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GAQ128R88
As a Sr. Sales Compensation Analyst on the Comp Admin team, you will run commissions administration from start to finish for a large global group of sellers, so they can trust that they are paid accurately and on time. You will own a large payee portfolio with no supervision needed, from plan rollout through calculation, payroll, and follow-up support. You will catch issues before they reach the field and keep every step audit-ready. You will also use AI and automation every day to make our work faster, more accurate, and easier to scale as Databricks grows.
The impact you will have:- Own commissions administration for a large payee portfolio with no errors: user setup, plan distribution, input processing, calculation, and payment.
- Deliver plan rollout and payout accurately and on time every cycle, including tracking ICPW acceptance and preparing data that feeds payroll and accounting deadlines.
- Resolve payee and partner questions quickly and fully, so issues are settled the first time without escalations. Run rep training and enablement sessions as needed.
- Keep your portfolio fully compliant with SOX and audit requirements by following controls with discipline, documenting clearly, and keeping evidence reproducible.
- Find discrepancies, exceptions, and control gaps early (for example, wrong credits, quota mismatches, or cap and accelerator errors), trace the root cause in the data, and drive the fix with Sales Ops, Payroll, and Accounting.
- Make recurring workflows faster, more reliable, and easier to repeat by improving documentation, simplifying handoffs, and cutting rework.
- Use AI to improve recurring work such as validations, reconciliations, and responses to comp questions. Build repeatable approaches that others on the team can adopt.
- Help the team grow by mentoring new hires on tools, processes, and best practices, and by referring strong candidates.
- 5+ years of hands-on sales compensation administration, including user setup, plan distribution, calculation and payment, comp questions, and rep training.
- Advanced Xactly skills, including administration, reporting, and troubleshooting, with the ability to resolve system issues on your own.
- Advanced Excel and Google Workspace skills for complex modeling, data analysis, and reconciliation.
- A solid grasp of SaaS go-to-market compensation models (commit vs. consumption, quotas, OTI, accelerators, overlays, SPIFFs, MBOs) and how plan mechanics shape seller behavior.
- Experience working under SOX or similar audit controls, with accurate, well-documented work and clean audit trails.
- Strong analytical judgment: you investigate patterns, find root causes, and turn data into practical recommendations.
- Comfort using AI tools and LLMs in daily work, plus the judgment to check outputs for accuracy before relying on them.
- Clear communication and teamwork across time zones with global partners in Sales Ops, Payroll, Accounting, and Sales leadership.
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of hands-on sales compensation administration experience
- Experience with user setup, plan distribution, commission calculation and payment, compensation questions, and representative training
- Advanced Xactly administration, reporting, and troubleshooting skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace skills
- Experience with complex modeling, data analysis, and reconciliation
- Understanding of SaaS go-to-market compensation models, including quotas, OTI, accelerators, overlays, SPIFFs, and MBOs
- Experience working under SOX or similar audit controls
- Strong analytical judgment and root-cause investigation skills
- Comfort using AI tools and LLMs in daily work, with the ability to validate outputs
- Clear communication and collaboration across global Sales Operations, Payroll, Accounting, and Sales leadership teams
Databricks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Databricks and has not been reviewed or approved by Databricks.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, plus dedicated mental-health resources and an EAP. Wellness and gym reimbursements further support wellbeing.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants (RSUs/stock options) are highlighted as a major part of compensation and are often viewed as attractive. Occasional tender-offer liquidity and performance bonuses reinforce total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, and subsidized backup dependent care are emphasized. Family medical leave and caregiver support also feature in the package.
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What We Do
As the leader in Unified Data Analytics, Databricks helps organizations make all their data ready for analytics, empower data science and data-driven decisions across the organization, and rapidly adopt machine learning to outpace the competition. By providing data teams with the ability to process massive amounts of data in the Cloud and power AI with that data, Databricks helps organizations innovate faster and tackle challenges like treating chronic disease through faster drug discovery, improving energy efficiency, and protecting financial markets.
