FP&A Analyst - Incentive Compensation

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Overview

The FP&A Analyst – Incentive Compensation will support the administration, financial management, and analysis of the company’s commission and incentive compensation programs. This role will help ensure incentive calculations and payouts are accurate, timely, well-controlled, and aligned with approved plan terms and business objectives. The analyst will partner closely with Compensation, HR, Payroll, Sales, Operations, and Finance, and will also support broader FP&A projects as needed.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile incentive calculations to source data, plan terms, and financial results.
• Maintain employee eligibility, plan assignments, goals, rates, thresholds, and other compensation-plan parameters.
• Analyze the performance and cost of existing commission and incentive plans, including attainment trends, payout distributions, and return on incentive investment.
• Partner with Compensation, HR, Payroll, Sales, Operations, and Finance to model proposed plan changes, quantify their financial, operational, and employee impact before and after implementation.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, accruals, and variance analysis for incentive compensation expense.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards that provide visibility into plan performance, payout trends, and financial exposure.
• Establish and perform controls designed to identify data and calculation errors
• Maintain plan documentation, calculation methodologies, approval records, and other materials necessary to support a clear audit trail.
• Support the annual incentive-plan design, implementation, testing, and communication process.
• Identify opportunities to automate calculations, improve data quality, strengthen controls, and streamline incentive compensation processes.
• Participate in broader FP&A analysis and system-improvement initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, analytics, or a related quantitative field.
• 2+ years of experience in FP&A, compensation analytics, financial analysis, sales operations, payroll analytics, or a related field.
• Strong Excel and financial-modeling skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with careful attention to detail and accuracy.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Ability to reconcile and validate information across multiple systems and large datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain compensation calculations and financial analysis clearly.
• Ability to manage recurring deadlines, confidential information, and multiple priorities with limited supervision.
• Collaborative approach and ability to work effectively across Finance, HR, Payroll, Sales, and Operations.
• Experience with incentive compensation platforms, Power BI, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, or JD Edwards is preferred.