Commissions Specialist I

American Solutions for Business; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

American Solutions for Business is seeking a Commission Specialist to ensure accurate commission and rebate calculations across enterprise systems and approved agreements. You will manage daily processing, validate results, and align outputs with financial controls and company policy.

You will collaborate with Sales Operations Support and ACES, maintain agreements, and provide reporting and analyst support for onboarding, payments, and inquiries, while helping test system enhancements.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent with five years of business, accounting and/or finance experience.
• Preferred: Associate degree in accounting with at least one year of related experience.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Complete validations and daily system processes to populate commission results from our commission subsystem to the General Ledger/ERP system.
• Analyze daily data results from commission sub-module, identify and correct miscalculations or inaccuracies; maintain related reports and system applications.
• Prepare and process manual commission entries as required.
• Implement, update, and maintain all rebate and GP split agreements, ensuring approvals and signatures are electronic.
• Partner with sales associates to determine optimal commission or rebate structures to support business needs; initiate and maintain non-standard GP or rebate splits.
• Assist SOS and ACES with analysis and system capabilities to determine customer rebate options; including rebate setup, reporting, payments and agreement documentation.
• Administer commission setup, maintenance, and deactivation related to onboarding new Sales Associates and separation of existing Associates.
• Maintain and provide reporting related to Sales Associate acquisition payments.
• Provide secondary support to Sales Associates and home office personnel by responding to inquiries related to commissions, expenses, ledgers, payroll, statements, other commission matters; prepare financial reports as requested.
• Assist with testing and validation of commission system enhancements and other finance-related projects.
• Manage daily, weekly, monthly and ad-hoc tasks related to commission and rebate reporting, calculations, payments and setup; tracked through MS Outlook calendar reminders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Planning and organizing

Multi-tasking

Problem analysis

Problem solving

Initiative

Teamwork

Confidentiality

Education

High School diploma

Associate degree in accounting

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

The Commission Specialist is responsible for ensuring accurate commission and customer rebate calculations by leveraging enterprise operating systems and maintaining appropriate agreements for all commission and rebate setups. This role oversees the daily processing of commission calculations, validates subsystem results, and ensures alignment with organizational policies, financial controls, and strategic objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

- Complete validations and daily system processes to populate commission results from our commission subsystem to the General Ledger/ERP system.

- Analyze daily data results from commission sub-module, identify and correct miscalculations or inaccuracies; maintain related reports and system applications

- Prepare and process manual commission entries as required

- Implement, update, and maintain all rebate and gross profit (GP) split agreements, ensuring appropriate approvals, signatures are electronic filing

- Partner with sales associates to determine optimal commission or rebate structures to support business needs; initiate and maintain agreements for non-standard GP or rebate splits outside the standard commission model outlined in work agreements.

- Assist Sales Operation Support (SOS) and ACES with analysis and system capabilities to determine customer rebate options; including rebate setup, reporting, payments and agreement documentation

- Administer commission setup, maintenance, and deactivation related to onboarding new Sales Associates and separation of existing Associates.

- Maintain and provide reporting related to Sales Associate acquisition payments

- Provide secondary support to Sales Associates and home office personnel by responding to inquiries related to commissions, expenses, ledgers, payroll, operating expense statements, other commission-related matters; prepare financial reports as requested needed.

- Assist with testing and validation of commission system enhancements and other finance-related projects

- Manage daily, weekly, monthly and ad-hoc tasks related to commission and rebate reporting, calculations, payments and setup; tracked through MS Outlook calendar reminders.

- Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Required: High School diploma or the equivalent with five years experience in business, accounting and/or finance or equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred: Associate degree in accounting with a minimum of one-year related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

This position requires a working knowledge of accounting principles and practices and a knowledge of technical accounting skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Attention to detail and accuracy; planning and organizing; ability to multi-task; problem analysis and problem-solving skills; initiative; teamwork; confidentiality. Competency in Microsoft applications; word, outlook with a higher level, working knowledge of excel.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret various financial documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of management, sales associates, or employees of organization.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and/or diagram form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.