Sales Compensation Data Architect & Strategy Lead

S&P Global, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global in London seeks a Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation focused on data architecture, database strategy, and SOX-compliant systems. You will lead the build of a centralized single source of truth for commission calculations and reporting, partnering across Finance, Sales Operations, and Technology.

As a senior data leader, you will mentor a team, own the data platform lifecycle for large datasets, implement automated reconciliations, and translate complex commercial deals

Qualifications

• 10+ years in sales compensation, data architecture, or related fields.
• Deep hands-on experience in database building, schema design, and data warehousing.
• Experience with ETL processes and large data environments.
• Proven ability to translate contracts into structured data frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead data platform lifecycle for very large datasets, from design to maintenance.
• Design automated reconciliation and standardized adjustment processes.
• Partner with BI and Systems Analytics to shape data warehouse architecture.
• Translate complex commercial contracts into reusable data constructs for systems.
• Establish enterprise data governance and SOX-compliant audit trails.
• Communicate analytics and data health metrics to senior leadership.
• Mentor and develop a team of data and compensation analysts.

Skills

Sales compensation

Data architecture

Data governance

ETL design

SQL querying

Automation scripting

SOX compliance

BI reporting

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Python/Pandas

VBA

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

S&P Global in London seeks a Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation focused on data architecture, database strategy, and SOX-compliant systems. You will lead the build of a centralized single source of truth for commission calculations and reporting, partnering across Finance, Sales Operations, and Technology.

As a senior data leader, you will mentor a team, own the data platform lifecycle for large datasets, implement automated reconciliations, and translate complex commercial deals