diff --git a/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
index fbf45902a4e5..902721acf42d 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/snowflake/__init__.py
@@ -477,6 +477,16 @@ def _fetch_from_cursor(self, cursor, schema: sch.Schema) -> pd.DataFrame:
         df = table.to_pandas(timestamp_as_object=True)
         df.columns = list(schema.names)
         return SnowflakePandasData.convert_table(df, schema)
+    
+    def execute(self, expr, /, *, params=None, limit=None, **kwargs):
+        self._run_pre_execute_hooks(expr)
+        table = expr.as_table()
+        sql = self.compile(table, params=params, limit=limit, **kwargs)
+        schema = table.schema()
+
+        with self._safe_raw_sql(sql) as cur:
+            result = self._fetch_from_cursor(cur, schema)
+        return expr.__pandas_result__(result, data_mapper=SnowflakePandasData)
 
     def to_pandas_batches(
         self,
diff --git a/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py b/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
index 0c19c2711626..148571a53825 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ def convert_Map(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
         def convert_Struct(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
             raw_json_objects = cls.convert_JSON(s, dtype, pandas_type)
             return super().convert_Struct(raw_json_objects, dtype, pandas_type)
+        @classmethod
+        def convert_Decimal(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
+            result = s.astype("float64")
+            return result
 
 
 try: