Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

The Sales Compensation Associate Role

The Sales Compensation Associate plays a critical role within the Finance organization by ensuring that sales compensation processes run accurately, reliably, and at scale. This role owns the execution of commission payouts, supports compensation reporting and visibility, and partners cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and Operations to ensure compensation programs are clear, effective, and trusted.

You will operate at the intersection of data, systems, and stakeholder support—ensuring compensation outcomes are accurate, timely, and well understood. This role requires strong attention to detail, analytical rigor, and a high level of service orientation to support sales teams and leadership.

We’re looking for someone who brings discipline to operational processes, curiosity to investigate and resolve issues, and ownership to continuously improve how compensation is managed. You will act as a steward of compensation data integrity, a partner to go-to-market teams, and a driver of scalable processes as the organization grows.

This role will thrive with someone who enjoys working across systems, solving data and process challenges, and creating structure in a fast-moving environment. You will have meaningful autonomy while partnering closely with Finance and Sales leadership to ensure compensation programs are executed with precision and clarity.

What You Will Do

Calculate and deliver accurate, timely, and consistent commission, bonus, and incentive payouts in accordance with compensation plans.
Validate deal and payout inputs across systems (Comp, CRM, CPQ, billing, and related tools) to ensure completeness, accuracy, and alignment with plan rules.
Produce recurring compensation reports, including attainment, quota progress, payouts, and plan performance, to provide visibility to Sales, Finance, and leadership.
Investigate and resolve compensation discrepancies by reviewing plan rules, deal data, and system inputs; communicate clearly with stakeholders and ensure timely resolution.
Identify root causes of discrepancies and implement process or system improvements to prevent recurrence.
Partner with Sales, Finance, and leadership to support compensation plan design, including drafting plan language, defining crediting rules, and shaping plan structures.
Support operationalization of compensation plans, including documentation, system setup, and rollout to sales teams.
Build and maintain scalable compensation processes, improving workflows, reducing manual effort, and increasing reliability as the organization grows.
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure clean data handoffs, consistent plan interpretation, and alignment across systems and teams.
Deliver a high level of stakeholder support by responding to compensation-related questions with clarity, urgency, and professionalism.

What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
4–7 years of experience in sales compensation, revenue operations, or finance, preferably in a B2G or high-growth environment.
Experience managing core components of the sales compensation lifecycle, including plan implementation, administration, payouts, and reporting.
Strong systems expertise across sales compensation tools (e.g., QuotaPath, Xactly, CaptivateIQ), CRM (e.g., Salesforce), and financial systems, with the ability to validate data flows and ensure accuracy across systems.
Strong analytical skills and spreadsheet proficiency (Excel/Google Sheets), with the ability to model compensation scenarios, investigate discrepancies, and derive insights.
Solid understanding of sales compensation design, including commissions, quotas, crediting rules, incentive structures, and plan language.
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a high degree of ownership, attention to detail, and a proactive, service-oriented mindset.
Located in DC and willing to work in the office 4x/week.

Salary Range: $112,000 - $145,000 Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here.

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Sales Compensation Associate

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