Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation MI (Data Architecture & Strategy)

Role Overview

The Finance Associate Director, Sales Compensation (Data Architecture & Strategy) serves as the primary business partner for the S&P Global Market Intelligence division, focusing on data architecture, database building, and continuous systems maintenance.

What You Will Do

You will be responsible for gathering sales performance data from various source systems, evaluating and deploying optimal database tools, and constructing a centralized single source of truth for commission calculations and commercial reporting.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is central to establishing a clean, scalable, and fully controlled data architecture for S&P Global Market Intelligence’s sales compensation operations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience in sales compensation, data architecture, data governance, financial systems, sales operations, or a related field
• Database & Technical Mastery: Deep hands-on experience in database building, schema design, database maintenance, data warehousing, ETL processes, and advanced SQL querying across very large and complex data environments
• Tooling & Technology Selection: Proven ability to identify, evaluate, and implement tools and technologies that consolidate disparate data sources into a unified single source of truth for commissions, sales performance analytics, and reporting
• Automation & Reconciliation: Practical experience with script-based reconciliation or automation tools such as VBA, Python/Pandas, SQL, Alteryx, or equivalent methods to rapidly reconcile large dataset pipelines and identify calculation or data integrity issues
• Governance & Controls: Proven track record establishing and enforcing data governance policies, automated reconciliation frameworks, standardized adjustment protocols, territory hierarchies, validation models, and SOX-compliant audit trails
• Commercial Deal Translation: Ability to interpret complex commercial deal structures, including joint/split deals and strategic accounts, and translate them into clean, structured, repeatable data frameworks for system processing
• Business Intelligence & Executive Reporting: Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and data health metrics in Power BI, with the ability to present insights, risks, and trends to senior leadership
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Experience partnering closely with Business Intelligence, Systems Analytics, Commissions, and Sales Operations teams to troubleshoot data pipelines, support scalable infrastructure, and ensure calculations run on clean, validated data
• Process Design & Standardization: Demonstrated ability to transform ambiguous or legacy workflows into documented SOPs, clear SLAs, and repeatable operational processes
• Translational & Stakeholder Skills: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain complex database architecture, data issues, and commission logic in plain English to sales reps, managers, directors, and senior commercial stakeholders
• Proactive Problem Solver: Strong ability to identify and resolve revenue anomalies, double-counted revenue, territory mapping issues, and other data risks before they impact commission execution

Benefits

• Health & Wellness
• Flexible Downtime
• Continuous Learning
• Invest in Your Future
• Family Friendly Perks
• Beyond the Basics

Tagged as: Compensation Design