Sr. Sales Compensation Analyst

Reposted 4 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
152K-206K Annually
Senior level
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The Role
The Sr. Sales Compensation Analyst designs, implements, and audits sales compensation programs, ensuring alignment with business goals and accurate execution of incentive payments.
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Role Description
As a Sr. 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, are easy to understand, and executed with precision.
Responsibilities
Compensation Strategy & Change Management
  • Design incentives initiatives to achieve a multi-faceted growth strategy spanning: new and existing product upsells, coverage strategies (full-time employees and vendor relationships), and routes to market (inbound, outbounds, channel, and direct)
  • Lead change management practices across people, processes, and systems to implement the incentive design thoughtfully, effectively, and efficiently
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
Requirements
  • Minimum 5 years experience directly owning sales compensation
  • Minimum 5 years hands-on experience with a sales compensation software platform (e.g., Forma.ai, Xactly, Anaplan, CaptivateIQ).
  • Has supported global 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, g-sheet 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 to 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)
Compensation

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2
$152,200$206,000 USD
US Zone 3
$135,300$183,100 USD

Top Skills

Anaplan
Captivateiq
Excel
Forma.Ai
Google Sheets
Looker
Power BI
Salesforce
Tableau
Xactly

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
2,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the flexibility of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself—Dropbox is ready for you.

Why Work With Us

We believe people do their best work when empowered with autonomy and harmony, and we understand there’s no substitute for human connection. Our Virtual First model combines the flexibility of remote work with the power of in-person collaboration to create the best of both worlds: a distributed workplace, anchored in community.

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