Commissions Finance Manager
Commissions Finance Manager
San Francisco, California, United States
Why join us
Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.
Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.
Finance at Brex
The Finance team leads financial planning and analysis as well as corporate development, which includes board communications, investor relations, fundraising, and M&A. We strive to be agents of change rather than a reporting function. We’re integrated and partner closely with teams across Brex to evaluate key questions, solve problems, and drive results. Through our corporate development efforts, we are also deeply involved in long-term planning and major strategic decisions for the company.
What you’ll do
As the Commissions Finance Manager, you will be crucial in driving our company's success by ensuring accurate and effective commission structures and payouts for our Sales and Revenue teams. Your work will directly impact our salesforce motivation and productivity, helping us achieve our growth targets. You will join our dynamic Finance team and collaborate with senior leadership across various departments.
We are seeking an individual who is passionate about our business, possesses strong analytical skills, and demonstrates strategic thinking to help optimize our commission processes as we expand. The ideal candidate should thrive in tackling challenges and be adept at addressing complex problems with a high degree of organization and attention to detail. Reporting to the Head of Sales Finance, the Commissions Finance Manager will be a key member of the Finance team, responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our commission structures.
Where you’ll work
This role will be based in our San Francisco office. You must be willing to work in office at least 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday, starting the week of January 6th, 2025. Employees will be able to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year, for a minimum of one week at a time.
Responsibilities
- Assist in designing and modeling commission and sales incentive plans
- Partner with sales management to provide cost-impact solutions and/or opportunities related to commission/incentive designs
- Own the Captivate IQ strategy, implementation, and reporting of commission/incentive processing policies and procedures
- Ensure commission and sales incentive payments have been properly processed
- Prepare monthly commission and sales incentive payment summary reports for management with trend analysis and forecast projections
- Analyze sales performance data to provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership on commission-related decisions
- Act as a liaison within Finance, fostering alignment with the Sales, Revenue, and Operations teams to ensure commission accuracy and effectiveness
- Continuously improve and streamline commission processes to enhance efficiency and transparency
- Respond to escalated calls regarding complex commission or sales incentive-related processing problems
Requirements
- BA/BS degree, preferably in Business, Finance, or Accounting
- Experience with implementing and maintaining Captivate IQ
- 4+ years of relevant finance, commissions, revenue operations, or sales operations experience.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with proven success partnering and collaborating across various functions
- Experience retrieving and handling large amounts of data in Excel or other database systems
- Highly self-motivated with a stellar work ethic and strong attention to detail
- Must be willing to work in office 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday
Bonus points
- Advanced analytical skills and significant knowledge and understanding of US GAAP
- Experience working in a SaaS company or other recurring revenue model business
- Experience with Salesforce and Looker
Compensation
The expected salary range for this role is $155,488 USD - $194,360 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.