Sales Compensation Analyst (Commercial Modeling & Governance Automation)

S&P Global; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

Additional benefits

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a highly analytical Sales Compensation Analyst to automate complex compensation processes, model financial impacts, and maintain governance and audit trails. You will build automated reconciliation engines using Python, Alteryx, and SQL, and develop enterprise Power BI reporting to support Finance and Commercial leadership.

The role requires 5+ years in sales compensation analytics, advanced SQL, Python/Pandas or Alteryx, and expert Power BI capability, all within a

Qualifications

• 5+ years in sales compensation analytics, financial modelling, or data governance within a multinational
• Advanced SQL for data modelling, validation, and multi-table reconciliation across systems
• Hands-on Python/Pandas or Alteryx to build automated reconciliation workflows and data pipelines
• Advanced Power BI development including DAX, star schema, and Power Query M transformations
• Experience within SOX-compliance frameworks and governance controls

Responsibilities

• Translate complex deal structures into structured algorithmic logic and standardised rules.
• Model financial impact of proposed compensation changes and run scenario analyses.
• Build automated reconciliation engines and variance detection models.
• Design governance frameworks with full audit trails and SOX documentation.
• Develop enterprise Power BI reporting suites and real-time dashboards.
• Convert legacy workflows into SOPs and provide clear, plain-English explanations.

Skills

5+ years experience

SQL proficiency

Python/Pandas

Alteryx

Power BI

Tools

SQL

Python/Pandas

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 10 Sales Compensation Analyst - Commercial Modelling & Governance Automation

The Team

We are a high-accountability, globally connected Sales Compensation team that values disciplined execution, a strong sense of urgency, and end-to-end ownership. We expect our people to understand the full lifecycle of their work, anticipate downstream impacts, and communicate outcomes with exceptional clarity, whether supporting our broad population of 1,500+ plan participants or partnering with C-level executives. We value precision, responsiveness, sound judgment, collaboration, and people who take ownership through to resolution.

Responsibilities and Impact

This is a role for someone who sees a manual compensation process and immediately knows how to automate it.

• Translate and engineer complex commercial deal structures - including multi-year enterprise agreements, joint-production credit splits, co-selling models, and overlay allocations - into structured algorithmic logic and standardised business rules within the compensation calculation engine, eliminating manual offline adjustments and ensuring downstream calculation readiness.
• Model and simulate the financial impact of proposed changes to compensation plans and crediting rules - running Python and SQL scenario analyses on historical payout data and partnering with Revenue Operations and Legal/Deal Desk to evaluate non-standard transaction structures for data feasibility and commercial accuracy.
• Build and maintain automated reconciliation engines using Python, Alteryx, and SQL - cross-comparing ledger revenues, CRM bookings, and calculated commissionable revenue, and engineering variance detection models that automatically surface anomalies including revenue double-counting, territory misalignment, unassigned account credits, and clawback mismatches.
• Design and maintain governance control frameworks - building systematic tracking mechanisms for all manual adjustments with full origin, justification, and approval trails; directing comprehensive quarterly and annual SOX audit documentation; and running automated control test queries to demonstrate end-to-end calculation traceability.
• Architect and maintain enterprise Power BI reporting suites - developing advanced data models using DAX and Power Query M to visualise sales performance, attainment distributions, and compensation trends; building real-time Data Health and Anomaly monitoring dashboards; and presenting variance summaries, root cause analyses, and actionable insights directly to Finance and Commercial leadership.
• Standardise operations and advise stakeholders - converting fragmented legacy workflows into structured SOPs with clear SLAs; serving as the senior technical point of contact for Commercial and Finance stakeholders by translating complex data logic and calculation outcomes into plain-English explanations; and conducting technical peer reviews of queries, code updates, and configuration changes prior to production deployment.

Compensation and Benefits (US Candidates Only)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $70,817 to $125,091. 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. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

• This role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.
• This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits.

What We Are Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years in sales compensation analytics, financial modelling, or commercial data governance within a multinational organisation.
• SQL and Data Modelling: Advanced SQL proficiency for data modelling, validation, and complex multi-table reconciliation across ledger revenues, CRM systems, and compensation engines.
• Automation and Scripting: Hands-on experience using Python/Pandas or Alteryx to build automated reconciliation workflows, variance detection models, and data pipeline scripts.
• Power BI Development: Advanced Power BI expertise including data modelling, star schema design, complex DAX measures, and Power Query M transformations for enterprise-level reporting suites.
• Governance and SOX Controls: Proven experience operating within SOX-compliance frameworks - designing