Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
Company Overview
AMSTED Industries is a diversified global manufacturer of industrial components serving primarily the railroad, vehicular and construction and building markets.
Combining leading-edge manufacturing processes with a history of continuous innovation, we’re proud to be leaders in each of the market segments we serve.
Operating under the Amsted Industries umbrella since 1962, today we’re meeting the growing needs of a global market with 60 manufacturing locations in 9 countries across 6 continents.
Amsted is employee owned, which allows our employees to share in the success of the company and provides employees with significant retirement savings.
Role Overview
We are seeking a motivated and analytical Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to join our Corporate Accounting team based in Chicago, Illinois.
This position reports directly to the Amsted Corporate Controller.
This dynamic role will split time between core FP&A responsibilities, such as the five-year strategy, the annual financial plan and quarterly financial forecasts, board of directors’ deliverables for the CFO and CEO, and the analysis of financial results, as well as ad hoc special projects aimed at enhancing financial reporting and analysis.
The ideal candidate will bring strong financial modeling skills, particularly in Excel, with experience in the manufacturing sector.
The ability to identify key financial drivers and assumptions is essential.
This role requires a self-starter who is confident challenging business assumptions, skilled at working with large, unstructured datasets, and passionate about producing meaningful analysis that informs and drives business decisions.
Responsibilities:
* Lead Amsted’s forecasting, planning, and strategy processes, including:
+ Business units: provide assumptions and guidance to the business units as they develop their forecasts, plans and 5-year strategy
+ Amsted corporate entity: own the creation of the corporate entity financial forecasts by working with each functional department head
+ Consolidation of the company’s forward-looking financials and preparing the CFO’s presentation of the consolidated forecasts to the Amsted board of directors;
* Own ESOP-related redemption forecasting - work in conjunction with Corporate departments and external vendors to model exposures and ad hoc scenarios related to ESOP shares;
* Own quarterly estimates for share-price related liabilities and cash flow projections;
* Prepare special presentations on an ad hoc basis for Amsted’s CEO and CFO speaking engagements;
* Oversee and prepare quarterly meeting materials for the CEO to present to the board of directors, which include commentary regarding quarterly performance and discussion around key business issues, market drivers and strategic initiatives;
* Build and manage long-term consolidated high-level financial models and other short-term driver-b...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Chicago, US-IL
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Management
- Recruiter: Amsted Industries Incorporated
- Contact: Erica A. Zawadzki
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: MANAG007466-00001
- Posted: 2025-06-27 08:42:26 -
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