The Role
Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive plans by maintaining compensation data and documentation, validating employee and payout information, investigating discrepancies, assisting with calculations and accounting reconciliations, and coordinating approved payments with Payroll. The role also improves process accuracy, responds to internal questions, protects sensitive compensation information, and manages recurring deadlines while partnering with Accounting and Payroll.
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Important information before applying:
Location: This position is based on-site in Moscow, Idaho, and requires five days per week in the office. We will consider only candidates who currently live locally or are willing to relocate.
Work Authorization: To respect your time, we cannot provide employment visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Before applying, please confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
Lightcast is seeking a detail-oriented, analytical Commission Analyst to support the systems and data behind our monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive plans. This entry-level opportunity is for someone who enjoys working through details, asking questions, and ensuring the numbers are accurate.
You’ll partner closely with Accounting and Payroll to keep incentive processes reliable, well-documented, and on schedule. Direct experience is not required. We’re looking for someone with a strong foundation in finance, accounting, business analysis, or a related field, along with curiosity, sound judgment, and a growth mindset. The right person will take pride in tracing numbers back to their source, spotting inconsistencies, and improving how work gets done.
Major Responsibilities:
- Maintain the systems, data, and documentation used to administer monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive plans
- Collect and validate employee, performance, and payout data, investigating discrepancies and following issues through to resolution
- Support incentive calculations and prepare accurate, well-organized outputs for review and approval
- Partner with Accounting on incentive-related accounts, including reconciliations, accrual support, account coding, and responding to questions about plan results
- Coordinate with Payroll to prepare and submit approved incentive payments accurately and by established deadlines
- Maintain clear records of plan inputs, calculations, approvals, adjustments, and submissions
- Help identify ways to make incentive processes more accurate, consistent, and efficient
- Respond to questions from internal partners and explain data or calculations clearly
- Handle sensitive compensation information with discretion and care
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Strong academic, project, internship, or work background in finance, accounting, data analysis, or business analysis. Professional experience is not required
- Strong attention to detail and a habit of checking work for accuracy and completeness
- Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, and structured data; experience with Excel or Google Sheets is helpful
- Ability to investigate a data issue, ask focused questions, and explain what you found
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
- Good organization and follow-through, especially when managing recurring deadlines
- Interest in learning financial systems, incentive processes, and tools used to manage employee and payroll data
Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights, headquartered in Moscow, ID (US), with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions, companies, and communities.
Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Strong academic, project, internship, or work background in finance, accounting, data analysis, or business analysis
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to checking work for accuracy and completeness
- Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, and structured data
- Ability to investigate data issues, ask focused questions, and explain findings
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Good organization and follow-through when managing recurring deadlines
- Interest in learning financial systems, incentive processes, and employee and payroll data tools
- Experience with Excel or Google Sheets
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
- Ability to work on-site five days per week in Moscow, Idaho, or willingness to relocate
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The Company
What We Do
Emsi Burning Glass is now Lightcast. Our name is new, but our dedication to providing the world’s best data-driven talent strategies remains the same. We’re going to continue bringing clarity to the labor market, guiding our customers through a complex and changing world and giving them the competitive advantage they demand. Our mission is to unlock new possibilities in the labor market.
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