Global Sales Compensation Policy Lead

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

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Job summary

S&P Global seeks a Finance Manager, Sales Compensation to own the policy architecture for a global sales compensation function. You will work across Finance, Legal, and Sales to build scalable, legally sound frameworks and ensure precision in all calculations.

You will partner with senior leaders to defend policy decisions, manage disputes, and drive consistency across a population of 1,500+ plan participants, while aligning with corporate milestones and governance standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in sales compensation, finance governance, audit, or corporate incentive strategy in a global environment.
• Governance frameworks, internal controls, audit trails, risk mitigation across compensation structures.
• Experience writing global sales compensation policies for large plan participant populations.
• Hands-on experience collecting, validating, and calculating KPIs, SPIFFs, and complex incentives with audit-readiness.
• Experience evaluating and integrating incentive plans during transactions, spinoffs, restructurings.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the global policy framework for sales compensation operations.
• Lead compensation integration during corporate transactions and restructurings.
• Own end-to-end precision across KPI, SPIFF, and supplemental incentive calculations.
• Advise senior stakeholders and translate governance frameworks into clear guidance.
• Govern disputes, SLAs, and present data-backed performance trends to leadership.
• Draft SOPs and governance workflows, and support adoption of compensation initiatives.

Skills

Sales compensation

Governance

Policy architecture

KPI calculations

Stakeholder management

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

S&P Global seeks a Finance Manager, Sales Compensation to own the policy architecture for a global sales compensation function. You will work across Finance, Legal, and Sales to build scalable, legally sound frameworks and ensure precision in all calculations.

You will partner with senior leaders to defend policy decisions, manage disputes, and drive consistency across a population of 1,500+ plan participants, while aligning with corporate milestones and governance standards.