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Databricks · 2 days ago

Sr. Manager, Commissions FP&A

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$197K/yr - $276K/yr
date7+ years exp

Databricks is the data and AI company, seeking a Sr. Manager for their Commissions FP&A team. This role involves leading earned commission planning, forecasting, and reporting/analytics, while partnering with various teams to ensure alignment with business objectives and providing insights on comp plan attainment.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Work in partnership with the Sales Compensation Strategy team on the annual comp plan design workstream to ensure the comp plan design is aligned to the desired business objectives
Own the cost model for the annual comp plan design workstream. Partner with the Sales Compensation Strategy team to design quota guardrails, accelerator rates, and overassign quotas to align desired commission payouts and attainment to top-line performance
Build and maintain the bottom-up commissions forecast, leveraging actuals and forecasted top-line performance to forecast variance to budget and provide insights to business partners on comp plan attainment relative to business performance
Run the monthly commissions accrual process, providing accrual inputs to Accounting and communication of key variance drivers to Finance leadership
Own ad hoc analysis, including making recommendations for mid-year investments and comp plan design modifications

Qualification

GTM Finance experienceFinancial modelingSales compensation designSQL proficiencyCommissions accountingStorytelling skills

Required

7+ years of progressive GTM, GTM Finance, or related experience Finance experience at a high-growth enterprise SaaS or Consumption business, with specific ownership on forecasting for commissions expenses
Expert at building robust financial models in both Excel and Gsheets
Experience with sales compensation design & associated financial modeling
Proficient with SQL to leverage top-line forecasts for bottoms-up model
Advanced understanding of commissions-related accounting, including capitalization, amortization, and cash flow impacts
Skilled storyteller to distill complex topics into executive-level presentations

Benefits

Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks

Company

Databricks

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Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
dateFounded in 2013
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.databricks.com

H1B Sponsorship

Databricks 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)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$25.81B
Key Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B

Leadership Team

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Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
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David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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