Sales Planning and Compensation Lead

Posted 4 Hours Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
124K-147K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Real Estate • Software • Financial Services
Flex splits your rent, and rent-associated costs, into smaller, stress-free payments throughout the month.
The Role
Own and execute sales compensation programs including commission administration, territory design, quota setting, and performance analytics. Manage monthly commission calculations, systems, audits, exceptions, and payouts. Partner with Sales, Finance, and People on territory, quota, and headcount planning. Build reporting and insights to improve plan effectiveness and operational efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Sales Planning & Incentive Compensation, the Sales Planning and Compensation Lead will own the execution and evolution of Flex's sales compensation program, including commission administration, territory design, quota setting, and performance analytics. This role sits within Revenue Strategy & Operations and partners closely with Sales, Finance, and People to ensure our incentive programs are accurate, scalable, and aligned with business goals.

This is a highly cross-functional role that combines strategic thinking with operational execution. You'll play a key role in shaping how Flex incentivizes and scales its revenue organization as the business grows. You'll help shape compensation plans, support territory and quota planning, and own the processes that ensure sellers are paid accurately and on time.

What you'll doCompensation Design & Administration
  • Support the design and evolution of commission plans across our revenue organization
  • Model compensation scenarios, quotas, accelerators, and incentive structures
  • Partner with Sales, Finance, and People to ensure plans are aligned with business goals and operationally scalable
Commission Operations
  • Own the monthly commission calculation and payout process across the revenue organization
  • Manage compensation systems, audit trails, approvals, and supporting documentation
  • Resolve exceptions including new hires, leave prorations, plan changes, clawbacks, and disputes
  • Ensure payout accuracy and maintain a strong controls environment
Territory & Quota Planning
  • Support territory design and quota setting across revenue teams
  • Build attainment, capacity, and coverage models to inform planning decisions
  • Partner with Sales Leadership and Finance on territory assignments, headcount planning, and quota distribution
Analytics & Reporting
  • Analyze quota attainment, compensation spend, and payout trends
  • Build reporting and insights for Revenue leadership
  • Identify opportunities to improve plan effectiveness, performance, and operational efficiency
Cross-Functional Partnership
  • Serve as a trusted resource for compensation-related questions from employees and leaders
  • Partner with Sales, Finance, and People on organizational changes, new roles, and compensation programs
  • Contribute to broader Revenue Strategy & Operations initiatives, including planning and GTM analytics
Key Qualifications
  • 4+ years of experience in sales compensation, revenue operations, FP&A, strategy & operations, or a related field
  • Experience owning commission calculations and payout processes end-to-end
  • Strong analytical and modeling skills with advanced Excel or Google Sheets proficiency
  • Experience working with Salesforce data; familiarity with Snowflake is a plus
  • SQL familiarity is preferred, Python is a plus 
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex compensation concepts to a variety of audiences
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • Comfortable balancing strategic projects with operational execution
Compensation

Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, ensuring compensation is commensurate with a candidate's experience and our internal leveling guidelines. For candidates located in our Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area) and Tier 3 (Salt Lake City) markets, the base salary pay range for this role is below. Flex utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index. If you are located outside of the cities listed below, your starting pay will be adjusted to align with the market conditions of your specific geographic zone. Please speak with your recruiter for additional information regarding the specific range for your location.

Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area)
$124,000$147,000 USD
Tier 3 (Salt Lake City)
$105,000$120,000 USD
Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

Offices

Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.

Benefits

For full-time U.S. employees we offer:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision
  • Company equity
  • 401(k) plan with company match 
  • Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
  • Parental leave 
  • Free Flex subscription

 For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer:

  • Competitive compensation + company equity
  • Unlimited PTO

Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience in sales compensation, revenue operations, FP&A, strategy & operations, or related field
  • Experience owning commission calculations and payout processes end-to-end
  • Advanced Excel or Google Sheets proficiency with strong analytical and modeling skills
  • Experience working with Salesforce data
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
  • Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex compensation concepts to varied audiences
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • Familiarity with Snowflake
  • SQL familiarity
  • Python (a plus)

Flex Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flex and has not been reviewed or approved by Flex.

  • Healthcare Strength Day-1 medical, dental, and vision coverage is explicitly offered and framed as “best-in-class coverage and options,” suggesting strong baseline health benefits. Additional listings also describe broad health-support elements such as IVF/adoption and gender transition benefits, reinforcing depth in healthcare-related coverage.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) is available, with a stated company match starting in early 2026, indicating improving retirement support. This rollout appears to address earlier gaps where matching was not consistently present.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Unlimited PTO plus company holidays (and, in some descriptions, shutdown days) indicates a wide time-off policy on paper. Hybrid work flexibility and office-day meal credits can add to the overall rewards value for NYC-based employees.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
419 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Flex, an NYC-headquartered FinTech company, has created a trusted rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2024 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult; we’re here to change that! We enable our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget, while also helping them build credit. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.

Why Work With Us

We believe it takes a diverse team of curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. We value the unique and dynamic perspectives our team brings to solve critical problems that impact the lives of our users and the financial decisions they make.

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