Sales Commission Analyst: Data-Driven Pay & Forecasting

Sunrun Inc.; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental/Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k + Company Match

Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Vacations/Holidays

Paid Baby Bonding Leave

Employee Discounts

Education Programs

Donation Matching

Volunteer Hours

Job summary

Sunrun Inc. in the United States is seeking a Sales Commission Analyst to join our Street and Block sales teams. You'll bridge financial analysis and customer support, owning sales compensation and building reports in SQL and Tableau.

You will handle pay inquiries with high EQ, model incentive scenarios, and help optimize compensation plans, while partnering with revenue and finance to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a quantitative field.
• 2–4 years of post-grad work experience in finance, compensation, or financial analytics with a customer service background.
• Proficiency in SQL for querying, data manipulation, and extraction.
• Experience building, maintaining, and analyzing Tableau reports.
• High EQ with proven ability to de-escalate pay-related inquiries while maintaining trust.
• Experience in sales forecasting or incentive modeling.
• Ability to work through ambiguous, gray-area situations.
• Experience supporting sales organizations; solar industry background is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary analyst for sales compensation, querying large data sets using SQL and building interactive reports in Tableau.
• Manage and resolve incentive pay inquiries from sales reps with exceptional customer service, high EQ, and clear, data-backed communication.
• Perform 'what-if' scenario modeling and forecasting to ensure compensation structures drive intended sales behaviors and performance metrics.
• Research, interpret, and operationalize complex, evolving compensation plans and legal documentation (updating on average up to 1x per year).
• Navigate gray areas in compensation disputes by synthesizing context, reviewing documentation, and delivering fair, data-driven resolutions.
• Partner with revenue and finance leadership to refine existing comp processes (~30% of the role is process management and optimization).
• Continuously evaluate data workflows to automate recurring reporting and improve calculation efficiency.

Skills

EQ (Emotional Intelligence)

Customer service

Analytical thinking

What-if modeling

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance / Business / Economics)

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Sunrun Inc. in the United States is seeking a Sales Commission Analyst to join our Street and Block sales teams. You'll bridge financial analysis and customer support, owning sales compensation and building reports in SQL and Tableau.

You will handle pay inquiries with high EQ, model incentive scenarios, and help optimize compensation plans, while partnering with revenue and finance to improve processes.