Sales Incentive Compensation Analyst I

Payscale is the original compensation innovator for organizations who want to scale their business with pay and transform their largest investment into their greatest advantage. With decades of innovation in sourcing reputable data and developing AI-powered tools, Payscale delivers actionable insights that turn pay from a cost to a catalyst. Its suite of solutions — Payfactors, Marketpay, and Paycycle — empower top companies in the U.S. and businesses like Cintas, Leidos, Chipotle, Brookdale Senior Living, Ohio State University, American Airlines, and TJX Companies.

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As a Sales Incentive Compensation Analyst I, you will be an integral member of our Revenue Operations team, supporting the design, administration, and continuous improvement of compensation programs across GTM. You will partner closely with Sales, Revenue Operations, Finance, and HR Business Partners to ensure our compensation plans are competitive, equitable, and aligned to our commercial strategy.

What You'll Do

• Support the design, modeling, and documentation of sales incentive compensation plans (ICPs) for roles across the GTM organization including AEs, SDRs, CSMs and Sales Management.

• Administer monthly and quarterly commission calculations; partner with Finance and Revenue Operations to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and auditability of all commission payouts.

• Maintain and audit data within the company’s incentive compensation management (ICM) platform (Spiff) and flag discrepancies for resolution.

• Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly GTM compensation reporting — including attainment summaries, overage/accelerator analysis, and plan cost-to-revenue ratios — for Sales leadership and Finance.

• Field and resolve commission-related inquiries from sales reps and managers, escalating complex disputes per defined SLA.

• Assist in annual sales compensation plan design cycles: model plan economics, create scenario analyses, and prepare materials for plan launch and rollout.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Human Resources, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

• 1–3 years of experience in compensation, total rewards, sales operations, finance, or a related analytical HR/business function.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, dynamic arrays, data modeling); ability to build clean, audit-ready workbooks.

• Demonstrated experience working with compensation data, market surveys, or sales commission/quota data in a professional setting.

• High attention to detail and accuracy; comfortable handling large datasets and catching discrepancies.

• Ability to communicate complex compensation concepts clearly to non-specialists across Sales, Finance, and HR.

• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion.

Location

Payscale Manila has an employee centric hybrid model that provides you the flexibility to do your best work in a space that supports you, while also finding time to collaborate in person in our office for the moments that matter.

In our hybrid model, employees can work from the location that works best for them when our team is not scheduled to be in the office.

When you work from home, we recommend ensuring that you can meet the following technology, equipment and workspace requirements:

• High-Speed Internet - A stable broadband or fiber connection (satellite is highly discouraged) with a minimum speed of 100 Mbps in a dedicated workspace that has a reliable Wi-Fi signal.

• Device for Multifactor Authentication (MFA/2FA) - smartphone, tablet, etc.

Payscale has employees across the US, Canada, UK, The Philippines and Romania however we are currently unable to hire in the Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, and Hawaii.

Benefits and Perks

All around awesome culture where together we strive to live our 5 values:

• Data informed decision making.

• Customer first. Always.

• Succeed together.

• Relentless about results. Obsessed with excellence.

• Lead the change. Shape the standard.

An open and inclusive environment where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:

• Monthly company All Hands meetings

• Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure through things like AMAs

• Access to continued learning & development opportunities

• Our commitment to a continuous feedback culture which allows us to drive performance and career growth

• A growing network of Employee Resource Groups

• Company sponsored volunteer hours

• And more!

Our more standard benefits

• Paid Philippine Regular holidays + 1 additional Payscale holiday (Global Mental Health Day)

• 15 paid days of additional leave, credited up front upon regularization and refreshed annually. Unused leave are monetized.

• HMO Coverage +1 dependent

• Fixed work schedule, Monday through Friday 10pm-7am Manila

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

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