Commissions Specialist I

AMERICAN BUSINESS FORMS INC•Glenwood, MN

3d•$40,000 - $52,000•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

High School diploma or the equivalent with five years’ experience in business, accounting and/or finance or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Working knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
Knowledge of technical accounting skills.
Competency in Microsoft applications; word, outlook with a higher level, working knowledge of excel.
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.
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.
Attention to detail and accuracy
Planning and organizing
Ability to multi-task
Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
Initiative
Teamwork
Confidentiality

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in accounting with a minimum of one-year related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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 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.