Global Sales Compensation Policy Lead

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

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a Finance Manager for Sales Compensation within the Strategic Centre Of Excellence. You will design and govern the global policy framework, driving alignment across Finance, Legal, and Sales to ensure scalable, compliant compensation programs for 1,500+ plan participants.

The role focuses on governance, policy architecture, and end-to-end calculations with precision and audit-readiness, partnering with senior leaders to optimize incentives and drive business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in sales compensation, finance governance, audit, or corporate incentive strategy.
• Governance and Audit: governance frameworks, internal controls, audit trails, and risk mitigation.
• Policy Architecture: writing legally robust, global sales compensation policies.
• KPI, SPIFF and Incentive Calculations: hands-on with KPI, SPIFFs and complex incentives.
• Organisational Integration: integrating incentive plans during transactions and 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 all sales compensation KPI, SPIFF, and incentive calculations.
• Serve as policy and compensation advisor to senior stakeholders in Sales, Finance, and People.
• Govern escalated disputes and deliver data-backed insights and SLAs.
• Build SOPs and governance workflows and develop training libraries for global sales compensation.

Skills

Sales compensation

Governance framework

Policy architecture

KPI calculations

Corporate transactions

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

S&P Global is seeking a Finance Manager for Sales Compensation within the Strategic Centre Of Excellence. You will design and govern the global policy framework, driving alignment across Finance, Legal, and Sales to ensure scalable, compliant compensation programs for 1,500+ plan participants.

The role focuses on governance, policy architecture, and end-to-end calculations with precision and audit-readiness, partnering with senior leaders to optimize incentives and drive business outcomes.