Description
About the Role:
We are seeking an Associate Director to lead our Sales Compensation Operations team, a high-accountability, globally connected group that values disciplined execution, urgency, and end-to-end ownership. You will be responsible for the accuracy, governance, and financial integrity of commission payments across the full end-to-end process.
Responsibilities and Impact:
- Lead and develop a team of compensation analysts and operations specialists, setting goals, maintaining accountability, and building a culture of precision, urgency, and end-to-end ownership.
- Build and execute scenario modeling and stress-testing frameworks to forecast total plan spend and assess the financial impact of plan adjustments, structural redesigns, and macroeconomic shifts.
- Lead final validation and sign-off on global commission payroll processing runs, evaluating and authorising large payments, non-standard payouts, and custom executive incentives.
- Sign off on monthly SOX and Audit controls, performing ongoing risk evaluations related to deal cancellations, retroactive adjustments, and data integrity risks.
- Partner with Legal and People Partners to resolve sensitive compensation disputes and high-value grievances.
- Translate complex commission formulas, crediting rules, and payout outcomes into clear explanations for sales representatives, managers, and senior leaders.
Compensation and Benefits (US Candidates Only):
- The anticipated base salary range for this position is $104,435 to $182,604.
- This role is eligible for an annual incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits.
What We Are Looking For:
- 7+ years in sales compensation operations, finance governance, audit, or corporate financial modeling within a complex commission-paying environment, including 2+ years in a people leadership role.
- Proven knowledge of complex plan mechanics, including quotas, accelerators, thresholds, caps, splits, crediting rules, draws, guarantees, clawbacks, recoveries, SPIFFs, and executive incentive structures.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including nested logic, dynamic arrays, Power Query, variance analysis, scenario modeling, stress testing, and payout forecasting.
- Experience identifying and mitigating commission-specific financial risks, including overpayments, underpayments, retroactive adjustments, unauthorized overrides, and data integrity issues.
- Proven experience maintaining SOX-compliant documentation, approvals, and audit-ready evidence for commission payroll processing cycles.
Benefits:
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards,small perks can make a big difference.