices and training on ADP solutions, based on client input or experience
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's Degree OR relevant work experience, with 3+ years of experience in a deal support role
- Ideally in a tech environment - business operations, finance, sales operations, or systems integration a plus
- Ability to assess problems in a structured fashion and identify key issues to solve
- Work well under pressure, with intense prioritization skills along with timely and transparent communication
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to partner with Sales and other internal cross-functional teams, such as Finance, Legal, and Pricing
- An eye for detail, but also the ability to refer back to the big picture
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference will be given to candidates who have the following:
- Ownership mindset, making the customer top priority, curiosity, and high ethical standards
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with organizational and time management
- Strong Excel, Sales Enablement Tools (CRM, Gong, Seismic, etc.), MS Word, and PowerPoint skills
- Detail oriented with strong analytics skills and judgement/decision-making ability
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, performance-based environment and meet deadlines
- Work independently and proactively drive issues to resolution
- Knowledge of HR and Payroll industry tools and best-practices a plus
Preferred dress code
Business casual (dress pants/skirt, button down/blouse, optional tie)
About ADP RPO
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