Sales Compensation Analyst (Compensation & Payroll Operations)

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 10 The Role: The Sales Compensation Analyst (Compensation & Payroll Operations) is a critical technical and operational position within the global Sales Compensation team. The Team: You will join the global Sales Compensation team — a high-impact, technically sophisticated group at the operational heart of S&P Global's commercial engine. Spanning time zones and geographies, we combine enterprise system precision with financial rigor to ensure 1,500+ salespeople worldwide are paid accurately and on time, every single cycle. We are a team that values methodical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to scalable, auditable, and compliant operations. Responsibilities and Impact: Drive end-to-end commission calculation cycles for 1,500+ global payees across all commercial business units — delivering 100% mathematically precise, on-time payroll files to regional Finance and Payroll teams across the US, EMEA, and APAC. Administer and configure the enterprise Xactly platform (Incent, Connect & Analytics) — owning crediting rule setup, tiered accelerator matrices, split-crediting algorithms, batch ETL pipeline monitoring, and participant security profiles that directly reflect published annual compensation plans. Execute the full payee lifecycle — from configuring new hire profiles and quota ramp models, to implementing mid-period role transitions, LOA credit adjustments, and producing audit-ready departure settlement calculations. Build and optimize advanced SQL queries and Python/Alteryx automation scripts to perform high-volume ledger-to-payout reconciliations, pre-payroll sanity checks, distribution curve analyses, and root-cause remediation of calculation anomalies before file delivery. Lead annual platform readiness activities — authoring UAT test scripts, executing calculation logic change validation, managing plan roll-forwards, and maintaining comprehensive SOPs and runbooks that keep operational cycles repeatable and defensible. Serve as the frontline operational liaison to the Central Governance & Compliance team — delivering automated calculation logs, approval artifacts, and clear mathematical payout explanations to global sales leaders, managers, and representatives across multiple time zones. Key Responsibilities:  Xactly System Administration & Configuration Management Serve as the core hands-on administrator for Xactly Incent, Xactly Connect, and Xactly Analytics, overseeing rule configurations, crediting logic, participant hierarchies, and payout rate tables. Configure and maintain crediting rules, plan logic, tiered accelerator matrices, and split-crediting algorithms inside Xactly to reflect published annual compensation plans. Manage batch ETL integrations and data sync pipelines between upstream CRM/data warehouse platforms and Xactly Connect, proactively monitoring API sync jobs and resolving ingestion failures.