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.
QualificationsTo 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.
AA/EEO/Vet/Military
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Five years of 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, including Word and Outlook
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Associate degree in accounting with at least one year of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
What We Do
American Business Forms, Inc. is a public company headquartered in Glenwood, Minnesota, that specializes in the manufacturing and wholesale of business forms, labels, packaging, and promotional products. Operating under the trade name American Solutions for Business, the company provides comprehensive services including forms management, fulfillment programs, and custom business forms design to a variety of business clients throughout the United States.
