Who is Trace3 ?
Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to our clients. Equipped with elite engineering and dynamic innovation, we empower IT executives and their organizations to achieve competitive advantage through a process of Integrate, Automate, Innovate.
Our culture at Trace3 embodies the spirit of a startup with the advantage of a scalable business. Employees can grow their career and have fun while doing it!
Trace3 is headquartered in Irvine, California. We employ more than 1,200 people all over the United States. Our major field office locations include Denver, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Texas, San Francisco.
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We are flexible and resilient in a fast-changing environment. We continuously innovate and drive constructive change while keeping a focus on the “big picture.” We exercise sound business judgment in making high-quality decisions in a timely and cost-effective manner. We are highly creative and can dig deep within ourselves to find positive solutions to different problems.
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We get things done and drive results. We lead without a title, empowering others through a can-do attitude. We look forward to the goal, mentally mapping out every checkpoint on the pathway to success, and visualizing what the final destination looks and feels like.
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We are humble individuals who understand how our job impacts the company's mission. We treat others with respect, admit mistakes, give credit where it’s due and demonstrate transparency. We “bring the weather” by exhibiting positive leadership and solution-focused thinking. We hug people in their trials, struggles, and failures – not just their success. We appreciate the individuality of the people around us.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Sales Compensation Analyst supports the design, modeling, administration, documentation, and governance of Trace3's sales incentive compensation programs. Reporting to the Director, Sales Compensation & Planning, this role delivers the analysis, plan documentation, and reporting that underpin incentive plan decisions across all go-to-market segments.
The analyst will work closely with GTM Strategy & Operations, Finance, and Sales Leadership to ensure compensation programs are accurately documented, well governed, and aligned with pay-for-performance outcomes.
SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Support the design and annual refresh of sales incentive plans, including commissions, SPIFFs, overrides, accelerators, and MBO components, by gathering requirements, preparing analysis, and drafting plan materials for review by the Director.
Build and maintain financial models that forecast plan costs, payout scenarios, attainment distributions, and pay-for-performance outcomes. Run scenario analyses on proposed plan changes and summarize business impacts prior to implementation.
Draft and maintain sales compensation plan documents, policies, crediting rules, and participant plan agreements, and keep the sales incentive plan document library current.
Administer the incentive plan governance workflow, including tracking plan approvals, documenting exception requests, logging plan changes, and maintaining a complete audit trail of plan decisions.
Support quota setting, territory planning, and account coverage analysis through data analysis, modeling, and validation of capacity assumptions across go-to-market segments.
Develop and maintain recurring incentive compensation reports and dashboards that measure attainment distribution, plan effectiveness, participant behavior, and return on incentive spend.
Respond to questions from sellers and sales leaders on plan interpretation and crediting rules, escalating complex or precedent-setting matters to the…