Andrea Rassbach

My summer internship was in the Sales and Marking Finance group at Intel Corporation, where I worked in World Wide Commissions. Working as an analyst in this group not only gave me exposure to the global nature of Intel's business, but it also allowed me to experience the front line activities involved in maintaining Intel's leading position in semiconductor companies.

The first part of my project involved completing benchmarking research regarding Intel's commissions pay plan for sales employees; The Sales and Marketing Finance group strives to ensure that Intel is aggressively paying top sales performers, which will in turn contribute to improved sales force retention in an extremely competitive environment. I also designed financial indicators to measure and track the sales commission pay plan. This helped to ensure that all commission expenses are aligned with producing the most effective pay plan possible, which contributes directly to meeting revenue forecasts.