Sr. Business Analyst, Global Sales Compensation Reporting & Insights

LinkedIn•Mountain View, CA

16h•$101,000 - $164,000•Hybrid

About The Position

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for its Global Sales Compensation Reporting & Insights team. The team delivers trusted reporting, analytics, and business insights that support effective compensation programs and data-driven decisions. It partners with Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, HR, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and business leaders to provide insights for compensation design, financial management, business performance, and executive decision-making. The role provides analytical and decision support across sales compensation design, incentive effectiveness, commissions financial analysis, and business performance. It combines analytical modeling with sales compensation and financial expertise to evaluate complex business questions and translate data into actionable insights and recommendations. The position is hybrid and based in San Francisco or Sunnyvale.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 4 years of experience in sales compensation, finance, sales operations, business analytics, or a related analytical function.
At least 3 years of experience performing financial, business, or compensation analysis using advanced Excel modeling or similar analytical tools.
At least 3 years of experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver analytical insights and decision support.

Nice To Haves

Experience analyzing complex datasets and translating findings into business insights and recommendations.
Experience performing sales compensation design analysis, including plan mechanics, incentive curves, accelerators, crediting, policy changes, and scenario modeling.
Experience analyzing incentive effectiveness, pay-for-performance relationships, attainment distributions, or other sales compensation and performance measures.
Working knowledge of sales commissions finance and accounting concepts, including commission accruals, deferred commissions, ASC 606 / IFRS 15, and accrual-to-actual reconciliation.
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including developing what-if scenarios, sensitivity analyses, and cost models.
Experience with SQL and business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
Ability to structure ambiguous business questions, develop analytical approaches, evaluate alternatives, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
Analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including communicating complex analysis to Finance, Accounting, HR, Sales Operations, Sales, and senior leadership audiences.
Attention to detail and demonstrated experience working with highly confidential compensation, financial, or employee-level data.
Ability to manage recurring financial and reporting deliverables while balancing multiple project-based analytical priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Ownership and ability to independently drive analysis from the initial business question through validation, insights, and decision support.

Responsibilities

Deliver sales compensation design analytics, including what-if scenarios, cost modeling, and analysis of plan mechanics, accelerators, pay-for-performance relationships, and policy changes to inform recommendations and decisions.
Analyze sales compensation, performance, and incentive trends to identify cost and performance drivers, evaluate incentive effectiveness, and translate findings into actionable insights using Excel, SQL, and business intelligence tools.
Support monthly financial close and commission analysis, including accrual analysis, accrual-to-actual reviews, commissions bridge analysis, earned commission trends, and related Finance and Accounting needs.
Develop executive-ready insights, dashboards, recurring business reporting, and ad hoc analyses for Sales leaders and cross-functional partners.
Partner with Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, HR, Finance, Accounting, and other cross-functional teams to structure complex or ambiguous business questions into analyses and clear decision support.