What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Executive, Channel Partnerships position at Basis?
About Basis
Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world.
We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale.
Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders.
"Basis is on the frontier of building production-grade, long-horizon agents. They've pushed the limits of what we thought our models could do on real-world, economically valuable, complex accounting tasks. They've been a great collaborator in helping us shape what the future of agents looks like." — Prashant Mital, Applied AI Lead, OpenAI
What You’ll Be Doing
We're looking for a Channel Sales Lead to be one of our first Channel hires and help grow Basis's ecosystem of Channel Partnerships. You'll own a portfolio of enterprise CPA firm relationships, sourcing and developing partnerships with firms who serve as co-sellers, resellers, and implementation partners for Basis. This means executing across the full partner lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding new firms to enabling Business Development teams to successfully grow through Basis.
We offer a competitive and thoughtful benefits package designed to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being:
Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world.
We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale.
Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders.
"Basis is on the frontier of building production-grade, long-horizon agents. They've pushed the limits of what we thought our models could do on real-world, economically valuable, complex accounting tasks. They've been a great collaborator in helping us shape what the future of agents looks like." — Prashant Mital, Applied AI Lead, OpenAI
What You’ll Be Doing
We're looking for a Channel Sales Lead to be one of our first Channel hires and help grow Basis's ecosystem of Channel Partnerships. You'll own a portfolio of enterprise CPA firm relationships, sourcing and developing partnerships with firms who serve as co-sellers, resellers, and implementation partners for Basis. This means executing across the full partner lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding new firms to enabling Business Development teams to successfully grow through Basis.
- Build firm partnerships: Develop relationships with target enterprise CPA firms, leading each partnership conversation from first discovery through signed commercial agreement.
- Develop co-selling motions: Stand up the joint go-to-market motions that expand Basis's distribution and equip partner sales teams to generate referrals, drive influenced deals, and deliver successful deployments across their client base.
- Build firm-level strategy: Tailor each commercial arrangement to each firm's AI positioning, strategic goals, and selling and implementation motions, navigating complex buying processes and quickly building trust with Managing Partners and Practice Leaders to accelerate deal velocity.
- Grow Channel pipeline: Build and maintain Channel-influenced pipeline, partnering closely with Sales, Implementation, and Marketing to execute against revenue targets.
- Represent Basis externally: Show up at conferences, firm-hosted events, and industry forums with a current point of view on where the accounting landscape is moving.
- 6–10 years of experience in Enterprise Sales, Channel Sales, or Business Development, with a track record for closing complex, multi-stakeholder, partnership deals.
- Experience selling into or partnering with Professional Services firms, large CPA firms, SIs, or Managed Services providers
- Ability to work in office in Manhattan 5 days per week
- Relationships within the enterprise CPA firm ecosystem (Big Four, top 25 firms) or similar professional services networks
- Background in accounting, fintech, or Professional Services software
- Demonstrated comfort running strategic deal cycles with C-suite and Partner-level executives at large organizations
- Prior experience as an early Channel seller or go-to-market hire at a startup
- Revenue driver: Channel-sourced pipeline and revenue grow consistently as the program matures
- Channel-first instincts: You think in two-sided motions, where every deal is creates value for all parties involved
- Company-builder: Eager to lay groundwork both commercially and culturally as we rapidly scale
- All-in: Driven to seize a massive opportunity, accelerate growth, and commit deeply to Basis’s success
We offer a competitive and thoughtful benefits package designed to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being:
- Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health.
- Basis will cover 100% of your Wellhub Gold membership.
- Wellhub gives you access to gyms like Lifetime, SoulCycle, NYSC and so many more - as well as access to wellness apps like Strava & Headspace!
- Time off: Unlimited PTO 12 paid company holidays.
- In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup.
- Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
- Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours.
- Parental Leave