Senior Analyst, Variable Sales Compensation & Anaplan

Staples Canada; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Staples Canada seeks a Senior Analyst for Variable Compensation to support incentive payments and SPIFFs through Anaplan, partnering with sales, strategy and finance teams. The role reports to the Manager, Variable Sales Compensation and drives accuracy, dashboards, and process improvements.

You will administer commissions, handle data modeling, analytics, and ad hoc reporting while ensuring timely payments and strong customer service. Strong finance/tech collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working with both finance and technical teams.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel proficiency.
• Ability to translate financial business processes into technical solutions.
• Experience with complex data modeling, particularly in finance or compensation-related environments.
• Strong data analysis and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Administer accurate and timely commission and SPIFF payments while meeting SLAs and ensuring sales employees are paid correctly and on schedule.
• Manage incentive compensation plan administration through detailed analysis, issue resolution, and proactive stakeholder communication, delivering a high level of accuracy, process consistency, and customer service.
• Possess the unique ability to bridge the gap between sales teams and technology.
• Gain knowledge of the multitude of dashboards (variable compensation) and reporting utilized by the sales organization from both a business and technical perspective.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis, investigating issues and providing explanations and interpretation.
• Assist in administering the team's reporting environment.
• Ensure Anaplan models adhere to standards and include appropriate security and audit controls.
• Develop and maintain documentation in support of project design, change control, and user testing.
• Be responsible for the development, automation, compilation, and preparation of reports under general supervision.
• Monitor, identify, investigate, prioritize, remediate, and communicate data quality issues.
• Lead requirements-gathering sessions and provide thought leadership throughout the requirements-gathering process.
• Review use cases and conceive and execute proof-of-concept models.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Finance knowledge

Tools

Excel

Anaplan

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Access

Job description

Staples Canada seeks a Senior Analyst for Variable Compensation to support incentive payments and SPIFFs through Anaplan, partnering with sales, strategy and finance teams. The role reports to the Manager, Variable Sales Compensation and drives accuracy, dashboards, and process improvements.

You will administer commissions, handle data modeling, analytics, and ad hoc reporting while ensuring timely payments and strong customer service. Strong finance/tech collaboration is essential.