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Senior Manager, Finance Transformation

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Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
145K-185K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
145K-185K Annually
Senior level
Lead finance transformation initiatives including redesigning month-end close, implementing automation and close-management tools, partnering on ERP and data integrations, establishing SOPs and KPIs, and acting as the accounting lead on M&A transactions through diligence, PPA, and post-acquisition integration.
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Role Summary
Trading Technologies is a global capital markets technology company operating across the U.S., EMEA and APAC. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Finance Transformation to lead meaningful and high-impact initiatives in our finance organization: driving how we work and how we grow.
This is not a traditional accounting management role. You will spend the majority of your time on forward-looking initiatives — redesigning close processes, implementing automation and tooling, and serving as the accounting lead on M&A and integrations. 
We are looking for someone with a sharp eye for identifying problems, the initiative to propose solutions, and the drive to see them through in a fast-moving environment. If you are energized by building and transforming, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Finance Transformation & Process Improvement
  • Own the finance transformation roadmap — identifying inefficiencies across the accounting function and leading end-to-end implementation of scalable improvements.
  • Lead the evaluation, selection, and rollout of close management and automation tools (e.g., FloQast, Power Automate, Power BI), including stakeholder alignment, change management, and training.
  • Redesign the month-end close process in partnership with the Accounting leaders, with a focus on reducing cycle time, eliminating manual touchpoints, and improving data quality.
  • Partner with finance systems teams on ERP enhancements, workflow integrations, and data infrastructure improvements (NetSuite and Coupa tools).
  • Establish and maintain SOPs for all key accounting processes, ensuring institutional knowledge is documented, scalable, and audit-ready.
  • Define and track KPIs for close efficiency and team productivity; present progress and recommendations to the Controller and senior leadership.
 M&A Accounting & Integration
  • Serve as the finance lead on M&A transactions from pre-close through full integration — including due diligence support, purchase price allocation, opening balance sheet review, and post-acquisition accounting.
  • Coordinate with legal, FP&A, tax, and external advisors to ensure timely and accurate accounting treatment of acquisition-related items including goodwill, intangibles, and deferred revenue adjustments.
  • Lead the harmonization of accounting policies, charts of accounts, and systems across acquired entities.
  • Build and maintain a repeatable M&A integration playbook, incorporating lessons learned from each transaction to accelerate future integrations.
  • Monitor post-acquisition financial performance and flag accounting or reporting issues early to the Controller.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential Skills & Experience
  • CPA required.
  • 7–10 years of progressive accounting experience, with demonstrated leadership on process improvement, systems implementation, or M&A integration initiatives.
  • A strong blend of public accounting and industry experience in a high-growth environment.
  • Hands-on M&A accounting experience: purchase price allocation, and post-acquisition integration.
  • Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition, with experience applying it to SaaS or multi-element arrangements.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects from scoping through implementation, with strong project management skills.
Desirable Skills & Experience
  • Experience in a technology company.
  • Experience leading or contributing to a close management tool rollout (FloQast, BlackLine, or similar).
  • Exposure to international entity structures and multi-currency consolidations.
  • Familiarity with SOX or SOX-adjacent internal controls frameworks.
  • Excellent communicator — able to translate complex accounting topics for non-finance audiences and executive stakeholders.
  • Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable operating in ambiguity with competing priorities.

Benefits
What We Bring to the Table:

Competitive Benefits & Perks
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
  • Health & Financial Security:
    • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
    • 401(k) retirement plan
    • Pre-tax transit and parking benefits
  • Time Off & Flexibility:
    • Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture.
    • 22 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
    • One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
    • Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
    • An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years.
    • Robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal.
    • Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
  • Work-Life Support & Resources:
    • Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
    • Backup child and pet care, as well as tutoring services.
    • Milestone anniversary bonuses.
  • Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:
    • Stipend and subsidy contributions toward personally-owned cell phones
    • Contributions for gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives.
    • Discounted healthcare premiums.
    • Healthy meal delivery program subsidies.
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.
Trading Technologies is backed by leading global investment firms Thoma Bravo, one of the world’s largest and most experienced software investors, and 7Ridge, a global growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled businesses.
This investment supports Trading Technologies’ continued focus on product innovation, platform scalability, and long-term growth for customers and partners worldwide.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran,  or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.

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Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The company’s award-winning TT® platform connects to the world’s major international exchanges and liquidity venues in listed derivatives alongside a growing number of asset classes, including fixed income and cryptocurrencies. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, and infrastructure services to the world’s leading sell-side institutions, buy-side firms, and exchanges. The company’s blue-chip client base includes Tier 1 banks as well as brokers, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. These firms rely on the TT ecosystem to manage their end-to-end trading operations. In addition, exchanges utilize TT’s technology to deliver innovative solutions to their market participants. TT also strategically partners with technology companies to make their complementary offerings available to Trading Technologies’ global client base through the TT ecosystem.
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