Senior Sales Compensation Analyst - Remote & Growth-Driven

horizon3ai; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive Team

Growth Opportunities

Innovative Culture

Hybrid & Remote Work

Competitive Compensation

Job summary

Horizon3 seeks a Senior Sales Compensation Analyst to own the end-to-end commission process across global sales teams. You will collaborate with Revenue Operations, Finance, Sales, and HR to ensure accurate, scalable payouts in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with commission platforms (Everstage, Salesforce) and advanced Excel. You will drive process improvements, support audits, and help optimize compensation programs and SPIFFs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 3+ years of sales compensation or commission operations experience, preferably in a SaaS or high-growth technology company.
• Experience administering commission systems (Everstage preferred, or Xactly, Anaplan, SPIFF, or CaptivateIQ, etc.).
• Experience working with Salesforce or other CRM systems.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end sales compensation process from participant setup through monthly commission payouts.
• Administer sales compensation plans in Everstage, including participant setup, quota assignments, plan administration, and commission calculations.
• Calculate, validate, and reconcile monthly commission payments to ensure accuracy and compliance with plan policies.
• Serve as the primary contact for commission questions and resolve commission inquiries in a timely manner.
• Maintain commission documentation, policies, and plan summaries.
• Support monthly commission accounting activities, including accruals, reconciliations, deferred commission schedules, and fluctuation analysis.
• Assist with quarterly and annual audit requests by preparing supporting documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve commission processes, reporting, and system efficiency.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and implementation of commission plan changes, system enhancements, and new compensation programs.
• Partner with Revenue Operations, Sales, and Finance to operationalize and optimize variable compensation plans and SPIFF programs.
• Support sales leadership with compensation-related questions and operational requests.

Skills

Sales compensation

Commission systems

Salesforce CRM

Excel/Sheets

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Everstage

Xactly

Anaplan

CaptivateIQ

Salesforce

Job description

Horizon3 seeks a Senior Sales Compensation Analyst to own the end-to-end commission process across global sales teams. You will collaborate with Revenue Operations, Finance, Sales, and HR to ensure accurate, scalable payouts in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with commission platforms (Everstage, Salesforce) and advanced Excel. You will drive process improvements, support audits, and help optimize compensation programs and SPIFFs.