Analyst, Global Sales Compensation - Dublin

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As a Global Sales Compensation Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the needs of our Global Sales Organisation through management of our commissions system and reporting. You will play an integral role in maintaining calculation rules in the commissions system; supporting system changes during new fiscal year setup and throughout the year; reviewing commission calculations and payments on a monthly basis; answering field queries for any Sales Compensation related questions; providing reconciliations as needed; ensuring S-OX requirements are met systematically; training new Sales Hires on the commissions system and delivering presentations to Sales Persons when needed and assisting in UATs when required.   
 
Responsibilities: 

• Maintain and help run (end-to-end) the Sales Incentive Compensation System (Xactly Incent). 
• Administer Xactly Incent calculation processes. 
• Support our sales organisation for all sales compensation-related matters in our commission tools and reporting 
• Assist in launching new incentive plans during the new fiscal year setup and on an ongoing basis. 
• Participate in monthly accounting and close responsibilities. 
• Support sales inquiries 
• Keep the company in compliance with existing and proposed statutory requirements governing compensation. 
• Work with other system integration projects and on special projects such as process improvements, data and presentations, sox requirements and report building

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or related practical experience  
• 2+ years of experience in either Financial Analysis, Sales Compensation Analysis or Consulting
• 2+ years working regularly with Excel including an ability to analyze data

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience of Xactly Incent compensation.
• Sales Compensation Analysis experience
• Experience in managing confidential information
• MA/MS/MBA degree
• Experience working in a high-growth, performance-focused environments administering complex Sales Compensation Programs 
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel (and MS Office - (Powerpoint, Word, Outlook)
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills 
• Ability to interact with Sales Persons and Sales Managers.
• Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with some supervision.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 

Suggested Skills:

• Excel experience
• Sales Compensation 
• Analytical 

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