Stop Paying Commissions The Hard Way
Replace fragile spreadsheets with a real-time commissions system built for real staffing complexity. Newbury Partners automates calculations, applies your actual commission rules, and delivers role-based visibility before payroll runs.
ATS-agnostic by design. Powered by Newbury Partners’ data layer and proven across complex staffing environments.
Commissions Should Build Trust. Instead, They Create Operational Friction.
Every month, teams pull reports from their ATS, export payroll data, open Excel files with tier structures, and manually stitch everything together just to calculate commissions.
It works until scale, exceptions, and plan complexity break it.
The Reality
- 30+ hours per cycle spent gathering, validating, and rerunning data
- Recruiter disputes because payouts cannot be easily explained
- Little visibility into how commissions affect gross profit
- Errors discovered late, under payroll pressure
When commissions are opaque, you don’t just lose time. You lose confidence, trust, and margin clarity.
Three Commission Solutions. One Partner.
Newbury Partners offers three distinct commission solutions tailored to your business size, technical infrastructure, and complexity needs. Choose the path that fits your organization today.
Fastest Development
Bullhorn Canvas Commissions
Perfect for straightforward commission structures on Bullhorn Back Office(BBO). Everything happens within your existing Bullhorn environment.
- All-in-Bullhorn solution.
- Universal commission rates (e.g., flat 3% across the board).
- Timeline: 4-6 weeks.
- No additional infrastructure needed.
- Ideal for: Bullhorn One users with simple tier structures.
Fully Customized
Custom Commission System
Built in your own environment with your own infrastructure. Newbury Partners designs, builds, and hands it off to your team.
- Complex tiers, splits, overrides, draws, and promotions.
- Built in your Azure, AWS, or data warehouse.
- You own and manage the solution.
- Role-based dashboards for all stakeholders.
- Ideal for: Mid-to-large firms with technical teams.
Fully Managed
BI Portal Commissions
Newbury Partners hosts and manages everything. You consume data through pre-built dashboards with zero infrastructure burden.
- Hosted and maintained by Newbury Partners.
- Includes Sales, Operations, and Financial dashboards.
- Commission module integrated seamlessly.
- No developers or IT team required.
- Ideal for: $25M-$125M firms without BI investment.
How Newbury Partners Delivers Commissions in 4 Steps
A proven methodology that turns commission chaos into operational clarity
Step 1
Discovery
We complete the Commissions Workflow together, documenting data sources, triggers, plan types, payout frequency, exceptions, and edge cases through interactive workshops. (1-3 Weeks)
Step 2
Architecture Design
We review your current tech stack and design a future-state architecture aligned to your reporting and scalability goals.
Step 3
Integration & Automation
Data flows into a central warehouse via APIs or database connections. Commission logic is automated and outputs dashboards and payroll-ready results.
Step 4
Launch & Scale
Recipients access dashboards, admins manage plans with version control, and finance reclaims hours every cycle.
Key Features Built for Real Commission Plans
Enterprise-grade capabilities that handle complexity without chaos
Automated Calculation Engine
Applies tiers, splits, overrides, draws, promotions, and exceptions consistently across all commission recipients.
Exception Handling Without Chaos
Supports custom rules while maintaining auditability and transparency throughout the commission cycle.
Historical Accuracy & Re-Runs
Rerun any period confidently without spreadsheet snapshots. Full version control and audit trails.
Payroll-Ready Outputs
Clean exports that reduce downstream reconciliation and integrate seamlessly with your payroll workflows.
Single Source of Truth
One system replaces conflicting versions of the numbers. Everyone sees the same data at the same time.
Role-Based Dashboards
Recruiters, managers, executives, and admins see exactly what they need— nothing more, nothing less.
Integrates With Your Tech Stack (ATS-Agnostic)
Newbury Partners commissions work with the systems you already use
ATS
- Bullhorn
- Bullhorn One
- JobDiva
- Others
Payroll/HR
- ADP
- Comparable Systems
BI & Data:
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- AWS
- Azure
- Tableau
Data is consolidated into a central warehouse, refreshed near real-time, and fully auditable.
From Payroll Burden to Gross Profit Clarity
When commissions are automated and transparent, everything changes
Manual Cycle Time Drops Dramatically
From 30+ hours per cycle to minutes. Finance teams reclaim their time every month.Disputes Decline as Trust Increases
Transparent calculations mean fewer questions and faster resolutions.Leadership Spots Margin Leaks Earlier
Real-time visibility into how commissions impact gross profit and gross margin.
Operational Intelligence
Commissions become more than payroll. It becomes strategic business insight.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can this handle complex commission plans?
Yes. Tiers, splits, overrides, draws, promotions, and exceptions are all supported across all three solution paths.
Is this Bullhorn-only?
No. Newbury Partners commissions are ATS-agnostic. We work with Bullhorn, Bullhorn One, JobDiva, and other systems.
How long does Discovery take?
Typically 1-3 weeks, depending on the complexity of your commission structure and the number of stakeholders involved.
Does this replace payroll?
No. It validates and prepares commission data for your existing payroll workflows, making the entire process more efficient and accurate.
Which solution path is right for my organization?
Canvas Commissions works for simple structures on Bullhorn BBO. Bespoke is ideal for complex needs with in-house IT teams. BI Portal suits organizations that want Newbury Partners to host and manage everything. Schedule a discovery call and we’ll help you decide.
What's the difference between Bespoke and BI Portal?
Bespoke is built in your environment and you own it. BI Portal is hosted and managed by Newbury Partners—you just consume the insights without any infrastructure burden.