FICO

Director, Sales Incentive Compensation

FICO

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $121,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the Global Sales Compensation team and own design and execution of sales compensation strategy to support FICO’s objectives and retain top sales talent.
  • Design and implement sales incentive plans, quota methodology, plan administration, and compensation audits with related analytics.
  • Partner with Sales Leaders, Sales Operations, HR, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, Legal and IT for plan alignment and administration.
  • Lead annual planning for quotas, territories, plan structure; deploy assignments in Xactly and distribute incentive plan documents.
  • Support SPIF programs, manage commission forecasting, payment processing, and oversee sales compensation budgeting and accruals.
  • Administer and improve Xactly system; perform analytics, reporting, benchmarking, and cost/impact analyses.
  • Manage processes to research and resolve commission inquiries, disputes, and complex commission exceptions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years relevant experience in sales compensation, preferably within a software organization.
  • Bachelor's degree required (Finance or Accounting emphasis preferred) or relevant experience.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and stakeholder management to build trust.
  • Strong understanding of global business complexity and compliance program management.
  • Demonstrated experience performing complex reporting, analytics, and compensation audits.
  • Strong attention to detail; analytical, mathematical, statistical, and conceptual skills; Excel expertise required.
  • Experience with incentive compensation management systems (Xactly experience a plus).
  • Experience with Salesforce or other CRM solutions.
  • Proven strategic thinking and ability to translate strategy into tactical initiatives.
  • High personal ethics, honesty, initiative, and confidentiality.