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title: 'Commission Analyst - 1101 at Lightcast'
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# Commission Analyst - 1101 at Lightcast

- **Company:** Lightcast
- **Location:** Moscow, ID
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/85154626-4136-4412-9fb8-dcffb9c7a569

## Job description

Important information before applying: Location: This position is based on-site in Moscow, Idaho, and requires five days per week in the office. We will consider only candidates who currently live locally or are willing to relocate. Work Authorization: To respect your time, we cannot provide employment visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Before applying, please confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Lightcast is seeking a detail-oriented, analytical Commission Analyst to support the systems and data behind our monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive plans. This entry-level opportunity is for someone who enjoys working through details, asking questions, and ensuring the numbers are accurate.

You’ll partner closely with Accounting and Payroll to keep incentive processes reliable, well-documented, and on schedule. Direct experience is not required. We’re looking for someone with a strong foundation in finance, accounting, business analysis, or a related field, along with curiosity, sound judgment, and a growth mindset. The right person will take pride in tracing numbers back to their source, spotting inconsistencies, and improving how work gets done.

Major Responsibilities:

- Maintain the systems, data, and documentation used to administer monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive plans
- Collect and validate employee, performance, and payout data, investigating discrepancies and following issues through to resolution
- Support incentive calculations and prepare accurate, well-organized outputs for review and approval
- Partner with Accounting on incentive-related accounts, including reconciliations, accrual support, account coding, and responding to questions about plan results
- Coordinate with Payroll to prepare and submit approved incentive payments accurately and by established deadlines
- Maintain clear records of plan inputs, calculations, approvals, adjustments, and submissions
- Help identify ways to make incentive processes more accurate, consistent, and efficient
- Respond to questions from internal partners and explain data or calculations clearly
- Handle sensitive compensation information with discretion and care

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Strong academic, project, internship, or work background in finance, accounting, data analysis, or business analysis. Professional experience is not required
- Strong attention to detail and a habit of checking work for accuracy and completeness
- Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, and structured data; experience with Excel or Google Sheets is helpful
- Ability to investigate a data issue, ask focused questions, and explain what you found
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
- Good organization and follow-through, especially when managing recurring deadlines
- Interest in learning financial systems, incentive processes, and tools used to manage employee and payroll data

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights, headquartered in Moscow, ID (US), with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.  We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions, companies, and communities.

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

## About Lightcast

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides the world’s most comprehensive labor market intelligence by transforming job postings, professional profiles, and government data into actionable insights for businesses, educators, and governments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth stage, no recent funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Moscow, Idaho, United States
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (company was originally Emsi; merged with Burning Glass Technologies)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Labor Market Analytics, Workforce Intelligence, HR Technology, Economic Development
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises, government agencies, educational institutions, workforce boards, and economic development organizations
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, institutions, companies, and communities.” (source: [lightcast.io](https://lightcast.io))

## Products & Services
- **Lightcast Data Platform**: SaaS platform offering interactive maps, graphs, and dashboards to explore labor market trends, skills demand, and workforce gaps.
- **APIs & Data Feeds**: Programmatic access to the world’s largest labor market database covering 165+ countries, 3B+ job postings, and 1.2B career profiles.
- **Consulting Services**: Custom research projects and strategic advisory from a team of data scientists and economists.
- **Beyond The Buzz (AI Skills Disruption Matrix™)**: Proprietary tool and research framework to analyze AI’s impact on skills and workforce strategy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 521 employees (+12.8% YoY growth), 42,653 LinkedIn followers, recognized in TIME’s 2026 America’s Top WorkTech Companies
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly listed; clients include top universities, Fortune 500 firms, and government agencies; cited regularly in NY Times, WSJ, Forbes, CNBC
- **Growth Signals**: 17 active job postings (up 325% YoY); acquired Gazelle (2023) to expand data capabilities; expanding into new geographies (10 countries, including India, UK, Italy, Canada)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched data breadth**: Over 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and 100+ government sources across 165 countries.
- **Proprietary AI & taxonomies**: Advanced natural language processing and human-expert refinement to structure and standardize labor market data.
- **25+ years of experience**: Pioneer in collecting and analyzing labor market information at scale.
- **Trusted authority**: Regularly featured in top-tier media and used by policymakers and institutions worldwide.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Skills Transformation**: Leading research on how AI is reshaping skills demand, with tools like the AI Skills Disruption Matrix.
- **Education & Workforce Alignment**: Deepening partnerships with universities, governments, and workforce organizations to improve talent pipelines.
- **Global Expansion**: Strengthening presence in Europe, India, and other key markets.
- **Product Innovation**: Investing in data-driven decision-making tools for both corporate and public sector clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment focused on impact, innovation, and meaningful work. Emphasizes intellectual rigor and collaboration.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Many roles are remote (US and global); offices in Moscow (ID), UK, Europe, and India. Distributed team across 10 countries.
- **Diverse Hiring Areas**: Actively recruiting for Sales, Product & Engineering, Data Science & Analytics, Corporate Functions, and Leadership roles.
- **Growth Opportunity**: 12.8% headcount growth; employees are given autonomy to own research agendas and drive cross-functional projects.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company uses AI to support hiring (transparent about it); offers continuous learning through cutting-edge labor market research.

## Sources
1. [lightcast.io](https://lightcast.io/)
2. [lightcast.io – About](https://lightcast.io/en)
3. [LinkedIn – Lightcast](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightcastdata)
4. [Careers – Future Opportunities](https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/69c5168b-6802-4936-963a-99615957c412)
5. [Careers – Principal Economist](https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/383e7c18-24e8-4b5e-a1e5-05fc150bfd65)

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