Sr. Business Analyst, Global Sales Compensation Reporting & Insights
Job Description
This role will be based in San Francisco or Sunnyvale.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
At LinkedIn, our Global Sales Compensation Reporting & Insights team delivers trusted reporting, analytics, and business insights that enable effective compensation programs and data-driven decision making. We partner closely with Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, HR, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and business leaders to provide analytical insights that support compensation design, financial management, business performance, and executive decision-making.
We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst, Global Sales Compensation Reporting & Insights to provide analytical and decision support across sales compensation design, incentive effectiveness, commissions financial analysis, and business performance. This role will combine analytical modeling with sales compensation and financial expertise to evaluate complex business questions and translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
Responsibilities:
• Deliver sales compensation design analytics, including what-if scenarios, cost modeling, and analysis of plan mechanics, accelerators, pay-for-performance relationships, and policy changes to inform recommendations and decision-making.
• Analyze sales compensation, performance, and incentive trends to identify key cost and performance drivers, evaluate incentive effectiveness, and translate findings into actionable insights utilizing Excel, SQL, and business intelligence tools
• Support monthly financial close and commission analysis, including accrual analysis, accrual-to-actual reviews, commissions bridge analysis, earned commission trends, and related Finance and Accounting needs.
• Develop executive-ready insights, dashboards, recurring business reporting, and ad hoc analyses for Sales leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Partner with Sales Compensation, Sales Operations, HR, Finance, Accounting, and other cross functional teams to translate complex or ambiguous business questions into structured analyses and clear decision support.
Requirements
Department: Finance
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level