Senior CX Compensation Analyst
Boston · Denver · San Francisco · USD 96,000-144,000 · Hybrid · Posted Sep 28, 2026
At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Boston · Denver · San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 96,000-144,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Senior CX Compensation Analyst will own the design, governance, administration, and operational integrity of incentive compensation programs for Klaviyo’s Customer Experience organization.
- This mid-level role involves modeling expected commission expense, resolving compensation inquiries, and contributing to broader GTM incentive compensation processes.
- The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex compensation outcomes to both plan participants and leadership.
Responsibilities
- Administer monthly/quarterly incentive compensation calculations for the Customer Experience organization.
- Apply crediting logic and plan rules consistently while flagging exceptions.
- Maintain compensation plan documentation, quota/target records, and payee assignments.
- Partner with CX leaders to answer plan questions and explain payout calculations.
- Serve as a first point of contact for compensation inquiries and disputes via ticketing systems.
- Investigate discrepancies by tracing transactions through Salesforce and data sources.
- Build and maintain dashboards and reports in Tableau/Looker to track attainment and plan performance.
- Write SQL queries to pull, validate, and reconcile compensation and transaction data.
- Support financial modeling and scenario analysis for plan design changes, budgeting, and accruals.
- Partner with Systems and Finance teams on process improvements, automation, and audit work.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in compensation, sales/revenue operations, or finance teams.
- SQL experience with the ability to query and validate data from multiple sources.
- Experience working with Salesforce or a comparable CRM.
- Experience with compensation management tools.
- Strong modeling skills using advanced Excel or Google Sheets.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with BI/reporting tools such as Tableau or Looker.
- Experience with ETL tools such as Python or Alteryx.
- Financial or compensation modeling experience.
- Experience managing a queue or ticket volume.
Benefits
- Annual cash bonus plan
- Variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles
- Equity
- Sign-on payments
- Comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits
Workplace
- Hybrid 3x per week in Boston.
- May require up to 10% travel for onboarding, client/partner work, team meetings, and industry events.
Skills
- SQL
- Salesforce
- Tableau
- Looker
- Python
- Alteryx
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- ETL