Senior Manager, Variable Compensation & Insights

Relation Insurance, Inc. - Corporate; Kansas; On-site; USD 125,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Job summary

Relation Insurance, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Variable Compensation to lead the execution, governance, and continuous improvement of our variable compensation programs across automated and manual workflows.

The role acts as a senior escalation point for complex compensation matters and partners with Sales, Finance, and Operations leadership to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable compensation processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in variable compensation, commissions administration, financial analysis, accounting operations, or related analytical work, including responsibility for complex compensation programs spanning multiple regions, business units, acquisition integrations, or compensation workstreams.
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience leading teams and/or people leaders in a compensation, finance, or operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of commission and incentive compensation calculations, reconciliations, reporting, plan administration, and operational controls.
• Experience managing or overseeing complex compensation issues across both standardized and exception-based/manual workflows.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and U.S. regulatory pay requirements.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data analysis; proficiency with reporting tools, internal systems, and compensation-related workflows.
• Must be computer literate with the ability to learn new software/systems.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple deadlines, projects, meetings, and escalations.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Finance, operational teams, and leadership.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and uphold high standards of data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Oversee governance and accuracy of variable compensation programs across automated and non-automated workflows.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex compensation issues.
• Lead acquisition readiness and post-close stabilization for compensation, including review of historical practices and cutover planning.
• Review and oversee monthly variable compensation calculations, reconciliations, adjustments, and payout reporting across responsible workstreams.
• Ensure coordination between automated and manual compensation processes.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and leadership to support implementation and administration of commission and incentive plans, policy changes, compensation memos, and related communication.
• Identify, evaluate, and improve variable compensation processes.
• Develop and deliver compensation reporting, dashboards, and leadership insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Leadership

Confidentiality handling

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Advanced Excel

Reporting tools

Data analysis

Job description

Relation Insurance, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Variable Compensation to lead the execution, governance, and continuous improvement of our variable compensation programs across automated and manual workflows.

The role acts as a senior escalation point for complex compensation matters and partners with Sales, Finance, and Operations leadership to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable compensation processes.