Sales Compensation Administration Specialist

American Business Forms • Glenwood, MN

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About The Position

The Sales Compensation Administration Specialist administers sales commissions, customer rebates, and gross profit (GP) split agreements. The role maintains compensation-related systems and agreements, validates commission calculations, supports sales associates and home office teams, and ensures compliance with established financial controls and policies. The position requires attention to detail, customer focus, and the ability to balance data accuracy with responsive support for internal stakeholders.

The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The employee must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and five years of experience in business, accounting, and/or finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and practices and knowledge of technical accounting skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy, planning and organizing, ability to multitask, problem analysis and problem-solving skills, initiative, teamwork, and confidentiality.
• Competency in Microsoft Word and Outlook, with a higher level of 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 organization employees.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with varied concrete variables where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Complete validations and daily system processes to populate commission results from the commission subsystem to the General Ledger/ERP system.
• Analyze daily commission sub-module data, identify and correct miscalculations or inaccuracies, and maintain related reports and system applications.
• Prepare and process manual commission entries as required.
• Implement, update, and maintain rebate and gross profit split agreements, ensuring appropriate approvals, signatures, and electronic filing.
• Partner with sales associates to determine commission or rebate structures that support business needs; initiate and maintain agreements for non-standard GP or rebate splits outside the standard commission model in work agreements.
• Assist Sales Operation Support (SOS) and ACES with analysis and system capabilities for customer rebate options, including setup, reporting, payments, and agreement documentation.
• Administer commission setup, maintenance, and deactivation for onboarding new Sales Associates and separating 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 about commissions, expenses, ledgers, payroll, operating expense statements, and other commission-related matters.
• Prepare financial reports as requested or needed.
• Assist with testing and validation of commission system enhancements and other finance-related projects.
• Manage daily, weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc commission and rebate reporting, calculations, payments, and setup tasks, tracked through MS Outlook calendar reminders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED