Senior Director, Incentive Compensation

FIS
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
May 21, 2025
Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Education Desired : Bachelor of Accounting Travel Percentage : 0% Job Description As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we'd like to ask you: Are you FIS? Cincinnati, OH: Hybrid (two days in-office, three days virtual) What you will be doing: Key decision maker for the long-term strategic direction of FIS' sales commission administration Responsible for managing payments in annual FIS sales incentive payments Responsible for maintaining and administering FIS' Sales Governance Compensation Adjudication (Exception Handling) process Responsible for cross-functional collaboration and coordination with key internal stakeholders, including People Office, Sales, Finance, Risk, Legal, and Business leaders, to manage FIS' Sales Incentive Compensation program Engage and manage critical cross-functional partnerships Responsible for understanding commission accounting, incentive compensation processing, and how to communicate with sales colleagues effectively Communicates effectively and with authority with FIS Executives; demonstrates I-Comp's value creation by seeking and delivering cross-functional alignment on priorities and proposed solutions Responsible for management and configuration of FIS' Sales Commissions Tool Xactly Responsible for identifying and recommending cost-saving and continuous improvement initiatives within the processing area Responsible for identifying operational risk and formulating solutions to mitigate risk Responsible for representing incentive compensation in employee litigation matters with the Legal department Responsible for FIS SOX-Control procedures and policies Responsible for the sales incentive payment controls and procedures Responsible for Internal Audits involving sales commissions Responsible for managing the external partnerships with Canidium & Xactly, ensuring positive outcomes for FIS Responsible for leading and motivating the FIS Incentive Compensation Team Responsible for developing leaders and creating sustainable succession plans for self and direct reports Responsible for the annual department financial budget Responsible for providing FIS Treasury with payment actual/estimates for accurate cash forecasting Other related duties assigned as needed. What you bring: * Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. * Requires strong management skills * Requires strong organizational, team building, coaching and mentoring skills * Requires general business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills, long-term vision and executive presence * Requires extensive knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and their application in a large, diverse organization * Ability to identify, address and resolve employee related issues * Strong analytical, statistical and problem-solving skills * Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks * Ability to meet tight deadlines * Excellent skills in communicating ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise and professional manner including presentations * Ability to design, document and implement process improvements * Strong system management/control experience What we offer you: * At FIS, you can learn, grow and make an impact in your career. Our benefits include: * Flexible and creative work environment * Diverse and collaborative atmosphere * Professional and personal development resources * Opportunities to volunteer and support charities * Competitive salary and benefits Privacy Statement FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice. EEOC Statement FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Sourcing Model Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company. #pridepass