San Jose, California

Sales operations,
built on data
and discipline.

I'm Karen — a sales operations analyst with four years at Adobe and a track record of turning messy sales data into clean systems, accurate compensation, and decisions leadership can act on.

Karen Malhi

Sales performance is a data problem with people on both ends of it.

I've spent the last four years inside Adobe's sales organization — first as a contractor supporting GTM strategy for Acrobat, Sign, and Creative Cloud, then full-time on the Compensation team owning monthly and quarterly payouts across AMER.

The work sits at the intersection of analytics, systems, and stakeholder trust. Build the report leadership actually uses. Fix the comp dispute before it becomes a morale problem. Make Anaplan reflect what the org actually looks like, not what it looked like two quarters ago.

My background blends a BBA in Management and an MBA in Enterprise Information Systems with hands-on Salesforce, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, and Anaplan experience — meaning I can speak to the strategy and own the build.

4+
Years at Adobe
21%
Reduction in reporting inconsistencies
15%
Productivity lift via Anaplan models
35%
Less admin time for sales reps

A career built across compensation, analytics, and operations.

Oct 2024 — Apr 2026

Sales Operations Analyst, Compensation

Adobe, Inc

Owned the monthly and quarterly sales compensation cycle across AMER — Account Managers, CSMs, SDR/BDRs, Specialists, and Solution Consultants — calculating, validating, and submitting payouts on deadline. Acted as the point-of-contact for commission inquiries via case system and email, partnered with sales leadership on plan design, and led UAT for annual plan changes. Maintained Anaplan position setup and quota submissions, and presented insights to executive leadership with actionable recommendations.

Anaplan Comp Plan Design UAT Executive Reporting Stakeholder Mgmt
Aug 2022 — Jul 2024

Sales Operations Analyst (Contractor)

Adobe, Inc

Supported go-to-market strategy across Acrobat, Sign, and Creative Cloud, partnering with sales leadership on weekly and quarterly performance reporting in Power BI — Win Rate, Avg Deal Cycle, Pipeline, Bookings. Cut reporting inconsistencies by 21% through a streamlined Power BI rollout, ran SQL queries in Databricks for ad-hoc analysis, and built Anaplan models for territory and quota planning that lifted SDR and specialist productivity by 15%.

Power BI Salesforce SQL / Databricks Anaplan GTM Strategy
Feb 2022 — Aug 2022

Sales Operations Manager

Freemodel, Inc

Served as the Salesforce admin for the division — building reports and dashboards, managing deals, and deploying process changes. Identified and resolved data issues that cut duplicate records by 31%, built weekly and quarterly Tableau reporting that improved data accuracy by 25% and reduced report-generation time by 21%, and drove process improvements that saved sales reps 35% of their admin time.

Salesforce Admin Tableau Comp Plan Design Forecasting Process Improvement
Earlier Experience
Sales Operations Analyst
Confidio · 2021–2022
Channel Operations Analyst
8x8 · 2020–2021
Data Entry Analyst
Cupertino Electric · 2019–2020
Funding Specialist
Tesla · 2019
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Crystal Equation · 2018–2019

The full stack for modern sales ops.

Sales & Compensation

  • Salesforce
  • Anaplan
  • Clari
  • HubSpot

BI & Analytics

  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • SAP Predictive Analytics

Data & Databases

  • SQL
  • Databricks
  • Oracle
  • MS Access

Programming & Apps

  • Java
  • Oracle E-Business Suite
  • Adobe Suite

Project Management

  • MS Project
  • Jira
  • UAT Leadership
  • Cross-functional Coordination

Domains

  • Sales Compensation
  • Territory & Quota Planning
  • GTM Strategy
  • Pipeline Reporting

Foundations in business and systems.

M.B.A — Enterprise Information Systems
California State University, Chico
2022
B.B.A — Management
California State University, Chico
2018
Certifications
Data Analytics Bootcamp
Springboard · 2024
Professional Sales Certificate
Seufferlein Sales Program · 2018

Let's connect.

Open to roles in sales operations, compensation, and revenue analytics. Reach out and let's talk.