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As the Senior Manager, Commissions you will lead all financial aspects of the Company’s commission and sales incentive strategy for a 600+ person global sales organization. This individual will play a key role in ensuring accuracy, transparency, and scalability of commissions and contribute meaningfully to broader Commercial FP&A initiatives. You will have great exposure to problem solving, data analysis, reporting and building trusted partnerships across functions at Axon.
Job Responsibility:
Work with Sales leadership to design and structure incentive compensation plans for our global sales team
Serve as a subject matter expert on all things commissions, diagnosing and solving operational and analytical problems
Work cross-functionally with Sales Strategy, IT, Finance and Accounting to analyze, validate and forecast commissions payout and financial statement impact
Ensure thorough reconciliations, controls and audit processes that validate data integrity and reduce risk
Develop and lead process improvement initiatives to enhance end user experience and scalability of commissions system, audit controls and operational processes
Periodically report out to executive team on quarterly financial results and sales incentive effectiveness or trend analyses
Support regular forecast updates and communicate early insights into risks or opportunities spanning commissions, bookings and other sales financial metrics
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree
7+ years of experience in commissions, sales/revenue operations, finance or another highly analytical role
2+ years of experience as a people manager or team lead
Experience with interpreting and communicating sales performance with data-based insights
Advanced Excel skills
experience with data modelling, forecasting and analysis
Strong understanding of commission systems and incentive compensation management (ICM) tools such as Spiff, CaptivateIQ, Anaplan and CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce)
Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines
Demonstrated ability to identify and lead cross-functional projects or process improvements
Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to non-technical stakeholders