Sales Compensation Systems Analyst, Amazon Web Services Job at Amazon Web Servic

Overview

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers around the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment with scale and growth across revenue, customers, people and complexity. Businesses, educational institutions, governments and non-profits depend on AWS for secure cloud services and solutions.

The AWS Global Sales Compensation (GSC) Operations team seeks a Sales Compensation Systems Analyst to join our operations team. You will support the day-to-day administration of the Varicent ICM sales compensation system for sales incentive-eligible employees globally. Objectives 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 collaboration with global owners across HR, Legal, Sales, Finance, Sales Operations, Revenue, Segmentation, Product & Technology, and the Business Intelligence team to ensure proper plan design, calculation, delivery and execution of sales commissions. Strong cross-team coordination, time management and communication are essential to ensure on-time and accurate payments.

Responsibilities

• Validates data; quantifies impact through data analysis and communicates proposed resolutions and timelines to leadership.
• Identifies operational risks and engages stakeholders to frame issues and desired end states.
• Communicates 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 setup, 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 compensation methodologies and policies are maintained in production.
• Support the global quarterly commission payout process including manual adjustments, calculations and approval processes.
• Create mechanisms to improve efficiency of processes.
• Strong Excel & SQL skills preferred.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 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 with sales ICM tools such as Varicent, Xactly, or similar software

Preferred Qualifications

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

About AWS / Team

AWS values diverse experiences. If you do not meet all preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. If your career is just starting or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and continue to innovate, trusted by customers from startups to Global 500 companies.

Inclusive Team Culture: Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion and curiosity. We offer mentorship and career growth resources to help you develop professionally. We value work-life balance and flexibility as part of our working culture.

Compensation

The compensation for this position ranges from $79,300/year to $169,500/year, depending on location, knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company with potential equity, sign-on and other benefits as part of the package. Details are provided on the application site.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. For more information, please visit the Amazon benefits page. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you need a workplace accommodation during the application or hiring process, please visit our accommodations page for more information.