Sales Compensation Analyst (100% Remote)

Our Customer is a leading global collaboration platform that's transforming the way people work together, from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. With more than 500 million registered users across more than 180 countries, their mission is to unleash the world’s creative energy by designing a more enlightened way of working. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, they have more than 12 offices around the world.

Our Customer is seeking a Sales Compensation Analyst on a contract basis to help support their business needs. This role is 100% remote.

As a Sales Compensation Analyst, you will play a critical part in supporting the design, implementation, administration, and audit of sales compensation programs across global regions. You will work closely with Sales, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure compensation is aligned with business goals, is easy to understand, and is executed with precision.

Responsibilities:

Compensation Administration

• Support end-to-end process for incentive calculations: pull and validate sales performance data, process payments in accordance with plan rules, and ensure error-free execution through robust checks and reconciliations across systems
• Develop and execute audit frameworks for ongoing review of compensation; proactively identify and correct discrepancies before payouts are released
• Collaborate with Finance and Payroll to ensure accurate and timely disbursement of incentive payments, draws, accelerators, and spiffs

Communication & Collaboration

• Respond to inquiries from sales reps and managers regarding plan structure, performance tracking, exception requests, and payout details

Governance & Compliance

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of compensation plans, processes, policies, and calculations to support transparency and audit-readiness

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience directly owning sales compensation
• Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with a sales compensation software platform (e.g., Forma.ai, Xactly, Anaplan, CaptivateIQ).
• Has supported sales compensation for a team of 50 or more sellers and leaders.
• Strong understanding of sales incentive structures such as quotas, accelerators, draws, and spiffs
• Expert proficiency in Excel, GSheet, including complex formulas, lookup functions, IF statements, pivot tables, and data analysis. You will be comparing, merging, and auditing large data files across systems.
• Ability to follow, improve, and document processes that result in improved quality, accuracy, and compliance with sales incentives
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related analytical field.
• Experience working in a global sales organization or across multiple geographies
• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI)

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

Please note: In order to to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. At the point of offer, contractors will be required to attest their vaccination status.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.