Senior CS Compensation Analyst
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
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Location: Boston Hybrid 3x per week
Reporting to: Senior Manager GTM Incentive Compensation
The GTM Incentive Compensation owns the design governance administration and operational integrity of incentive compensation programs across Klaviyos go-to-market organization partnering closely with Sales Customer Experience Partnerships Finance HR and Business Systems.
We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Senior CS Compensation Analyst to support the administration and continuous improvement of incentive compensation programs for Klaviyos Customer Experience organization. This is a mid-level role ideal for someone who wants to build deep expertise in compensation operations while developing broad exposure to sales operations finance and systems work.
Youll specialize in Customer Experience compensation- owning plan design crediting data logic modeling expected commission expense and inquiry resolution for that population- while also contributing to the incentive compensation process more broadly including reporting data integrity and cross-functional projects that support the full GTM organization. This role requires strong analytical and modeling skills comfort working in Salesforce and BI tools and the communication skills to explain compensation outcomes clearly to plan participants and leaders alike.
- Administer monthly/quarterly incentive compensation calculations for the Customer Experience organization ensuring accuracy and timeliness of payouts
- Apply crediting logic and plan rules consistently flagging exceptions or edge cases for review
- Maintain compensation plan documentation quota/target records and payee assignments for the CX population
- Partner with CX leaders to answer plan questions and explain payout calculations
- Serve as a first point of contact for compensation inquiries and disputes submitted via ticketing systems researching and resolving issues within SLA
- Investigate discrepancies by tracing transactions through Salesforce and underlying data sources
- Escalate complex or policy-level questions to the Senior Manager with clear context and recommendations
- Build and maintain dashboards and reports in Tableau/Looker to track attainment payouts and plan performance
- Write SQL queries to pull validate and reconcile compensation and transaction data
- Support financial modeling and scenario analysis for plan design changes budgeting and accruals
- Identify data quality issues and partner with Systems teams on fixes and process improvements
- Support the broader Incentive Compensation team during planning cycles (plan rollouts quota loading documentation)
- Partner with Systems and Finance teams on process improvements automation and audit/controls work
- Contribute to team operating cadences and documentation standards that scale across all GTM functions not just CX
- 3-5 years of experience in compensation on either sales/revenue operations or finance teams.
- SQL experience required; comfort querying and validating data from multiple sources
- Experience working with Salesforce (or a comparable CRM) and compensation management tools
- Experience with BI/reporting tools such as Tableau or Looker and ETL tools (Python Alteryx etc.) preferred
- Strong modeling skills (advanced Excel/Google Sheets); financial or compensation modeling experience a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain compensation logic clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills with experience managing a queue or ticket volume a plus
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with CX leaders Systems Operations and Finance teams
- Enjoy solving problems that combine data process and people
- Take ownership of your queue and follow through until issues are fully resolved
- Are curious about how compensation design connects to business behavior
- Want to grow your career in compensation revenue operations or GTM strategy
- Communicate clearly and build trust with stakeholders at all levels
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