Job Description

Deal Desk Analyst

Department: Sales

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Rueil-Malmaison

A Typical Day in the Life Includes:

• Execute deal desk functions including, but not limited to: contract research, creation of price quotes, deal structuring, business approvals, review redline edits and commentary on documents, order requests for varying levels of deal size and complexity
• Serve as a trusted advisor to field sales on pricing, product configuration, and business terms to support the sales effort
• Collaborate and build proactive, positive relationships with peers, managers, sales operations, shared services, and account teams to ensure consistency within processes, determine best practices, and work efficiently Ensure compliance with published sales and business approval policies. Be a sales advocate & partner to internal organizations to understand complex sales issues
• Strive to meet or exceed published service level agreements
• Work extended hours for quarter-end closings

Basic Qualifications:

• Good level of English and French (mandatory) + an additional language: French, any other languages additional to these ones would be a plus
• 3-5 years of pricing and/or deal desk or contract experience
• Must be a self-starter, highly analytical, with sound decision-making skills
• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task are critical
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; must be able to work well with field sales, field sales operations and finance
• Must be able to function as part of a team and adhere to strict deadlines in a fast-paced, ever evolving environment
• An ability to operate independently with limited direction/supervision
• Accurately execute multiple tasks including the ability to extract data from different sources and create meaningful analysis and business summaries. Motivated problem solver with the ability to sort through issues to create and recommend improvements; strong customer service mindset
• Intermediate MS Excel skills required
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required

Preferred Qualifications:

• French (native) level
• Experience in Finance area - preferably Deal Desk/Contracts background