About Morningstar
Morningstar is a leading provider of independent investment research, ratings, and data. Our mission is to empower investor success—and that starts with strong, modern, and well‑run internal Finance operations. We’re strengthening how Finance delivers large‑scale initiatives across systems, processes, and analytics.
The Group:
The Finance Systems & Business Intelligence (FSBI) team partners with Finance, Accounting, and the broader business to deliver the systems, data, and processes that power financial planning, reporting, and decision-making across Morningstar.
The team is responsible for the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of the Finance technology ecosystem, including enterprise planning applications, financial reporting platforms, analytics, and data solutions. By combining deep finance expertise with technology and process excellence, FSBI helps drive operational efficiency, improve data quality, and support Morningstar's broader finance transformation efforts.
The Opportunity:
Morningstar is seeking a Finance Planning Platforms Lead to serve as the operational owner of our enterprise planning ecosystem, including Oracle PBCS, PCMCS, Narrative Reporting, and Adaptive Planning.
This role partners across Finance, People & Culture, and Technology to drive platform governance, process improvements, and enhancements that support planning, forecasting, workforce planning, and reporting. The ideal candidate combines deep FP&A process knowledge with strong systems and stakeholder management experience, helping translate strategic priorities into effective business solutions.
This position reports to the Director of Finance Business Intelligence and is based in our Chicago office.
Responsibilities:
Own operations for planning system core tasks supporting budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, compensation planning, allocations, and management reporting processes.
Drive platform formalized governance, release management, testing coordination, deployment readiness, change management, and user adoption activities across the planning technology ecosystem.
Lead discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, and delivery efforts for planning system enhancements, integrations, automation opportunities, and process improvements.
Partner with technical teams and third-party vendors to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable, maintainable, and supportable system solutions.
Oversee production support processes, incident management, root-cause analysis, and service improvement initiatives related to planning platforms.
Establish and maintain system governance standards, operational procedures, knowledge management assets, security models, controls, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate annual planning system readiness activities supporting budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, compensation planning, and organizational change processes.
Develop training, enablement, and self-service capabilities that improve user adoption and effective utilization of planning technologies.
Partner with Finance, People & Culture, Corporate Systems, and other stakeholders to help shape, prioritize, and execute the planning systems roadmap, ensuring investments align with business objectives, operational needs, governance requirements, and platform capabilities.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
8+ years of experience supporting Finance systems, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platforms, FP&A processes, or related business applications.
Experience supporting Oracle EPM solutions, including Planning, Allocations & Reporting.
Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, financial reporting, and management reporting processes.
Experience leading cross-functional projects involving Finance and Technology stakeholders.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience supporting workforce planning, compensation planning, or organizational planning processes.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
Experience with governance frameworks, SDLC, Agile processes, change management, and Finance transformation initiatives.
Preferred
Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning.
Experience working with managed service providers, offshore teams, or external application support partners.
Experience with Workday, Snowflake, Tableau, or enterprise data platforms.
Compensation and Benefits
At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That’s why we champion your wellness through a wide range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:
Financial Health
100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
Stock Ownership Potential
Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
Physical Health
Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
Emotional Health
Trust-Based Time Off
6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
Adoption Assistance
Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses
Tuition Reimbursement
Social Health
Charitable Matching Gifts program
Dollars for Doers volunteer program
Paid volunteering days
15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups
Total Cash Compensation Range
$121,400.00-186,150.00Inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
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Morningstar’s Chicago office is the company’s headquarters, bringing together teams across research, technology, product, sales, corporate functions, and more. Employees work in a mission-driven culture shaped by independent thinking, openness, and fact-based decision-making, with the energy of a downtown location and opportunities to connect across teams.
Software Engineering
Software engineers at Morningstar build and maintain the applications that power the firm's work, and they do it in a culture built on independent thinking, evidence-based decisions, and continuous learning. Engineers are trusted to bring their own perspective and judgment to how the work gets done. That's not incidental to the culture here; it's central to it.
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Product managers at Morningstar sit at the center of decisions that shape what gets built, and how it works. In Chicago, product managers work across areas including Credit Ratings; Data, Analytics & Research; Indexes; Investment Management & Services; and Corporate. Product managers are trusted to define what problems are worth solving and bring their own judgement to every stage of the process.
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Research at Morningstar spans markets, asset classes, and disciplines, all connected by the same purpose: give investors what they need to make confident decisions. Our independent research covers equities, managed investments, fixed income, alternatives, private markets, ESG and climate, and credit ratings. Analysts bring their own judgment to complex questions, and that independence is central to how the work gets done.
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