Amazon - Dallas, TX
posted about 2 months ago
AWS is seeking an experienced Sales Compensation Analyst, preferably with a sales compensation and sales operations background. The person in this role will manage and drive initiatives across the Global Sales Compensation organization to help the AWS sales compensation organization scale and keep pace with rapid business growth. This individual will work autonomously to manage multiple complex projects and schedules, provide leadership status updates, manage risk, and track relevant metrics. The role requires a combination of influencing ability, problem-solving, and organizational skills to drive superior outcomes. The ideal candidate has a proven track record for rolling up their sleeves, maintaining a high level of ownership and accountability, and delivering best-in-class support to their internal and external customers. You will support the day-to-day administration of sales compensation, which includes validating data, quantifying impact through data analysis, and communicating proposed resolutions and timelines to leadership. Additionally, you will identify operational risks and engage necessary stakeholders to frame issues and the desired end states, ensuring effective communication with technical teams on root causes of issues and business requirements. You will also validate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system updates and defects, assist with the distribution of sales compensation SPIF and Incentives processing and payments, and ensure all compensation methodologies, policies, procedures, and governance are followed. Collaboration with internal stakeholders, including the AWS Product Team, Business Operations Team, and Sales organizations, is essential to maintain all compensation methodologies, policies, and procedures in production. Furthermore, you will support the global quarterly commission payout process, including manual compensation adjustments, calculations, and the approval process, while creating mechanisms to help improve the efficiency of processes. In this role, you will program manage the end-to-end overall SPIF and Incentive business process, partner and influence across multi-levels in the GSC organization to ensure business processes align with SPIF and Incentive Policy, and perform complex data analysis to drive business process improvements. Identifying gaps in business and system processes to drive an automated solution will also be a key responsibility.