Sierra
Sales Compensation Analyst
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; sales compensation, commissions operations, or a closely related finance/RevOps role.
About the job
Runs sales commission operations, ensuring accurate payouts, resolving issues, maintaining source data, and improving compensation plans, processes, and reporting.
What you'll do
- Manage monthly and quarterly commission cycles, including calculations, validation, approvals, and payroll handoff.
- Reconcile and audit payouts; investigate discrepancies and resolve seller questions.
- Model plan changes, configure new plans, improve automation, and report on attainment, payout cost, and compensation effectiveness.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in sales compensation, commissions operations, or a closely related finance/RevOps role.
- Experience managing commission cycles across multiple regions, currencies, and payroll schedules.
- Strong analytical skills in payout modeling, reconciliation, and investigating discrepancies against plan terms.
- Experience using Salesforce for commission-related sales data and configuring sales compensation tools.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with commission accounting, including accruals, journal entries, and month-end close.
Tools
Salesforce
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