Global Sales Compensation Finance Lead

S&P Global; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 86,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement plan

Education programs

Family perks

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a Finance Manager, Sales Compensation – Strategic Centre Of Excellence to own the global policy architecture for the sales function. You will collaborate across Finance, Legal, and Sales to design scalable frameworks governing over 1,500 plan participants and ensure policy compliance.

You will drive end-to-end KPI, SPIFF, and incentive calculations with audit readiness, and partner with senior leaders to translate complex compensation rules into actionable guidance and

Qualifications

• 7+ years in sales compensation, governance, audit, or incentive strategy in a global environment.
• Experience designing governance frameworks, internal controls, audit trails, and risk mitigation.
• Policy architecture: writing global sales compensation policies and terms for large populations.
• KPI, SPIFF and incentive calculations with high precision and audit-readiness.
• Organisational integration during transactions, spinoffs, restructurings.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the global policy framework governing sales compensation operations.
• Lead compensation integration during corporate transactions, spinoffs, and restructurings.
• Own end-to-end precision across KPI, SPIFF, and incentive calculations.
• Serve as policy advisor to senior Sales, Finance, and People Partner stakeholders.
• Draft SOPs and governance workflows and develop training libraries for adoption.

Skills

Sales compensation

Governance

Policy architecture

KPI calculations

Audit

Stakeholder management

Tools

Salesforce dashboards

Job description

S&P Global is seeking a Finance Manager, Sales Compensation – Strategic Centre Of Excellence to own the global policy architecture for the sales function. You will collaborate across Finance, Legal, and Sales to design scalable frameworks governing over 1,500 plan participants and ensure policy compliance.

You will drive end-to-end KPI, SPIFF, and incentive calculations with audit readiness, and partner with senior leaders to translate complex compensation rules into actionable guidance and