Senior Manager, FP&A

AIT Worldwide Logistics•Itasca, IL

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis leads core FP&A team responsibilities, including operational reporting, systems expertise, variable compensation calculations and financial analysis across AIT's global network. This role strengthens the company's financial insights, improves data integrity between operational and reporting systems, and drives automation and continuous improvement within the FP&A team. This role will assume ownership of AIT's variable compensation programs, which include various bonus programs and sales commissions. This role partners closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders to ensure incentive plans are competitive, well governed, analytically supported, and aligned with organizational goals.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Finance, Accounting or related field (required)
10+ years Progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (required)
10+ years Working in global operational or financial systems (required)
Leadership, critical thinking, analytical problem-solving and data synthesis High
Collaboration and influencing skills across global, cross-functional teams High
IT and data literacy High
Understanding of Compensation principals, incentive plan governance, and market benchmarking High
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with high attention to detail High
Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to automate and streamline processes High

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree (preferred)
10+ years Compensation Programs or incentive plan administration (preferred)
10+ years Systems implementation or transformation experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

Own the company’s variable compensation calculations, including the vertical profit share program, Corporate MBO Plan, Operations MBO Plan, and other short term incentive programs.
Own and administer the company’s sales commissions process, including all inputs, calculations, validations, and reporting required to ensure accurate and timely commission payments.
Lead the globalization of the sales commissions process by finalizing a global sales commission policy and building the supporting processes, reporting, and team capabilities needed to manage the program efficiently and consistently.
Manage monthly, quarterly and annual incentive cycles, ensuring accurate calculations, timely communications & submissions, and alignment with plan rules.
Provide expert consultation to HR and business leaders on variable compensation design, modeling, and governance.
Develop reporting and data support for variable compensation programs while ensuring compliance with internal policies and applicable regulations.
Provide directions on variable compensation during annual budgeting process.
Partner with Accounting to manage monthly variable compensation entries, reconciliations, and related inquiries.
Support HRIS administration for variable compensation processes, ensuring appropriate controls and reconciliations are in place to align financial systems with HRIS data.
Develop subject matter expertise in shipment level operational data, including data flows, recognition logic, and coding accuracy.
Partner with IT and Power BI team to ensure clean, reliable data movement between operational systems and reporting platforms.
Establish controls and reconciliation processes to reduce data integrity risks and support automation of recurring reporting.
Lead improvements in profitability reporting, transfer pricing methodologies, and cross geography expense allocations.
Collaborate with Accounting and other Finance teams to ensure accurate reporting, alignment of financial results, and timely close processes.
Own statistical account reporting methodologies and related entries, while enhancing metric granularity to support more detailed analysis.
Analyze financial performance, trends, business cases, and scenarios to deliver actionable insights and support leadership decision-making.
Strengthen FP&A team capabilities by developing technical skills, systems expertise, and knowledge of operational data flows.
Organize team tasks and initiatives and ensure balanced workload, consistent progress of initiatives and continuous improvement of routine tasks.
Improve efficiency and accuracy by automating routine processes, leveraging operational reporting, and establishing review controls to reduce errors.
Support financial system implementations and enhancements.
Participate in M&A due diligence and integration activities, including data validation, reporting alignment, and process harmonization.
Lead or support strategic initiatives that improve reporting, automation, and financial visibility across the organization.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards