Senior Manager, FP&A

AIT Worldwide Logistics, INC.; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 127,720 - 191,580; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

AIT Worldwide Logistics, INC. is seeking a Senior Manager for Financial Planning & Analysis. This role involves overseeing variable compensation programs, reporting, and data integrity for efficient financial operations.

The ideal candidate will manage commission processes, collaborate closely with HR, and excel in analytics within a fast-paced environment. 10+ years of experience is required. In addition, benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave.

Qualifications

• 10+ years progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.
• 10+ years working in global operational or financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and administer the company's sales commissions process.
• Lead the globalization of the sales commissions process.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual incentive cycles.
• Partner with IT to ensure reliable data movement between systems.
• Analyze financial performance to deliver actionable insights.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical problem-solving

Collaboration skills

Data synthesis

IT literacy

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Master's Degree

Tools

Power BI

Financial systems

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Variable Compensation Program Ownership
  • 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 and 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 the 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.
• Data, Systems & Financial Insights
  • Develop subject‑matter expertise in shipment‑level operational data, including data flows, recognition logic and coding accuracy.
  • Partner with IT and the 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.
• Team Development & Operational Excellence
  • 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.
• Projects, Integrations & Continuous Improvement
  • 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.
• The wage range for this position is $127,720.00–$191,580.00 and may vary based on geography as well as relative knowledge, skills, abilities and experience.

Qualifications

• Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field (required).
  • Master's Degree (preferred).
• Experience
  • 10+ years progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (required).
  • 10+ years working in global operational or financial systems (required).
  • 10+ years experience in Compensation Programs or incentive plan administration (preferred).
  • 10+ years experience in systems implementation or transformation (preferred).
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Leadership, critical thinking, analytical problem‑solving and data synthesis – high competence.
  • Collaboration and influencing skills across global, cross‑functional teams – high competence.
  • IT and data literacy – high competence.
  • Understanding of Compensation principals, incentive plan governance and market benchmarking – high competence.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment with high attention to detail – high competence.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to automate and streamline processes – high competence.

Benefits

In addition to your base compensation, you may be eligible for a bonus based on achievement of business and/or individual performance metrics (dependent on position). Benefits offered include Medical, Prescription, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability, Supplemental Health, Employee Support, Paid Parental Leave, Pet Insurance, 401(k) and Tuition Reimbursement. In addition, teammates may be eligible for up to 10 to 20 days of vacation (depending on tenure), 2 personal days, 1 floating holiday, 5 sick days, 5 volunteer hours and 6 company holidays (plus Veterans Day for Veterans) annually.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AIT Worldwide Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veterans/Disabled. If you are unable to apply online due to a disability, contact Human Resources at 630-766-8300 ext 5218.