Sales Revenue Analyst - Nyc

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · New York, NY · Sales Operations

This role is for a Sales Revenue Analyst at Datadog, focused on managing and optimizing the monthly sales commission process, analyzing compensation results, and ensuring alignment with compensation policies and revenue recognition requirements. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Sales, Strategy, and Operations, and maintaining compensation systems and reporting. It is not an AI/ML development role.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the monthly sales commission process across multiple sales segments, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and operational excellence.
  2. Improve day-to-day operations by identifying process gaps, fixing inefficiencies, and building practical tracking for new initiatives as the business grows.
  3. Analyze compensation results to identify trends, surface risks, and provide actionable insights to leadership
  4. Review deal structures and financial terms to ensure alignment with compensation policies and revenue recognition requirements
  5. Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Systems and Strategy to support compensation plan execution and business initiatives

Skills

Required

  • 2-3 years of experience in Finance, Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Incentive Compensation, or Business Analytics
  • Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets
  • A strong problem solver who can recognize patterns and translate data into insights
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities
  • Demonstrated experience thinking strategically about complex issues
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with experience presenting to teams of various functions and levels
  • Project ownership and delivery - work closely with cross-functional teams to manage stakeholders and coordinate, plan and prioritize tasks

Nice to have

  • Experience with SaaS company economics, deal structuring, and monthly recurring revenue business model
  • Experience working with compensation & business automation tools (such as CaptivateIQ)
  • Experience in a high-growth SaaS company and/or multi-national public company
  • Familiarity with Tableau, Metabase, and (or) other business intelligence systems
  • Experience in sales-facing role or working with C-suite executives