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Commission Specialist

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Commission Specialist at CreatorIQ, responsible for administering commission plans and ensuring accurate and timely payouts for various teams. You will collaborate with Sales, Finance, and Sales Ops to maintain a detail-driven process and support month-end close activities.

Qualifications

  • 1–3 years of experience in sales compensation, commission administration, sales operations, finance, or accounting.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations.
  • Working knowledge of commission accounting concepts, or the willingness to learn accrued and deferred commission treatment.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, with the confidence to follow up with Sales and Finance partners.

Responsibilities

  • Support the administration of commission plans across various teams in CaptivateIQ.
  • Maintain plans, payee data, and quota and attainment inputs for active users.
  • Review calculated payouts, investigate discrepancies, and resolve payee questions.
  • Prepare accrued and deferred commission calculations for month-end close.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Detail Oriented
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management

About the company

CreatorIQ logo

CreatorIQ

  • AdTech & MarTech
  • 201–500
CreatorIQ is the most trusted software solution for companies seeking to advance their influencer marketing maturity in the age of the creator economy. Using CreatorIQ, our customers cultivate authentic partnerships with creators to reach broader business objectives. Our Intelligence Cloud facilitates data science-enabled creator discovery, streamlines workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement, and the world’s most innovative companies trust CreatorIQ to power their influencer marketing programs. ABInbev, Airbnb, Calvin Klein, CVS, Disney, H&M, Sephora, and Unilever are just some of the brands that utilize CreatorIQ’s platform to drive real business results across their influencer marketing ecosystems. Founded in 2014, CreatorIQ is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, London, and Ukraine. In September 2021, CreatorIQ announced its agreement to acquire Tribe Dynamics, the leader in influencer marketing analytics and data science capabilities. For more information, visit CreatorIQ.com.

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Job description

CreatorIQ is the operating system for creator-led growth trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies.

We’re on a mission to make businesses more human, and humans more impactful. We operate by our values — be intentional, pursue excellence every day, embrace the journey together, and be a good human — every day. CreatorIQ has earned the title of best companies to work for in multiple programs, including BuiltIn LA and NY. It’s been named a Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for four years, was named a leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Influencer Marketing Platforms for Large Enterprises in 2025, was named a Leader by The Forrester New Wave™: Influencer Marketing Solutions, and has been consistently recognized by G2 as a Leader, and is rated 5 stars on Influencer MarketingHub. We operate in a flexible work model that combines both in-person and remote work to boost collaboration, enhance innovation, and adapt to individual work styles.

We're seeking passionate, innovative minds to join our journey. Be a part of our dynamic team and let's transform the industry together!

Please note: Our Philippines-based team members are employed through our BPO partner, Emapta, while working as dedicated members of the CreatorIQ team.

Commission Specialist

As a Commission Specialist, you’ll help CreatorIQ pay our teams accurately and on time. You’ll administer commission plans in CaptivateIQ, review payouts, resolve payee questions, and partner with Sales, Finance, and Sales Ops, including supporting month-end close with accrued and deferred commission calculations. As a new role, you’ll help keep a detail-driven process running smoothly for our Sales, BDR, CSM, SC/SE, and Services teams. This is a remote role based in Manila, reporting to the Senior Commission Specialist.

In this role, you’ll get to:

  • Support the administration of commission plans across Sales, BDR, SC/SE, CSM, and Services teams, including onboarding new team members into CaptivateIQ.

  • Maintain plans, payee data, and quota and attainment inputs in CaptivateIQ for 100+ active users.

  • Review calculated payouts, investigate discrepancies, and resolve payee questions.

  • Calculate and process commissions managed outside CaptivateIQ.

  • Prepare accrued and deferred commission calculations for month-end close, partnering with Accounting to support a timely, accurate close.

  • Audit Salesforce (SFDC) deals to confirm they’re correctly marked Closed Won.

  • Track purchase orders (POs) and follow up with the sales team on outstanding items.

Who you are and what you’ll need for this position:

  • 1–3 years of experience in sales compensation, commission administration, sales operations, finance, or accounting

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

  • Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations

  • Working knowledge of commission accounting concepts, or the willingness to learn accrued and deferred commission treatment

  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy with confidential compensation data

  • Clear written and verbal communication, with the confidence to follow up with Sales and Finance partners

  • Ability to manage recurring deadlines, especially during month-end close

  • AI Capable: Uses approved AI tools independently to improve work quality and efficiency, including drafting, summarizing, researching, analyzing, and reviewing outputs for accuracy.

Nice to have:

  • Hands-on experience with CaptivateIQ or another commission tool (Xactly, Spiff, or Varicent)

  • Experience with Salesforce reports and opportunity data

  • Background in a SaaS or B2B technology company

  • Familiarity with ASC 340-40 commission capitalization and amortization

  • Experience with PO tracking or order-to-cash processes

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Have 50% of the criteria? Excited about this opportunity? Passionate about what we do at CreatorIQ? Please apply! CreatorIQ is a place where everyone can grow.

What you will get from us:

  • People: Work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.

  • Guidance: Utilize our learning platform to fully get the training and tools you'll need to become successful here from your first day with us.

  • Global Company Summit: Be part of our annual companywide gathering, where team members come together to connect, collaborate, learn, and celebrate. CreatorIQ covers eligible airfare and hotel accommodations, and summit participation is fully paid time.

  • Work/life harmony: 20 days of Service Incentive Leave (SIL), paid holidays, and paid parental leave.

  • Whole Health Package: Comprehensive HMO coverage for employees and their eligible dependents, plus life insurance and additional wellness benefits.

  • Work from home stipend: A one-time stipend to assist you in setting up a home office that works for you.

Who we are:

CreatorIQ is enterprise infrastructure for creator marketing, trusted by more than 1,300 of the world's leading brands and agencies, including Beiersdorf, Delta Air Lines, Dentsu, Google, Nestlé, and Wella. Powered by the Creator Graph®, CreatorIQ's proprietary AI and intelligence foundation grounded in over 11 years of data, it’s built for teams, agents, and the entire enterprise tech stack. With headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Austin, London, Manila, New York, San Francisco, and Warsaw, CreatorIQ’s global team moves quickly and deliberately because we're setting the pace for an industry that's still being defined.

Learn more at www.creatoriq.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

At CreatorIQ, different perspectives make our work better. The people we hire come from different backgrounds and think in different ways — and that's exactly what helps us connect with each other, and with the customers and creators we serve.We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and empowering work environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes us unique. By embracing our core values of being intentional, pursuing excellence every day, embracing the journey together, and being a good human, we create an atmosphere that promotes collaboration and growth. Join us to celebrate differences, innovate together, and be a part of a business that is disrupting the marketing industry.

AI Transparency Notice

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications and note taking during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please refer to our Global Candidate Privacy Notice.

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