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Sales Compensation Manager

SalesSalesFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

21 days ago

Salary

$125K - $155K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor DegreeEnglish

Job Description

Sales Compensation Manager

HALO Branded Solutions

• Lead the Sales Compensation team through accurate and timely period-end close, ensuring commission calculations are correct, well-documented, and audit-ready • Serve as an escalation point for tier-two commission inquiries from Account Executives, providing clear and timely resolution • Maintain a hands-on approach to tactical commission work when needed, ensuring operational continuity regardless of team availability • Partner with Finance to enforce exception governance around commission adjustments, one-off agreements, and non-standard arrangements • Ensure commission processes are scalable, well-documented, and built to support a growing and evolving sales organization • Lead the systematic review and rationalization of existing compensation plans across the organization, identifying and reducing unnecessary variation and complexity inherited through business growth and acquisition • Develop and maintain a standardized framework for compensation plan design that can be applied consistently across seller types, segments, and business units • Document all active compensation plans, special agreements, stipends, and discretionary arrangements, building a clear governance structure around what exists and how each is managed • Work collaboratively with Sales leadership and HR to consolidate plans where appropriate, ensuring that changes are implemented thoughtfully and communicated clearly to affected sellers • Assess the degree to which current compensation plans drive the growth and profitability behaviors the company is targeting, including deal margin, revenue growth, new client acquisition, and product mix • Provide data-driven recommendations for plan improvements that better align incentive structures with company objectives while maintaining a highly motivated and competitive sales team • Evaluate the return on investment of compensation spend, ensuring that incentive dollars are being directed toward the activities and outcomes that matter most to the business • Partner with Revenue Operations leadership to ensure compensation plan design reflects pipeline and forecast priorities, including deal economics, cost-to-serve, and profitability thresholds • Provide strategic guidance on commission systems and tools, driving improvements to accuracy, efficiency, and reporting capability • Build and maintain reporting that gives leadership clear visibility into compensation spend, plan performance, and the relationship between incentive structure and business outcomes • Ensure commission data integrity and identify process improvements that reduce manual effort, rework, and exception handling • Supervise and develop the commissions team, setting clear goals, providing coaching, conducting performance evaluations, and fostering a culture of precision and continuous improvement • Train team members and cross-functional partners on compensation plans, processes, and governance standards.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required
  • Demonstrated experience managing sales compensation plans in a complex, multi-segment sales environment
  • Proven ability to evaluate and improve incentive plan design, with a track record of connecting compensation structures to business performance outcomes
  • Experience rationalizing or consolidating compensation plans across multiple business units, seller types, or legacy structures
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to model compensation scenarios, assess ROI, and produce clear recommendations for leadership
  • Proficiency with commission management software and CRM-adjacent reporting tools
  • Basic to intermediate accounting knowledge, including understanding of debits, credits, and general ledger flows as they relate to commission accruals and payroll
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex compensation structures clearly to a broad range of stakeholders, including AEs, Finance, Sales leadership, and HR
  • Experience leading and developing a high-performance compensation team.

Benefits

  • nationwide coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance
  • additional Voluntary Benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

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