Expert- Global Sales Variable Compensation (Quality Control, Project Management & Transformation)

Function

Finance

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

The Team

Global Sales Variable Compensation (GSVC) Quality Control, Governance & Transformation is responsible for driving operational excellence, control effectiveness, reporting governance, business continuity, audit readiness, and process transformation across the Global Sales Variable Compensation function.

The role

This role serves as the central governance lead for GSVC operations, ensuring that sales incentive processes, compensation calculations, payroll submissions, reporting, and financial controls are executed accurately, consistently, and in compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. The position will also lead automation initiatives, project management activities, process standardization efforts, and continuous improvement programs across APAC, EMEA, AMER, and LATAM(empty)

1. Quality Control & Governance

• Design, implement, and maintain a robust GSVC Quality Assurance framework.
• Establish maker-checker controls, validation protocols, and exception management processes.
• Perform periodic reviews of compensation calculations, accruals, payroll submissions, and reporting outputs.
• Monitor compliance with approved Sales Compensation Plans, policies, and procedures.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action planning for operational issues and escalations.
• Drive process standardization and global control consistency across all regions.

2. Project Management & Transformation

• Lead strategic GSVC projects from initiation through implementation.
• Build project plans, governance mechanisms, RAID logs, and executive status reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives involving Sales, Finance, HR, Payroll, IT, and Sales Operations.
• Ensure timely delivery of transformation programs while managing scope, risk, and stakeholder expectations.
• Support system transitions and future compensation platform implementations.
• Drive adoption of best practices and continuous improvement methodologies.

3. Automation & Digital Enablement

• Identify automation opportunities across compensation processing, reporting, reconciliations, and controls.
• Partner with IT, Digital, and Data teams to deliver workflow automation solutions.
• Promote the use of AI, Power Platform, Power BI, RPA, and advanced analytics.
• Develop business cases and benefit tracking for automation initiatives.
• Drive reduction of manual activities and process cycle times.
• Lead innovation programs and finance transformation initiatives.

4. Reporting & Business Insights

• Own the GSVC reporting strategy and governance.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual operational performance reporting.
• Develop executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and management reporting packs.
• Establish data quality controls over operational and financial reports.
• Deliver insights on compensation trends, payout accuracy, service levels, and operational effectiveness.
• Partner with Finance, Sales Operations, HR, Total Rewards, and Leadership teams to support decision-making.

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About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.