Sales Compensation Associate Analyst

Salesforce; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce seeks an Associate Analyst to join the Global Incentive Compensation team in Hyderabad. You will support sales inquiries on variable compensation, coordinate with multiple departments, and ensure timely resolutions while helping optimize processes.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work with remote teams in a fast-paced environment. Prior experience with Salesforce and Excel is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience in a customer-facing role, ideally within a SaaS company.
• Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills; detail and process-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Receive, investigate and resolve incoming inquiries related to variable compensation with frequent communication to account executives and sales management.
• Identify opportunities to improve the existing process to provide seamless support to Sales.
• Lead Innovation projects to design/develop self-assistance tools for Sales.
• Conduct sales enablement sessions to enable sales on the Sales/Incentive comp policies.
• Coordinate with various departments to ensure requests are handled along deadlines.
• Process corrections and adjustments as they arise.
• Provide recommendations to sales management and the internal comp management team regarding exceptions and escalations.
• Provide backup support within the team.

Skills

Analytical thinking

English communication

Team collaboration

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

SQL

Python

Excel

Job description

Job Description:

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Finance

Job Details

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We are looking for an Associate Analyst to join our Global Incentive Compensation team in Hyderabad. The role will consist in supporting sales inquiries with respect to variable compensation while developing and maintaining positive customer relations with sales representatives. The ideal candidate will coordinate with various departments within the company to ensure customer requests are handled appropriately and in a timely manner.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and detail-oriented, with demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. This individual must be comfortable providing guidance on resolution while adhering to policies and processes.

This position requires strong organizational skills, and the ability to communicate and work with remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Receive, investigate and resolve incoming inquiries related to variable compensation. Frequent communication with account executives and sales management via commission cases and become a trusted advisor to our Sales teams.
• Identify the opportunities to improve the existing process to provide seamless support to Sales
• Lead Innovation projects to design/develop self-assistance tools for Sales
• Conduct sales enablement sessions to enable sales on the Sales/Incentive comp policies
• Coordination with various departments to ensure requests are handled along deadlines
• Process corrections and adjustments as they arise
• Provide recommendations to sales management and the internal comp management team regarding exception requests and case-critical issues (escalations)
• Provide backup support within the team

Required Experience

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the skills you'll use every day for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
• 3+ years of relevant work experience in a customer-facing role, ideally within a SaaS company

Preferred Requirements

• Analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to connect the dots
• Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills; detail and process-oriented
• Excellent command of English with effective communication skills
• Works well independently and as a strong team player
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Responsive to tight deadlines and ability to prioritize appropriately
• Advanced skills in MS Excel
• Experience using Salesforce and/or automated sales commissions systems is a plus (e.g. SPIFF, Xactly, Callidus)
• Experience with SQL, Salesforce, and Python is a plus

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