Senior Agency Incentive Analyst
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Job Number:
240414)As a Senior Agency Incentive Analyst, you will design & support successful incentive programs and compensation programs to incentivize representatives and agency leadership to meet agency operations and corporate strategic goals.
- Ensures incentive programs that representatives and agency leadership participate in are compensated & awarded for contests and growth metrics accurately.
- Support, troubleshoot, and resolve representatives and agency leadership growth metric inquiries for Property Casualty, Life Health, and Investment business that could impact their contest qualifications and/or compensation. Create and lead incentive programs.
- Create and lead incentive programs.
- On this highly collaborative team, you will work on a variety of cross functional projects that impact agency incentives programs tied to the strategic business objectives to translates business needs into improved systems and processes.
- Serves as a point of contact and data/information resource for contest qualifications, incentives, recognition for all representatives and agency leadership.
- Builds strong working relationships with team members, Property Casualty/Life/Financial business operations, and technology stakeholders at multiple levels both internal (corporate) and external (field). Acts as the agency liaison representing agency interests in cross-functional projects that impact agency incentive programs.
- Monitors project progress and milestones and provides regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports and presentations.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule and is based out of our corporate offices in Bloomington, IL.
- Designs and recommends solutions for the implementation and on-going support of sales incentive and compensation programs including agency compensation, agency leadership variable compensation and Career Agent Saving Plan (CASP).
- Calculates, analyzes and reviews anticipated impacts and monetary costs of adopting changes to existing incentive and compensation programs and qualification criteria; Manages cost, schedule and performance of corporate incentive and recognition programs.
- Supports and maintains the sales compensation program and system, answers questions regarding individual growth metric achievement; trouble shoot issues and identifies and corrects inaccuracies/discrepancies.
- Serves as customer point of contact and data/information resource for incentives, recognition and compensation of all representatives and agency management.
- Contributes to the development or improvement of systems and reporting to effectively capture and analyze program data and track program performance; tests solutions and enhancements as required.
- Conducts special projects or research at the request of stakeholders to ensure program alignment with industry best practices and increasing agency productivity.
- Guides the work of external consultants and vendors in the course of maximizing program performance.
- May develop business requirements, test plans, and executes test cases for sales compensation program while working closely with COUNTRY technology; translates business needs into improved systems or processes.
Do you have what we're looking for?
- Strong data analytical skills to troubleshoot Sales Compensation growth metrics inquiries by reps and work on projects.
- Strong Life product and system knowledge.
- Understands Sales Compensation Growth Metrics.
- Independent worker to come up with solutions to problems.
- Credibility and rapport with reps, agency leadership, and other business and technology partners.
- Experience writing business requirements/user stories, test plans/cases, and executing testing to ensure requirements are met.
- Provide quantitative and qualitative data analysis when needed and be the bridge between business and technical team members.
- Strong MicroSoft Excel skills including use of formulas and pivot tables.
- SAFe Agile project experience.
- Clear and concise communication translating complex findings into actionable insights.
- Ability to plan project work out and complete the appropriate change management/communication strategies and deliverables.
- Typically requires 7 years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
Why work with us?
Our employees and representatives serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services. We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities. We’re a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won’t get lost in the shuffle. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.
You’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match, parental leave, paid time off, paid company holidays and time off to volunteer in your community. Please click here to learn more about who we are and the many benefits we offer our employees.
COUNTRY Financial is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment, and in providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
Come join our team at COUNTRY today!
COUNTRY Financial does not generally sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.