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    Area Sales Manager

    Hankey Group

    🇺🇸 United States
    Remote
    Financial
    Hybrid
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    Posted Yesterday
    $60k–$125kOTE

    Hybrid

    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    Financial

    Source

    himalayas

    About this role

    Area Sales Manager Oklahoma City, OK | Remote

    About Western Funding Inc. Western Funding, a dynamic and fast-growing auto finance company, believes in PEOPLE with the PURPOSE and PASSION to assist our dealer partners throughout North America.

    Western Funding is a fast growing, specialized consumer finance company and subsidiary of Westlake Financial Services, providing automobile financing to borrowers with limited access to traditional credit.

    Our Area Sales Managers are individuals with the vision and dedication needed to assist our current and future dealer partners to sell more cars and trucks by financing more customers.Job Description What’s the role? Our Area Sales Manager is the face of the company to our number one customer – our dealers.

    The focus of this role is to increase the number of funded deals by partnering with dealers who will be a good fit. The Area Sales Manager role enables growth by identifying, onboarding, and managing growth with dealers in their respective local Region. Western Funding’s program requires a consultative sales and management approach.

    Establishing strong relationships with dealers who understand how the program can help their business grow is the key to the success of this role.This is a full-time position reporting to our Regional Sales Managers. We are looking for candidates based in the US who are comfortable working remotely and on the road.What is it like being part of our External Sales Team?

    New Hire training is provided to ensure your success in taking the role. This training will prepare and provide you with proper knowledge and skills to perform the role in the field. You will be part of a positive and supportive team who will encourage you to overcome sales barriers.

    What you’ll do as our Area Sales Manager? Present and communicate company products and services to all levels of management within Independent and Franchise Dealerships live-in person; Identify sales prospects and contact these and other accounts ass

    Commission Structure

    Base Salary

    Not disclosed — ask in interview

    Commission

    Structure not specified

    OTE

    $125k (range: $60k–$125k)

    Ramp Period

    Not mentioned — clarify timeline

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    Manager-Level

    Departmental buyers and team leads

    Territory

    Geographic

    Region-based territory assignment

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Sales Manager

    Team 1:1s5–8/week
    Pipeline reviewDaily
    Deal coaching3–5/week
    Forecasting1×/week

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Remote Friendly

    Location flexibility

    Financial Services — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    3–6 months (Retail) · 6–18 months (Institutional)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "Regulatory concerns — need compliance approval"
    • "We already have a vendor for this"
    • "Need to see 3-year track record"
    • "Committee-based decision — multiple approvers"

    Key Industry Metrics

    AUM (Assets Under Management)Risk-Adjusted ReturnsCompliance Pass RateClient Retention RateRevenue Per Advisor

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI in fraud detection and compliance
    • • Open banking APIs
    • • ESG investing mandate shifts
    • • Embedded finance partnerships

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Area-Sales-Manager
    Territory-Sales-Manager
    Dealer-Sales-Management
    Field-Sales
    Auto-Finance
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    Role Insights

    Sales leadership roles require balancing individual contributor revenue with team performance management.

    Licensing requirements (Series 7, 63, etc.) may be needed or beneficial.

    This remote-friendly role provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a financial services market.

    The compensation range of $60k–$125k OTE suggests a competitive package for this market segment.

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