Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation MI (Data Architecture & Strategy)

S&P Global Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible Downtime

Continuous Learning

Invest in Your Future

Family Advantages

Extra Perks

Job summary

S&P Global Market Intelligence seeks a Finance Associate Director to own data architecture and the end-to-end lifecycle of sales compensation data. You will build a centralized single source of truth, ensure audit-ready processes, and partner with Sales, Finance, and Tech to standardize downstream analytics.

You will mentor a team of data and compensation analysts, drive automation, and translate complex commercial terms into reusable data structures for system processing and reporting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in sales compensation, data architecture, data governance, financial systems, sales operations, or a related field.
• Deep hands-on experience in database building, schema design, database maintenance, data warehousing, ETL processes, and advanced SQL querying across very large and complex data environments.
• Proven ability to identify, evaluate, and implement tools and technologies that consolidate disparate data sources into a unified single source of truth for commissions, sales performance analytics, and reporting.
• Experience with script-based reconciliation or automation tools such as VBA, Python/Pandas, SQL, Alteryx, or equivalent methods to reconcile large datasets.
• Proven track record establishing data governance policies, automated reconciliation frameworks, standardized adjustment protocols, and SOX-compliant audit trails.
• Ability to translate complex commercial contracts into structured, reusable data constructs for system processing.
• Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and data health metrics in Power BI for senior leadership.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with BI, Systems Analytics, Commissions, and Sales Operations teams.
• Ability to transform legacy workflows into documented SOPs and clear SLAs.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex data architectures to sales and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish clean, scalable, and fully controlled data architecture for sales compensation operations.
• Serve as architect and governor of a single source of truth for commission calculations and reporting.
• Lead a high-performing analytics team; define goals and allocate resources.
• Own data platform lifecycle for large datasets: design schema, select tools, maintain systems.
• Design automated reconciliation and standardized adjustment processes for data integrity.
• Shape Data Warehouse architecture, ETL workflows, and scalable infrastructure for downstream analytics.
• Translate contracts into structured data frameworks for system processing.
• Enforce enterprise data governance and SOX-compliant audit trails.
• Produce analytics and data-quality metrics for leadership; highlight trends and risks.

Skills

Sales compensation

Data architecture

SOX compliance

SQL

Python/Pandas

ETL workflows

Data governance

Power BI

Cross-functional partnership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL databases

Data Warehousing

Alteryx

VBA

Python

Pandas

Power BI

Job description

The Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation (Data Architecture & Strategy) serves as the primary business partner for the S&P Global Market Intelligence division, focusing on data architecture, database building, and continuous systems maintenance. This position sits at the intersection of Finance, Sales Operations, and Technology. You will be responsible for gathering sales performance data from various source systems, evaluating and deploying optimal database tools, and constructing a centralized single source of truth for commission calculations and commercial reporting.

Operating as a key advisor to Sales leadership, Commissions, and Systems Analytics, you will translate complex commercial strategies into scalable data structures, troubleshoot systemic data errors, and ensure all commission operations run on a clean, validated, and SOX-compliant foundation.

Responsibilities and Impact:

This role is central to establishing a clean, scalable, and fully controlled data architecture for S&P Global Market Intelligence's sales compensation operations. By serving as both architect and governor of our single source of truth, the Finance Manager ensures reliable commission calculations, robust audit compliance, and trusted strategic reporting for leadership.

Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of data and compensation analysts by defining goals, allocating resources, and fostering technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Own the full data platform lifecycle for extremely large, complex datasets: lead database build-out, schema design, tool selection, and ongoing maintenance to support commission calculations and sales reporting.

Design and implement automated reconciliation and standardized adjustment processes to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and audit-ready change management.

Partner with Business Intelligence and Systems Analytics teams to shape Data Warehouse architecture, ETL workflows, and scalable infrastructure that supports reliable downstream analytics.

Translate complex commercial contracts into structured, reusable data constructs that integrate cleanly into operational systems and reporting workflows.

Establish, document, and enforce enterprise data governance-covering data health, traceability, and operational consistency-across the organization.

Govern audit trails and automated validation models so every data change is fully traceable and SOX-compliant, and so calculations run on validated inputs.

Produce and communicate sales performance analytics and data-quality metrics for senior leadership, highlighting trends, risks, and root causes.

Communicate complex data and architecture in clear plain English for sales reps and leaders, resolving data-related questions and driving adoption of correct processes.

Serve as the first point of contact for sales leadership; proactively detect and resolve data anomalies (e.g., double-counted revenue, incorrect territory mapping) before they impact calculations.

Lead end-to-end pipeline and calculation troubleshooting with Commissions and Systems Analytics to ensure clean, validated data foundations.

Lead process design and standardization by converting ambiguous legacy workflows into documented SOPs and clear SLAs.

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

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Basic Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in sales compensation, data architecture, data governance, financial systems, sales operations, or a related field, including experience leading and developing high-performing analytical teams.
• Database & Technical Mastery: Deep hands-on experience in database building, schema design, database maintenance, data warehousing, ETL processes, and advanced SQL querying across very large and complex data environments.
• Tooling & Technology Selection: Proven ability to identify, evaluate, and implement tools and technologies that consolidate disparate data sources into a unified single source of truth for commissions, sales performance analytics, and reporting.
• Automation & Reconciliation: Practical experience with script-based reconciliation or automation tools such as VBA, Python/Pandas, SQL, Alteryx, or equivalent methods to rapidly reconcile large dataset pipelines and identify calculation or data integrity issues.
• Governance & Controls: Proven track record establishing and enforcing data governance policies, automated reconciliation frameworks, standardized adjustment protocols, territory hierarchies, validation models, and SOX-compliant audit trails.
• Commercial Deal Translation: Ability to interpret complex commercial deal structures, including joint/split deals and strategic accounts, and translate them into clean, structured, repeatable data frameworks for system processing.
• Business Intelligence & Executive Reporting: Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and data health metrics in Power BI, with the ability to present insights, risks, and trends to senior leadership.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Experience partnering closely with Business Intelligence, Systems Analytics, Commissions, and Sales Operations teams to troubleshoot data pipelines, support scalable infrastructure, and ensure calculations run on clean, validated data.
• Process Design & Standardization: Demonstrated ability to transform ambiguous or legacy workflows into documented SOPs, clear SLAs, and repeatable operational processes.
• Translational & Stakeholder Skills: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain complex database architecture, data issues, and commission logic in plain English to sales reps, managers, directors, and senior commercial stakeholders.
• Proactive Problem Solver: Strong ability to identify and resolve revenue anomalies, double-counting, territory mapping issues, and other data risks before they impact commission execution.

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

$104,435 to $182,604. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

Our benefits include:

• 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.