About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use): 11
Finance Manager, Sales Compensation - Strategic Centre of Excellence
The Team
We are a high-accountability, globally connected Sales Compensation team that values disciplined execution, a strong sense of urgency, and end-to-end ownership. We expect our people to understand the full lifecycle of their work, anticipate downstream impacts, and communicate outcomes with exceptional clarity, whether supporting our broad population of 1,500+ plan participants or partnering with C-level executives. We value precision, responsiveness, sound judgment, collaboration, and people who take ownership through to resolution.
Responsibilities and Impact
- Design and own the global policy framework governing sales compensation operations - establishing legally robust policies, global approval matrices, and governance standards that deliver clarity, consistency, and accountability across the full plan participant population.
- Lead compensation integration during corporate transactions, spinoffs, and restructurings - evaluating, mapping, and aligning incentive plans and personnel structures to ensure continuity, policy compliance, and operational readiness throughout periods of significant organisational change.
- Own end-to-end precision across all sales compensation KPI, SPIFF, and custom supplemental incentive calculations - from data collection and validation through to final output, ensuring every result is accurate, audit-ready, and aligned with commercial milestones and plan requirements.
- Serve as the trusted policy and compensation advisor to senior Sales, Finance, and People Partner stakeholders - translating complex governance frameworks, incentive structures, and policy decisions into clear, commercially relevant guidance that drives consistency and scalability across the global commission population.
- Govern escalated disputes and deliver insight - managing complex compensation disputes to resolution against defined SLAs, evaluating proposed supplemental incentive structures before implementation, and presenting data-backed performance trends, risks, and optimisation recommendations to senior Finance and Sales leadership.
- Build the operational knowledge infrastructure - drafting detailed SOPs and governance workflows, developing interactive training libraries for sales representatives, and project managing multi-phased compensation initiatives to ensure adoption, compliance, and long-term operational sustainability across the global commission population.
Compensation and Benefits (US Candidates Only)
S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $85,773 to $153,091. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.
In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please visit: Benefits 2026
What We Are Looking For
- Basic Required Qualifications Experience: 7+ years in sales compensation, finance governance, audit, or corporate incentive strategy within a complex, global commission-paying environment.
- Governance and Audit: Proven experience designing governance frameworks, internal controls, audit trails, and risk mitigation protocols across complex corporate compensation structures.
- Policy Architecture: Proven experience writing legally robust, unambiguous global sales compensation policies and terms and conditions for a large plan participant population.
- KPI, SPIFF and Incentive Calculations: Hands-on experience collecting, validating, and calculating sales compensation KPIs, SPIFFs, and complex supplemental incentives with high precision and full audit-readiness - including evaluating custom incentive structures and advising commercial and finance stakeholders on measurability, operational executability, and alignment with intended sales behaviours.
- Organisational Integration: Proven track record evaluating, mapping, and integrating incentive plans and personnel structures during corporate transactions, spinof
Finance Manager, Sales Compensation Strategic Center of Excellence employer: eFinancialCareers
As a leading global asset manager based in London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that values innovation and collaboration. Our employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, competitive compensation packages, and the chance to work with cutting-edge AI tools that enhance their skills and productivity. Join us to be part of a team that not only drives success but also prioritises employee well-being and growth in a vibrant city.
