• Job Description

  Req#: 9191

  Description

  Symetra has an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Anaplan Model Builder, Incentive Compensation Data Analyst!

  About the Role

  This role designs, enhances, and optimizes Anaplan models that power Symetra’s sales incentive compensation programs, including commissions, bonuses, quotas, and performance reporting. The Model Builder translates plan documents and business requirements into scalable calculation logic, ensuring results are accurate, transparent, and audit-ready. The role supports recurring payout cycles, maintains model integrity in a production environment, and implements updates in a controlled and well-documented manner. They test and deploy model updates, support user testing, and document model logic and data flows to ensure strong governance. This role reports to the Director of Incentive Compensation & Analytics and works cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Sales, and Data teams to implement plan changes, improve automation, and reduce manual effort.

  This position supports incentive compensation programs impacting hundreds of sales professionals and millions of dollars in annual commission payments, directly influencing sales performance and business outcomes.

  What you will do

  • Design, enhance, and maintain Anaplan incentive compensation models and supporting data structures.
  • Revise and optimize database queries to source, transform, and validate sales production data used in compensation calculations.
  • Execute monthly incentive compensation and bonus payment cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with accounting requirements.
  • Analyze large, complex datasets to identify and resolve calculation or data integrity issues.
  • Develop and apply expertise in Symetra’s products, sales structure, and incentive compensation plans across divisions and channels.
  • Respond to employee and business partner inquiries regarding compensation payments, calculation logic, and reporting.
  • Administer special payments, SPIFFs, and other compensation adjustments with appropriate financial oversight.
  • Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, recommend improvements, and implement scalable solutions.
  • Build dashboards and reporting tools that improve transparency, insight, and calculation accuracy.
  • Identify and implement automation and process improvements that reduce manual effort and strengthen internal controls.
  • Evaluate and improve model performance, scalability, and structural efficiency.
  • Pursue Anaplan certification and apply platform best practices to strengthen model performance and maintainability.

  Why work at Symetra

  “From day one, I felt welcomed and encouraged to bring my full self to work. Symetra truly lives up to its commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—it's more than just words here; it's part of the culture.” - Whitney T., Talent Development

  “If you're looking for a place to call home, grow professionally and personally and most importantly, be yourself, Symetra is the right fit.” - Daniel P., Director Underwriting

  What we offer you

  We don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

  • Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
  • Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
  • Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
  • Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
  • Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

  Compensation

  Salary Range: $87,900 – $146,500 plus eligibility for annual bonus programs

  Qualifications

  Who you are

  Success in this role requires curiosity about how systems work, comfort digging into calculation logic, and a willingness to trace issues to root cause within data structures and model design.

  • Demonstrated experience building or supporting structured data models or calculation logic in a production environment required.
  • Experience writing SQL queries or equivalent structured data logic to reconcile and validate large datasets required.
  • Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reconciliation required.
  • Strong interest in model architecture, data structure, and system design required.
  • Comfortable explaining complex calculation logic to non-technical stakeholders required.
  • Highly detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and root-cause problem solving required.
  • Anaplan Model Builder Certification (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3) preferred.
  • Experience building scalable Anaplan models using best practices preferred.
  • Python or other scripting experience for data transformation, validation, or automation preferred.
  • Experience in insurance or financial services industries, specifically supporting recurring financial or commission payout cycles preferred.
  • Familiarity with accounting processes related to commissions, accruals, and financial reporting preferred.
  • High school diploma required.

  We empower inclusion
  At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We're building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute.

  Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspective, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here.

  Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom
  Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we're guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price, we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they're buying, and we design products--and operate our company--to stand the test of time. We're committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom.

  For more information about our careers visit: https://symetra.eightfold.ai/careers

  Work Authorization
  Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.

  Please review Symetra's Remote Network Minimum Requirements:

  As a remote-first organization committed to providing a positive experience for both employees and customers, Symetra has the following standards for employees' internet connection:

  • Minimum Internet Speed:100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband."
  • Internet Type:Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL.
  • Not Permissible:Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up.

  When applying to jobs at Symetra you'll be asked to test your internet speed and confirm that your internet connection meets or exceeds Symetra's standard as outlined above.

  Identity Verification

  Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity.

  Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in:

  • Disqualification from the recruitment process
  • Withdrawal of a job offer
  • Termination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered

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• About the company

  Symetra is a United States-based family of companies providing retirement plans, employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through independent distributors nationwide.

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