HR Analyst (Sales Compensation)
ABOUT THE ROLE
The HR Analyst (Sales Compensation) owns the end-to-end calculation and governance of sales incentive payments for a portfolio of employee groups across the EMEA region. The role is responsible for executing accurate and timely incentive calculations, managing exceptions, ensuring audit-ready controls, and partnering closely with HR, Finance, and Sales stakeholders. This position offers hands-on exposure to complex sales compensation structures and the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement and plan effectiveness.
WHAT WILL YOU DO:
- Own the end-to-end calculation of variable compensation and incentive payments for assigned EMEA populations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to plan rules and internal controls.
- Interpret sales compensation plans and apply them consistently across different employee groups and countries.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Sales, and Management to resolve calculation discrepancies, exceptions, and policy questions, communicating outcomes clearly and professionally.
- Prepare payroll-ready outputs and perform reconciliations, variance checks, and post-payment reviews.
- Maintain comprehensive, audit-ready documentation (plan logic, calculation assumptions, SOPs, control checklists).
- Produce recurring and ad-hoc reporting on incentive results, plan performance, and cost impact.
- Support cost modeling and scenario analysis for plan changes and enhancements.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including automation, standardization, and reporting enhancements.
WHA YOU BRING:
- 2–4 years of experience in sales compensation, variable pay, payroll, HR operations, or finance operations, with hands-on exposure to calculations and data validation.
- Strong Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables; Power Query is a plus).
Experience working with large datasets and tight deadlines. - Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI) or automation (Power Automate) is an asset.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and exercising judgment when interpreting compensation plans.
- Confident communicator able to explain calculations and outcomes to non-technical stakeholders, including senior management.
- Highly detail-oriented, structured, and resilient under cyclical pressure.
- Great team player who remains composed under pressure and focuses on resolving issues effectively.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Permanent job contract after probation period
- Hybrid work system with flexible working hours
- Private medical healthcare program
- Cafeteria MyBenefit (including Multisport)
- Friendly work atmosphere with fantastic working culture
- Nice office facility and casual dress policy
WHO WE ARE:
Arrow Electronics, a division of Arrow Electronics Inc, delivers innovative IT solutions designed to address complex business challenges. We provide value-added distribution, business consulting, and channel enablement services to leading technology manufacturers and their partners. Our goal is to help businesses grow faster, operate more efficiently, and adapt to a dynamic market.
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Location:PL-Gdansk, Poland (Aleja Grunwaldzka)Time Type:Full timeJob Category:Human Resources and SustainabilitySkills Required
- 2-4 years of experience in sales compensation, variable pay, payroll, HR operations, or finance operations
- Hands-on experience with compensation calculations and data validation
- Strong Excel skills, including complex formulas and pivot tables
- Experience working with large datasets and tight deadlines
- Familiarity with Power BI
- Familiarity with Power Automate
- Ability to interpret compensation plans and exercise judgment under ambiguity
- Strong communication skills with non-technical stakeholders and senior management
- Detail-oriented, structured, and resilient under cyclical pressure
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and resolve issues under pressure
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arrow Electronics, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Arrow Electronics, Inc..
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Affordable Benefits — Medical coverage includes multiple options with income-tiered employer contributions that substantially reduce costs for lower-wage employees (the base plan was heavily subsidized for earners under $55,000). These affordability measures, alongside EAP and telemedicine, help the overall package offset middling base pay in some roles.
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Parental & Family Support — New parents receive fully paid leave (six weeks at 100% pay in prior materials, with more recent reporting of up to 12 weeks fully paid for the delivering parent in the U.S.). Backup dependent care and related family supports are also provided.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Many salaried roles have unlimited PTO, while hourly staff receive competitive accrual-based PTO, with added flexibility from floating holidays and observance of MLK Day. These options indicate a broad time-off framework across employee groups.
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Insights
What We Do
A Fortune 500 company, ranked #133 in 2024, with over 22,000 employees worldwide, Arrow guides innovation forward for over 220,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2023 sales of $33 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Arrow.com is the easiest place for innovators to create, make and manage technology.
Why Work With Us
Arrow is much more than products and services. We are a team of many backgrounds in a global ecosystem, working toward one common goal: to help customers create a better tomorrow, where innovation improves the quality of life and the benefits of technology are more accessible to all. Join us in building a better tomorrow for many!
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