Salesforce Administrator

Salesforce Administrator

Job Category: Technology Requisition Number: SALES001042

Posted: September 18, 2025 Full-Time Hybrid New York, NY 10017, USA +1 more locations

Description

Job Responsibilities:

1. Administration (~60%)

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Salesforce system configuration, maintenance, and enhancements.
• Manage user setup, roles, profiles, permissions, and security settings.
• Create and maintain page layouts, fields, record types, validation rules, flows, and approval processes.
• Support sales teams with dashboards, reports, and pipeline visibility tools to enable informed decision-making.
• Partner with the Sales Technology team to evaluate new Salesforce features and ensure system alignment with business needs.
• Provide periodic training, documentation, and ongoing support for end-users to improve adoption and usability.
• Environment management (Full, Partial and Dev. sandboxes)
• Management and deployment of configuration change sets
• Manage the deployment of other third-party applications (i.e. DST/SS&C SalesConnect)
• Develop and manage dashboards and reports in Salesforce
• Manage Salesforce Account Hierarchy and Territory Management rules, Execution

2. Coding / Customization (~20%)

• Collaborate with developers and the Sales Technology team for technical solutions beyond declarative (point-and-click) capabilities.
• Maintain and enhance custom objects, Apex triggers, Lightning components, and Visualforce pages where necessary.
• Integrate Salesforce with other systems (e.g., marketing automation, data warehouses using ETL processes) using standard APIs or middleware tools.
• Follow best practices for scalable and maintainable code, ensuring proper version control and documentation.
• Partner with external vendors or internal developers when more complex development efforts are required.

3. Data Management & Quality (~20%)

• Own data integrity across Salesforce, ensuring accurate, clean, and consistent records.
• Design and run data import/export processes, including deduplication (using Cloudingo or Validity), enrichment, and cleansing.
• Monitor data pipelines and resolve discrepancies between Salesforce and integrated systems.
• Salesforce Administrator Certification (ADM 201 or equivalent).

• 3+ years of hands-on Salesforce administration experience in a business-facing role.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce configuration (profiles, roles, workflows, reports, dashboards, page layouts, record types).
• Proven ability to manage users, security settings, and system permissions.
• Data management expertise, including data import/export, deduplication, and data quality monitoring.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in building reports and dashboards for business insights.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into Salesforce solutions.
• Ability to serve as a liaison between sales teams and technology teams, ensuring user needs are clearly understood and addressed.
• Experience conducting user training, providing documentation, and supporting adoption across business teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical solutions into user-friendly outcomes.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working directly with sales, operations, or business stakeholders.
• Additional Data management skills
  • Ability to handle Ad hoc data load request
  • Execute scheduled data maintenance

Qualifications

• Experience in project management, Salesforce support, and administration (including third-party integrations such as Marketo, Concur, Zoom, DemandTools/DupeBlocker).
• Salesforce certifications: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Developer; additional certifications (Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder) are a plus.
• Strong data management skills with working knowledge of SQL, ETL tools, or middleware (e.g., MuleSoft, Informatica, Jitterbit, Dell Boomi) a plus.
• Exposure to custom Salesforce implementations; experience with Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Components for light coding/customization preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel (macros, pivot tables, charts).
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with ability to work independently in a deadline-driven, changing environment.
• (Preferred) Experience supporting sales operations, revenue operations, or business intelligence teams, and partnering with stakeholders to improve sales processes and user experience.
• (Preferred) Background in change management or end-user enablement (e.g., workshops, adoption campaigns, enablement materials).
• (Preferred) Exposure to Sales Cloud and/or Marketing Cloud beyond core administration.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Supervisory Responsibilities : This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Experience/Education:

• 3 to 5 years of experience required
• Salesforce Administrator certification preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems preferred
• General knowledge of Salesforce data storage, security model, etc.

Compensation:

If this position will be performed in whole or in part in New York City, the base salary range is $85,000 to 110,000. Individual salaries may vary based on different factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and location. Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with this position.

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