Sales Commission Analyst

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Pension Plans

Paid Time Off

Employee stock purchase plan

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Commission Analyst to join the Global Sales Compensation team. You will support administration, validation, and continuous improvement of sales compensation programs across geographies and sales orgs, partnering with Sales Ops, Finance, Payroll, HR, Revenue Ops and IT to ensure accurate, timely payments.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with incentive compensation processes, and familiarity with ICM platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, Finance, Revenue Operations, or related analytical roles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Validate commission calculations, earnings, quotas, credits, and attainment to ensure payment accuracy.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual commission processing activities, including data validation and payout audits.
• Investigate and resolve compensation inquiries, disputes, and escalations within SLAs.
• Partner with Payroll to ensure timely and accurate commission payments.
• Review and validate manual adjustments, exceptions, and off-cycle payments.
• Analyze sales and commission data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and recurring metrics.
• Perform data reconciliations across multiple source systems to ensure data integrity.
• Support administration and testing of ICM platforms (SPIFF, Anaplan, SAP Callidus, Xactly).
• Participate in system enhancements, UAT, and production deployments.
• Ensure adherence to compensation policies, SOX controls, governance, and audit standards.
• Collaborate with Sales Operations, Revenue Ops, Finance, HR, Payroll, and IT stakeholders.
• Support annual plan rollouts, territory changes, quota updates, and org changes.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities to enhance scalability.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written & verbal communication

Multitasking / prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Commission Analyst to join the Global Sales Compensation team. This role is responsible for supporting the administration, validation, and continuous improvement of sales compensation programs across multiple geographies and sales organizations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, a solid understanding of incentive compensation processes, and experience working with commission systems and large datasets. The role requires close collaboration with Sales Operations, Finance, Payroll, HR, Revenue Operations, and IT teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant commission payments while driving operational excellence and automation.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Commission Analyst to join the Global Sales Compensation team. This role is responsible for supporting the administration, validation, and continuous improvement of sales compensation programs across multiple geographies and sales organizations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, a solid understanding of incentive compensation processes, and experience working with commission systems and large datasets. The role requires close collaboration with Sales Operations, Finance, Payroll, HR, Revenue Operations, and IT teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant commission payments while driving operational excellence and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate commission calculations, earnings, quotas, credits, and attainment results to ensure payment accuracy.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual commission processing activities, including commission data validation and payout audits.
• Investigate and resolve compensation inquiries, disputes, and escalations within established service-level agreements.
• Partner with Payroll teams to ensure timely and accurate commission payments.
• Review and validate manual adjustments, exceptions, and off-cycle payments.
• Analyze sales and commission data to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and recurring operational metrics.
• Perform data reconciliations across multiple source systems to ensure data integrity.
• Support administration and testing of Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) platforms such as SPIFF, Anaplan, or related compensation tools.
• Participate in system enhancement initiatives, UAT activities, and production deployments.
• Ensure adherence to compensation policies, SOX controls, governance requirements, and audit standards.
• Collaborate with Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Finance, HR, Payroll, and IT stakeholders.
• Support annual plan rollouts, territory changes, quota updates, and organizational changes.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities to enhance scalability and efficiency.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, Finance, Revenue Operations, or related analytical roles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SPIFF, Anaplan, SAP Callidus, Xactly, or other ICM platforms.
• Knowledge of sales compensation design and administration.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or similar reporting tools.
• Understanding of SOX compliance and financial governance requirements.
• Experience supporting global sales organizations.

Compensation

The target salary range for this position is $70,000 - $120,000. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

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