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With clients at the heart of every decision, Gersh leverages strategic insights and decades of experience to strengthen its resources, empowering clients to achieve success across the global media landscape.\n\nAbout the role\nThe Commissions Analyst is responsible for reviewing and validating agent credit assignments within the agency's trust and compensation systems. This role ensures that Signing Agents and Booking Agents are accurately credited for client engagements, bookings, and revenue-generating activities, enabling proper bonus allocation and compensation. The Commissions Analyst serves as a critical quality control function, partnering with agents, accounting, payroll, and operations teams to maintain the integrity of compensation data and resolve crediting discrepancies.\n\nDuties\nAgent Credit Review & Validation\n\nReview client, deal, and booking records to verify the accuracy of Signing Agent and Booking Agent assignments.\n\nAnalyze booking activity, contracts, and supporting documentation to confirm proper agent attribution.\n\nValidate commission splits and agent participation percentages in accordance with established guidelines.\n\nEnsure agent split percentage changes are accurately entered and maintained within applicable systems.\n\nCompensation Accuracy\n\nVerify that compensation calculations align with approved agent credit assignments and commission structures.\n\nConduct pre-payment and post-payment reviews to ensure accurate commission, bonus, and incentive payments.\n\nIdentify compensation discrepancies and 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