Sr. Commission Analyst (Contract)

Accela is seeking a Sr Commission Analyst who can play an integral role in administrating the company’s compensation program. This position is a 4-5 month contract with a cyclical work schedule.

NOTE: 25-30 hours per week. Typically, the first half of the month is busier (average of 30 hours per week) and the second half of the month slows down (average of 20 hours per week).

About the Role

As Sr. Commission Analyst at Accela you will work across multiple functions supporting activities with the administration of the company’s compensation programs. Additionally, you will administrate the calculation of the sales team compensation, facilitate accurate and timely commission payments, and maintain a reporting dashboard of commission related attainment and metrics. This will include the development of business insights for Finance and Sales leaders on growth and booking performance, sales representative attainment, and payout ratios.

A strong sense of ownership and an attention to detail is crucial for success in role. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator with the ability to work cross-functionally with business intelligence and to drive automation in our management reporting.

Specific Responsibilities

• Administrate Accela’s compensation software (Captivated IQ), calculate and validate commission payments within company and program policies, maintain the compensation system for plan changes and enhancements during the plan year and for the new plan year
• Maintain and publish commissions payment dashboard, model commissions expense forecasts, and help establish other program changes as needed
• Provide monthly commission payment schedules to accounting and payroll
• Act as first point of contact for commission related questions and provide thorough and timely answers to the sales and sales management teams as needed
• Support the Accounting team with timely and accurate preparation of monthly reports and reconciliations for commissions accounting

Mandatory Skills and Requirements

• 3-5 years of high-tech company experience (SaaS/Cloud model preferred) with variable compensation calculations and a minimum 2-3 years of experience as commissions administrator
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with complex sales commission programs, sales compensation administration, and reporting and analytics
• Extremely organized, detail-oriented self-starter. Ability to work independently but also in highly collaborative team environment
• Strategic thinker with a demonstrated ability to provide solutions to open-ended problems
• Strong business partnership abilities to collaborate cross functionally
• Advanced Excel and strong systems skills
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Desired Qualifications

Captivate IQ, Salesforce, and NetSuite experience preferred

The base pay range for this position is $38 - $50 per hour. The base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

ABOUT ACCELA
For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes. From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Accela believes in developing and nurturing a workplace community where our differences are celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of psychological safety and belonging. Accela is committed to putting resources and attention towards evolving our practices, policies, and philosophies to enable diversity to thrive and to support equity in opportunity for everyone.

Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.

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