Sales Commission Analyst, LightEdge Solutions
Cloud hosting, colocation & consulting
Job no longer available
Cloud hosting, colocation & consulting
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create and capture opportunities for our clients through the right solutions targeting the right problems.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required
- Requires 3–5 years of related work experience in commissions, sales operations, and/or payroll processing
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Experience may substitute for education at a rate of 3 years of experience to 1 year of education (at the manager’s discretion)
- A combination of education and experience may be used
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including writing and applying formulas
- Advanced knowledge of commissions processing tools and systems (e.g., Oracle, Callidus, SAP, CaptivateIQ)
- Advanced analytical skills
- Good logic and math skills
- Experience functioning independently and leading informally or through mentoring
- Strong attention to detail and time management skills
- Effective verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
- Ability to foresee and lead through change
- Proven ability to proactively identify and resolve issues
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement and challenge the status quo
What the job involves
- The Sales Commission Analyst will lead sales commissions and partner commissions end-to-end
- Includes commissions tool development, calculating sales and partner commissions payments, and communicating payment information to Sales & Channel Partners
- Establishes business processes and best practices to ensure commission data integrity and calculations are accurate and comply with Sales Compensation Plans or Partner Agreements
- Maintain and audit information needed to track sales revenue/eligible billings and commissions to sales and eligible channel partners
- Gather data and prepare commission calculations, reports, uploads, and data files
- Audit commission and payment files, identify and resolve data integrity issues, and implement best practices
- Implement system and data changes to resolve integrity issues
- Establish policy and process for documentation and monthly administration in compliance with internal/external controls
- Develop, maintain, and improve reporting to track data effectively
- Resolve complex reconciliation issues
- Serve as point of contact for all commission-related questions and escalations, including communication of resolutions
- Collaborate with Managed Services Provider (MSP) and coordinate with VP of Sales Operations
- Maintain and update complex logic in systems (e.g., CaptivateIQ) to accommodate data and system changes
- Identify and eliminate system programming defects
- Evaluate and improve best practices and document necessary system configurations
- Lead business conversations on compensation plan development and provide analysis on metric impacts
- Manage changes to Sales Compensation Plans and Partner Agreements in systems and tools
- Act as Subject Matter Expert for auditors and consultants
- Determine methods and procedures for new assignments
- Provide guidance and training to new team members
- Mentor others and serve as escalation point to ensure team redundancy
Our take
Founded in 1996, LightEdge Solutions is a leader in public cloud and enterprise IT technology solutions, with a focus on private, public, hybrid and multicloud colocation. Its solutions help companies connect to the cloud at a faster pace and with less hassle. It has supported more than 1300 large organisations through 12 data centres in 8 US markets.
With its solid rooting in the industry and the experience to match, it’s no surprise that LightEdge’s offerings have grown to include a full suite of digitisation solutions. From IT infrastructure optimisation to bolstering cybersecurity, Lightedge benefits from catering to a wide range of enterprise needs.
Since its buyout by GI Partners in 2021, LightEdge has embarked on a series of acquisitions itself. With four companies bought since 2021, it has stepped up successfully into this new portfolio role - and these acquisitions should keep LightEdge stable and ripe for further growth for a long time to come.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2004
$5m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $5m
Company benefits
- Health, Vision & Dental
- Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401(K) Match
- PTO, Sick/Personal Time & 10 Paid Holidays
- Paid Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave
Company HQ
Downtown Des Moines, Des Moines, IA
Leadership
Jim Masterson
(CEO & President)Previously SVP of Sales and Marketing for Terabeam, and VP of Applications and Marketing at Rhythms NetConnections. Was also an Executive Director for U S WEST.
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