AccessFintech, a leading fintech company evolving the financial operating model through data and workflow collaboration, announces the appointment of Paynter Higgins as Executive Vice President for Global Enterprise Sales and Sarah Lloyd Parry as Executive Vice President for Marketing.

The hires come as a response to the recent momentum across all products and services and will play a pivotal role in supporting the company’s next stage of growth. In his new role, Paynter will develop and manage the growing AccessFintech Sales team. He will be responsible for the strategy and execution of enterprise sales globally. Sarah will lead overall corporate marketing and brand strategy.

Paynter brings extensive knowledge in building and managing sales teams within successful, high-growth SaaS companies primarily in the financial services sector.  Most recently he served as Vice President, Enterprise Sales at Collibra.  Paynter spent 8+ years at SuccessFactors in the US and Europe, during which time the company went public, acquired multiple companies, and was ultimately acquired by SAP for $3.4 billion.  His career has spanned leadership and strategic roles at PeopleSoft and Procore, as well as early-stage start-ups Moore Technology Solutions and Encore Development.

Before joining AccessFintech, Sarah was Chief Marketing Officer for Avora. Prior to that, Sarah built the EMEA Marketing team and regional presence at ServiceMax, including the marketing integration following the acquisition by GE Digital for $1 billion in January 2017.  Previously, Sarah grew the SuccessFactors EMEA marketing operations over four years, including the EMEA marketing integration of SAP’s for $3.4 billion. 

Reflecting on the new hires, Roy Saadon, CEO of AccessFintech, said: “We are very fortunate, to be able to attract the talent and experience we need as AccessFintech grows and evolves. In Paynter and Sarah, we have gained two industry veterans who provide a deep understanding of the SaaS universe and a great track record in building, developing and managing sales and marketing teams. We are a time of unprecedented demand, in the financial ecosystem, for our solution of data and workflow collaboration. Sarah and Paynter arrive with an understanding ofs how we can match this demand and achieve growth. We welcome them to AccessFintech.”