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Senior Sales Representative - KYC Solutions

Moody's

Chicago, ILFull-time$136–197K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$136–197K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Moody’s is seeking a Senior Sales Representative to help financial institutions modernize Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering compliance workflows. The role combines client discovery, solution positioning, complex sales support, and domain expertise across compliance trends, data, analytics, automation, and AI. The representative partners with internal teams and external partners, builds client relationships, and shares market insights. The position includes regular travel and office work two to three days per week when not traveling.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Know Your Customer, requiredAnti-Money Laundering, requiredBank Compliance, requiredFinancial Crime Workflows, requiredExecutive Presence, requiredCommunication, requiredSenior Decision-Maker Engagement, requiredConsultative Problem-Solving, requiredClient Needs Diagnosis, requiredSolution Narratives, requiredValue Propositions, requiredCross-Functional Collaboration, requiredCross-Selling, requiredUpselling, requiredNew Client Acquisition, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredFollow-Through, requiredAutomation, nice to haveAnalytics, nice to haveWorkflow Transformation, nice to haveArtificial Intelligence, nice to haveResponsible AI Practices, nice to have

Qualifications

7+ Years Relevant Experience, requiredBachelor's Degree, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills And Competencies

  • 7+ years of experience in Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering, financial crime, compliance technology, data, software as a service, enterprise software, or a related field, with a strong understanding of bank compliance and financial crime workflows
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills, with demonstrated success engaging senior decision-makers and navigating large, complex financial institutions
  • Consultative problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose client needs across people, processes, data, and technology and translate complex requirements into clear solution narratives and value propositions
  • Collaborative and proactive approach, with the ability to work across sales, product, strategy, and client-facing teams to support complex sales cycles and go-to-market execution
  • Demonstrated ability to identify and advance cross-sell and upsell opportunities within an existing customer base while proactively sourcing and closing new client relationships
  • Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a broader team
  • Familiarity with automation, analytics, and data-driven workflow transformation is preferred
  • Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

Education

  • Undergraduate or first-level degree, such as a bachelor’s degree, required

Responsibilities

Serve as a domain expert who helps financial institutions modernize compliance workflows and advances complex sales opportunities.

  • Co-sell with relationship managers, internal teams, and external partners while independently identifying, qualifying, and advancing Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering opportunities across banks and other financial institutions
  • Lead discovery to understand client workflows, pain points, business drivers, and technology environments, then translate findings into solution positioning, value drivers, use cases, and next steps
  • Support complex sales cycles by delivering tailored demonstrations, presentations, proposals, business cases, and account strategies that connect Moody’s capabilities to client needs
  • Build trusted client relationships as a Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering subject matter expert, bringing practical insight into compliance trends, workflow modernization, data, analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence
  • Share client, market, product, and competitive insights with internal teams to inform roadmap priorities, go-to-market strategy, enablement, and sales execution
  • Represent Moody’s in client meetings, industry events, conferences, and partner forums
  • Travel approximately 30–50% based on business needs and work from a Moody’s office two to three days per week when not traveling, consistent with company policy

About the Team

Our Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering Banking team helps financial institutions address critical compliance, risk, data, and operational challenges. We work with banks to modernize how they manage customer and entity data, conduct due diligence, screen for financial crime risk, and streamline onboarding and ongoing monitoring. As part of Moody’s, you will join a collaborative, client-focused team that brings together deep domain expertise, trusted data, analytics, workflow technology, and responsible artificial intelligence to help financial institutions make better decisions and operate with greater confidence. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, engaging with clients, partnering across commercial and product teams, and translating regulatory, operational, and technology challenges into practical modernization opportunities.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $135,700.00 - $196,750.00, 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.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Click here to view our full EEO policy statement. Click here for more information on your EEO rights under the law. Click here to view our Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination statement.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

How this job compares

Set against the 8,557 open Sales Representative jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$136–197K/yr
  • Illinois median$63–108K/yr185 salary ranges
  • US median$75–107K/yr4,465 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $166K, is 81% above the Illinois median midpoint ($92K) — in the top quarter of Sales Representative salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 268 open Sales Representative jobs in Illinois and 8,557 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Sales Representative postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 3,834 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 614 of the 8,557 open Sales Representative jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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