Sr. Financial Analyst - Commercial Compensation

USA – DuBois Chemicals, Inc; Sharonville (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Income protection plans

Job summary

DuBois Chemicals, Inc is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Compensation to manage and improve the company’s sales incentive and bonus programs. The role focuses on administering commission plans, validating payments, and partnering with Finance, Commercial leadership, and HR on plan design and payout modeling.

You will develop financial models to evaluate plan costs, track payout trends, and strengthen controls, while maintaining auditable support for calculations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in financial analysis, sales compensation, or payroll analytics.
• Advanced Excel and ability to handle large datasets.
• Experience with commissions, bonuses, quotas, or variable compensation programs.

Responsibilities

• Administer monthly, quarterly, and annual sales commission and bonus programs.
• Calculate, validate, and submit incentive payments to Payroll and AP.
• Prepare accruals, reconciliations, and true ups for Accounting.
• Maintain participant assignments, rates, quotas, targets, and ownership.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Payroll analytics

Data quality controls

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Analytics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Alteryx

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. At this time, the Company does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. This position is based at our Sharonville, Ohio headquarters.

POSITION SUMMARY

DuBois Chemicals is seeking an experienced and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Compensation to administer and improve the company’s sales incentive and bonus programs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administer monthly, quarterly, and annual sales commission and bonus programs in accordance with approved plan documents and established deadlines.
• Calculate, validate, and submit incentive compensation payments to Payroll and Accounts Payable.
• Prepare compensation accruals, reconciliations, variance explanations, and true ups for Accounting.
• Maintain accurate participant assignments, commission rates, quotas, targets, hurdles, guarantees, account ownership, and approved exceptions.
• Partner with Finance, Commercial leadership, and Human Resources on compensation plan design, quota setting, payout modeling, and implementation.
• Develop financial models and analyses to evaluate plan costs, payout trends, attainment, performance thresholds, and financial exposure.
• Perform data validation, payment reconciliations, employee-status reviews, period-over-period comparisons, and other compensation controls.
• Investigate and resolve compensation inquiries, calculation discrepancies, and upstream data issues.
• Maintain complete and auditable support for compensation calculations, adjustments, approvals, and payments.
• Develop commission statements, dashboards, and reports that improve transparency for participants, managers, and leadership.
• Administer and help standardize acquired-company, legacy, independent-contractor, and other specialized compensation programs.
• Identify opportunities to automate calculations, improve data quality, strengthen controls, and reduce manual processes.
• Maintain procedures, control documentation, and cross-training materials for critical compensation processes.
• Protect confidential employee, payroll, compensation, and commercial information.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Three or more years of experience in financial analysis, sales compensation, commercial finance, payroll analytics, or related discipline.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with large or complex datasets.
• Experience developing or administering commissions, bonuses, quotas, targets, or other variable compensation programs.
• Strong financial modeling, reconciliation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and control awareness.
• Ability to interpret compensation plan provisions and translate them into accurate calculations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet payroll and financial close deadlines.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and appropriately handle confidential information.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, multi-entity, or acquisition-oriented organization.
• Experience with incentive compensation software or comparable commission management platforms.
• Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, Power Query, SQL, or similar analytics tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, payroll platforms, or other enterprise systems.
• Experience supporting compensation plan design, quota setting, process automation, or acquired-company integration.
• Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI tools to improve productivity, automate manual processes, strengthen analysis, and develop scalable finance workflows while validating outputs and protecting confidential information.
• CPA, CMA, Certified Sales Compensation Professional, financial leadership program experience, or another relevant credential.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics or related field

DuBois provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, service in the military, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and/or local law and/or regulation.

Working at DuBois is dynamic, flexible and fun. Our customer centric focus gives you the opportunity to leverage your creative and innovative talents to help deliver specialty chemical solutions safely while protecting the environment.

DuBois values

• Honest and Ethical Behavior
• Collaborative Communication
• Safety at Work and Home
• Environmental Stewardship

You will enjoy building your career with DuBois. DuBois offers the stability and comprehensive benefits of a larger organization with the feel of a smaller, more personable company. The diversity of our roles, customers served and large number of manufacturing, distribution and technical centers provide many routes for your career advancement. If you value learning, improving processes and want to make an immediate impact, DuBois is where you want to be.

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• 401k with company match
• paid holidays
• vacation time
• income protection plans