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Samsara · 1 month ago

Sales Compensation Analyst

Samsara is a pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, focused on improving the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of physical operations. The Sales Compensation Analyst will implement and administer sales compensation programs, ensuring accurate commission payments and collaborating with various teams to support revenue-generating operations.

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Responsibilities

Administer sales variable payments, including commissions, draws, MBOs, and SPIFFs in accordance with the monthly commission process and company policies for the commissionable employees in assigned sales teams who require a moderate level of plan administration complexity
Understand and apply the commission plan consistently, ensuring commission calculations comply with policies and manage exception requests
Maintain sales comp plan documents templates and execute distribution, ensuring accurate and timely to each employee on an incentive plan
Address commissions inquiries, adjustments and corrections in a timely manner, providing a positive employee experience when resolving
Validate accrual and payments results for assigned segments. Provide business drivers for fluctuations
Provide insights on business drivers of commissions result variances
Document and maintain business processes for monthly/quarterly close, commission accounting tasks, and audits
Support commission plan participant setup, including new hires, terminations, and in-year and/or year-over-year change and complete relevant audit controls for SOX compliance
Perform User Acceptance Testing for new and/or modified configuration to execute sales comp plan changes in the sales incentive administration tool
Identifying and contribute to process improvements to scale Sales Compensation operations with Samsara’s growth
Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Qualification

Sales Compensation ExperienceAdvanced Excel SkillsAutomated Commission SystemsBachelor's Degree in FinanceAnalytical SkillsBusiness AcumenCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsAttention to Detail

Required

5+ years in a Sales Compensation role; experience at a high-growth technology company or company with 500+ employees on a commission is a plus
Bachelor Degree required; preferably in Finance, Economics, or related field
Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills; advanced skills in MS Excel and/or Google Sheets
Experience in automated sales commissions systems and their set-up and operation (e.g. Xactly, SAP, Anaplan, Oracle EIM, etc.)
Demonstrated success in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, proven attention to detail, good business acumen and awareness of business trends, high degree of motivation, responsibility, and flexibility

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package
Employee-led remote and flexible working
Health benefits

Company

Samsara is digitizing the world of physical operations.

H1B Sponsorship

Samsara has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (68)
2024 (53)
2023 (59)
2022 (70)
2021 (1)
2020 (8)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$930M
Key Investors
General CatalystAndreessen Horowitz
2021-12-15IPO
2020-09-24Secondary Market
2020-05-20Series F· $700M

Leadership Team

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Sanjit Biswas
CEO
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Ben Calderon
CTO - Hardware & Operations
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