Financial Systems Analyst IV

Alere delivers reliable and actionable information through rapid diagnostic tests, resulting in better clinical and economic healthcare outcomes globally.

The position manages North America Professional Diagnostics sales compensation to include the Acute Care Solutions Group, Physicians Diagnostics Group, Public Health Group and Clinical Immunology Group

* Lead implementation of Xactly web-based (Cloud) sales compensation management system, automating process of calculating and paying sales commissions. * Design and document complex compensation plans and interfaces to enterprise systems, including coordinating and integrating new application with existing systems. * Manage efforts of technical and development teams. Design and develop reports in response to executive management requests for sales performance data, and effectiveness and performance of the plan. * Become the data steward for the ZS project correcting segmentation and Class of trade for account data to feed into the Xactly commission tool. * Develop methodology for accruing sales commissions based on plan performance providing appropriate documentation to the accounting department. * Manage territory alignments through Javelin Territory Manager tool * Prepare sales monthly payment packages and participate in Regional Manager results meetings to assess any changes or further review of salespersons responsibilities are warranted * Manage compensation programs for over 130 sales representatives and account managers * Manage and track SPIFFS and MBO payouts for salesforce **Competencies** * A strong business acumen is required with the ability to advise on sales compensation impact on the business * In-depth understanding of financial analysis techniques and the ability to work effectively across multiple functions of the organization * Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, and use sound judgment * Technical skills demonstrated using Microsoft Office, Xactly * SQL based commission database and MS Access based commission database skill preferred * Effective planning skills and very strong demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills * Demonstrated ability to strengthen strategic knowledge of businesses and identify opportunities to leverage best practices and ensure decisions are based on overall effectiveness and utility * Ability to present financial data and concepts to management and non-financial resources * Develop and enhance processes and procedures to operate and effectively manage sales reporting

**Qualifications, Education and/or Experience** * Bachelor Degree Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field technical degree * 4-5 years of sales compensation/business analysis experience * Sales finance and/or marketing finance experience strongly recommended **Language Skills** * Strong communication skills, oral, written, and interpersonal * Ability to present to management and non-financial resources **Reasoning Ability** * Strong analytic skills, conceptual thinking, ability to analyze and problem solve with incomplete or ambiguous data **Computer Skills** * Advanced proficiency with financial systems and tools (Excel, Access, Xactly) * Demonstrated proficiency managing large modeling efforts involving complex business problems