Senior Deal Desk Specialist

 Requisition #: 15172 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

Summary / Role Purpose

The Senior Deal Desk Specialist will provide deal structure guidance and recommendations to the Sales team that balance a compliant, data driven, business and collaborative approach with creative thinking to meet customer needs. This includes leading and coordinating the internal deal process and providing proactive and flexible support between multiple teams throughout the deal cycle, from initial proposal to final signature and booking.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage complex deal structures and approvals for your region
• Partner with the Sales organization, particularly our Strategic and Enterprise Accounts Sales team as a trusted advisor for the deal construct and negotiation process of complex transactions.
• Provide deal structure guidance and creative solutions by fully understanding various licensing models, deal structures, and pricing to support the sales organization while maintaining internal pricing standards.
• Initiates and executes training sessions and discussions, for the global Sales Team on Deal Architecture.
• Interprets customer usage reports to assist the global Sales and Sales Operations Order Teams to help maximize the full potential of an existing agreement.
• Works in collaboration with Pricing and Finance for the most current list of products and third-party royalties.
• Assists with multi-year agreement product offerings and will be a subject-matter expert on current price books.
• Works closely with the Director Global Deal Desk in providing accurate revenue and booking information for each Deal Desk agreement and will be a subject-matter expert on revenue recognition and order processing.
• Collaborates with Legal and Business Operations teams in optimizing and streamlining customer-facing documentation.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related relevant areas.
• 8+ years of related experience, in deal desk, finance, contracts or sales operations positions.
• Ability to read, understand and draft contractual business terms and conditions.
• Must have extensive knowledge with software revenue recognition policies
• Understanding of revenue recognition principles and US GAAP.
• Ability to break down complex ideas and issues and communicate in simple terms to different levels of the organization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal).
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience and understanding of the SaaS and Consumption business models.
• Strong customer service orientation and a desire to help others succeed.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• MBA or related relevant area.
• Previous experience with complex contract negotiations and long sales cycles.

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At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement. 

Our Commitments: 

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values: 

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions: 

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS 

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. 

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics. 
  

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE  
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.). 

  
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com 
  

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. 
  
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.