Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

Tailor your resume to this Senior Sales Compensation Analyst role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against Guardian Life Insurance's job description. Free.

Resume score gauge reading 58 out of 100

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Senior Sales Compensation Analyst posting at Guardian Life Insurance — free, in seconds.

About the Role

Guardian's Group Distribution Compensation team is seeking a Senior Sales Compensation Analyst to lead complex analysis, administration, design, and continuous improvement of incentive compensation programs for our Group Sales Distribution organization. This role serves as a strategic and consultative partner to senior business leaders, independently leading high-impact compensation initiatives, collaborating across functions, and leveraging advanced analytics, automation, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end administration of complex sales incentive compensation programs, including payment calculations, validation, exception management, payroll coordination, and timely delivery of accurate reporting.
Own advanced analysis and modeling across multiple data sources to assess plan performance, identify risks and opportunities, resolve discrepancies, and provide actionable insights that support business decisions.
Partner with senior leadership to evaluate, model, design, and implement annual incentive compensation plans and strategic enhancements aligned with business objectives, sales strategy, and financial parameters.
Develop and deliver executive-ready presentations, plan documents, analytics, and performance reporting that clearly communicate compensation program design, results, risks, and recommended actions.
Serve as a subject matter expert and lead compensation workstreams supporting new products, distribution channels, organizational changes, system enhancements, and other strategic business initiatives.
Build trusted relationships with sales leaders and key business partners across Finance, Payroll, HR, Legal, Technology, and Sales Operations to anticipate needs, provide guidance, and influence decisions through data-driven recommendations.
Establish and maintain strong governance, documentation, and quality controls; proactively assess risks and support audit, compliance, and remediation activities.
Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex compensation issues, balancing accuracy, plan intent, business impact, and stakeholder needs.
Provide coaching, technical guidance, and peer review to analysts and cross-functional partners; share best practices and help strengthen team capabilities.
Lead continuous improvement efforts by identifying and implementing opportunities to strengthen automation, AI-enabled capabilities, advanced analytics, reporting, scalability, controls, and the stakeholder experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
6+ years of progressive professional experience in sales compensation, compensation, finance, sales operations, business analytics, payroll, or a related field.
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data, identify trends and anomalies, evaluate business impact, and develop actionable recommendations.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, including the ability to build and validate complex models and reporting tools.
Demonstrated experience working with large and complex datasets, reconciling information across multiple sources, and producing accurate executive-level reporting.
Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex compensation concepts, influence decisions, and tailor communications for senior leadership and varied stakeholder audiences.
Deep experience administering complex sales incentive compensation programs, including plan governance, payment validation, and issue resolution.
Strong knowledge of compensation design, financial modeling, plan mechanics, controls, and end-to-end plan administration.
Experience with Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, SQL, data visualization tools, or comparable technologies used to automate and enhance analysis and reporting.
Experience supporting large or complex sales organizations, distribution teams, or multiple compensation plans and channels.
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects involving compensation, payroll, finance, sales performance, systems, or process transformation.
Experience applying AI-enabled tools, automation, advanced analytics, or data visualization to improve reporting, decision-making, controls, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office applications
Data analysis
Problem-solving
Financial modeling
Data visualization
Microsoft Access
Visual Basic
SQL
AI-enabled tools
Automation
Advanced analytics

Location

Bethlehem, PA
Boston, MA
Hudson Yards, NYC
Stamford CT

Work Type

Hybrid
Work from Home

Experience Level

Senior
6+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

$68,970.00 - $113,310.00

Benefits

Skill-building
Leadership development
Philanthropic opportunities
Supportive and flexible benefits and resources
Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources

About the Company

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.

Equal Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.