Sales Compensation Analyst
Pune, MH, IN, 411045
ABOUT THE JOB:
The Sales Compensation Analyst is responsible for the administration and operational support of sales compensation plans. This role ensures accurate calculations, timely payouts, and continuous system improvement. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical and collaborative, playing a key part in decision-making through data reporting and compensation effectiveness analysis.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
- Administer and maintain the commission management tool (e.g., Spiff), ensuring accurate commission calculations and timely payouts.
- Manage and validate sales data in Spiff and Salesforce to ensure data integrity. Work closely with HRIT to implement system enhancements and upgrades.
- Generate regular and ad-hoc reports (from multiple data sources) to support leadership decision-making and forecasting
- Analyze compensation plan performance and payout effectiveness
- Provide data support for governance meetings
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Finance, and HR to ensure alignment on compensation practices.
- Perform regular audits of sales compensation data to ensure accurate and timely payments. Identify discrepancies, resolve issues proactively, and handle exceptions in a timely manner, in compliance with compensation policies.
- Provide ongoing support by researching and resolving sales compensation program calculation-related inquiries.
- Assist with special projects and initiatives.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of working experience in the related field.
- Experienced professional with 5+ years of expertise in compensation, sales operations, finance or similar roles.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience with using, administering or configuring Incentive Compensation Software, i.e. Xactly, SAP Callidus or SPIFF
- Knowledge of Salesforce and ability to create and run reports for ad hoc business needs.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups, etc.)
- Analytical mindset with excellence attention to details with emphasis on accuracy, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills to explain complex compensation concepts to stakeholders.
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