It  all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are.
 
Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it’s what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team
Do you like working in a fast-paced environment? Does it excite you to work for a company that utilizes its own technology daily and has vast reporting capabilities to provide valuable insights and analytics to help shape your thinking and direction? Workday Accounting team balances critical thinking with operational excellence that helps guide and scale team operations to support as the company strives towards $10B of revenue and beyond. We are a diverse group of Workmates with an invaluable combination of experience that fosters a collaborative environment, drives innovative solutions, and mix in a little fun along the way.
 
About the role
Workday is looking for an experienced professional to join the team as a Sales Analytics and Commissions Analyst. You will be a part of a growing Sales Finance team as we support both the Sales and Customer Experience (CX) compensation side of Workday’s business. We’re looking for someone with strong business partnering skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and who enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents, in a dynamic fast-paced environment. ?
 
Responsibilities:

• Assist with the quarterly variable compensation process, from calculating payments to providing reports for management review and approval. You will be responsible for accurately applying the terms of our compensation plans and preparing payroll files.
• Timely investigate and resolve commission and bonus-related inquiries from compensation plan participants, including system access issues, transaction disputes, credits, and payment calculations, among others.
• Conduct research related to revenue and compensation data validations.
• Help prepare documentation for SOX and other audits, ensuring all controls are accurately completed.
• Prepare analyses for quarterly accounting accruals.
• Active participant in the GTM development cycle during requirement gathering, testing, and production validation process. Also provides scenario analysis and modeling support as needed.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders such as the CX Design team, Business Finance teams, and other cross functional teams as needed.
• Support Workmate case inquiries adhering to SLAs.
• Proactively identify and thoroughly investigate discrepancies, anomalies, or other data inconsistencies and return suggested courses of action to resolve.
• Experience handling ad hoc requests and responding timely.

 
About Your Basic Qualifications:

• 2–4 years of experience in Revenue and Variable Compensation.
• 2–4 years of experience with ICM tools (Xactly Incent, Varicent, Anaplan, CaptivateIQ, or other online incentive compensation platforms).
• 2+ years of experience using Salesforce.
• Demonstrated ability to retrieve and organize data sets from internal systems for analysis.
• Experience participating in the SDLC life cycle (e.g., assisting with testing, requirements, or deployment).
• 2+ years of experience supporting internal/external audits and maintaining SOX-related controls.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.

 
Other Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business-related field preferred.
• Experience with the order-to-cash process is a plus.
• Software and/or internet industry experience is a plus.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills (proficient in building models and using advanced functions).
• Familiarity and usage of AI chatbots and other AI tools for workflow efficiency.
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly and a high degree of flexibility to adapt to rapid organizational changes.
• Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Ability to use discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive compensation-related matters.
• Experience working with service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and customer satisfaction skills.