Sales Compensation Systems Analyst, Amazon Web Services

Amazon • Arlington, VA

95d • $79,300 - $169,500

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale and is growing at a staggering pace in terms of revenue, customers, people and complexity. Businesses, educational institutions, governments and non-profits depend on AWS for secure cloud services and solutions. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Sales Compensation (GSC) Operations team is seeking a Sales Compensation Systems Analyst to join our operations team. As part of the GSC Operations team, you will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day administration of the Varicent ICM sales compensation system for sales incentive-eligible employees globally. Objectives for this role will include driving operational process improvements in compensation, quota management, compensation adjustments, quarterly payouts, compensation plan administration, and improving the scalability of our program tools. This role requires working with global business owners in HR, Legal, Sales, Finance, Sales Operations, Revenue, Segmentation, Product & Technology, and our Business Intelligence team to ensure the proper plan design, calculation, delivery, and execution of sales commissions. Cross-team coordination, time management, and excellent communication skills are essential. It is key that we pay employees on time and accurately.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Microsoft Excel experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software.
• Experience defining, refining and implementing sales processes, procedures and policies or equivalent.
• Prior sales compensation experience.
• Experience with sales ICM tools such as Varicent, Xactly, or similar software.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of finance, business management and sales operations experience.
• Experience working within a high-growth, technology company.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day administration of sales compensation including validating data, quantifying impact through data analysis and communicating proposed resolutions and timelines to leadership.
• Identify operational risks and engage necessary stakeholders to frame issues and the desired end states.
• Communicate effectively with technical teams on root causes of issues and business requirements.
• User acceptance testing (UAT) for process and system updates.
• Assist with the distribution of incentive compensation plans, including plan set up, quota shifts, revenue adjustments, etc.
• Ensure all compensation methodologies, policies, procedures and governance are followed.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including, HR, Tax, and Legal to ensure all compensation methodologies, policies, and procedures are maintained in production.
• Support the global quarterly commission payout process including manual compensation adjustments, calculations and approval process.
• Create mechanisms to help improve efficiency of processes.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree