Sales Compensation & Analytics Specialist

NextGenEnergyJobs; Lehi, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in Utah is seeking a Sales Commission Analyst to bridge financial analytics and frontline sales support. You will query large data sets with SQL and build interactive Tableau reports while delivering data-driven responses to incentive inquiries.

The role emphasizes modeling, forecasting, and refining compensation processes, collaborating with revenue and finance leadership, and driving automation of recurring reports.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of post-grad work experience in finance, compensation or financial analytics.
• Proficiency in SQL for querying, data manipulation and extraction.
• Experience building, maintaining and analyzing Tableau reports.
• High emotional intelligence with calm handling of pay-related inquiries.
• Ability to read and apply complex compensation plan documents.
• Experience in sales forecasting or incentive modeling.
• Attention to detail and comfort with ambiguous situations.
• Experience supporting sales organizations; solar industry background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary analyst for sales compensation, querying large data sets using SQL and building interactive Tableau reports.
• Manage and resolve incentive pay inquiries from sales reps with data-backed communication.
• Perform what-if scenario modeling and forecasting to align compensation with performance metrics.
• Interpret and operationalize evolving compensation plans and legal documentation (updated roughly once per year).
• Navigate disputes by synthesizing context and delivering fair data-driven resolutions.
• Partner with revenue and finance leadership to refine compensation processes (about 30% of the role).
• Continuously evaluate data workflows to automate recurring reporting and improve calculation efficiency.

Skills

Tableau

SQL

Customer service

Data analysis

Forecasting

Emotional intelligence

Tools

SQL

Job description

NextGenEnergyJobs in Utah is seeking a Sales Commission Analyst to bridge financial analytics and frontline sales support. You will query large data sets with SQL and build interactive Tableau reports while delivering data-driven responses to incentive inquiries.

The role emphasizes modeling, forecasting, and refining compensation processes, collaborating with revenue and finance leadership, and driving automation of recurring reports.