Top Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

The International Tax Director will oversee international tax compliance, transfer pricing, and strategic planning, managing a team and collaborating with various departments and external advisors.

Lead finance and business management initiatives for Global Corporate Banking Technology. Responsibilities include implementing strategy, improving financial performance across fees, costs, RWA, and capital utilization, mitigating business risks, analyzing expenses, driving productivity, shaping workflows and technology projects, managing external providers, and representing the business in working groups. The role requires executive communication, strategic project management, banking industry expertise, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Lead strategic initiatives and project workstreams for business leaders supporting technology startups and healthcare companies. Deliver executive presentations, dashboards, wireframes, trend analyses, and financial and non-financial performance insights. Coordinate team activities, communicate with stakeholders, improve business processes, and identify platform risks and mitigating controls. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, presentation, and data visualization skills.

The Finance Director - FP&A will lead the Global Category Management FP&A team, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and financial reporting across a global organization.

Develop and maintain structured finance cash flow models for new-issue, amendment, and surveillance transactions using Intex Dealmaker and Python. Interpret legal documents, model complex waterfall mechanics, reconcile outputs, and communicate analytical findings. Contribute to Python platform development, workflow automation, testing, documentation, version control, database integration, and AI initiatives. Mentor junior colleagues and help lead scalable analytical solutions across global structured finance teams.

Manage end-to-end LIHTC equity closings and post-closing administration, monitor equity performance and capital calls, support debt/equity servicing, clear exceptions, respond to audits, and coordinate with internal and external partners to ensure transaction compliance and accurate system setup.

Lead and support company-wide budgeting, strategic planning, and monthly/quarterly forecasting. Provide FP&A support to functional leaders, prepare journal entries and month-end reporting with variance analysis, manage capital planning and CAPEX forecasting, perform data reconciliations and financial modeling, support board reporting, and drive process improvements.

The FP&A Manager will build, maintain, and improve operating and scenario financial models, perform monthly variance and scenario analyses, manage cash projections, support budgeting and lender reporting, partner with Accounting and business leaders, and prepare presentations for senior management and investors.

Serve as a trusted finance business partner to senior leaders, driving forecasting, budgeting, scenario analysis, pricing and deal support, P&L and margin analysis, management reporting, and financial controls. Mentor junior staff, support month/quarter/year close activities, partner cross-functionally on procurement and investments, and continuously improve finance tools and processes to influence commercial decisions and ensure financial hygiene.

Lead business management for Client Onboarding and Service by delivering executive communications, data-driven reporting, and strategic planning. Coordinate initiatives, track outcomes, and manage a team of business management analysts. Produce high-quality executive presentations, synthesize complex information into actionable messages, and collaborate with functional leads to drive efficiencies and manage finance-related risks and budgets.

Lead design and implement finance transformation solutions using OneStream; analyze complex issues, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, configure models/workflows, and support budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.

Lead finance-focused consulting engagements to analyze financial data, design performance management frameworks, and drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Manage teams, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, deploy data visualization solutions, and identify cost-reduction and process optimization opportunities to improve enterprise financial performance.

Lead finance transformation and FP&A initiatives for insurance clients, manage project delivery, mentor teams, and design process and system improvements to enhance financial planning, controls, and decision-making.

Associate role on PwC's Enterprise Performance Management team supporting finance transformation using OneStream. Engage in client projects to analyze financial data, design KPIs and performance management frameworks, support budgeting/forecasting, implement and test OneStream solutions, build client relationships, contribute to team deliverables, and uphold professional and technical standards while developing technical and commercial skills.

Leads strategic financial modeling and analysis for partnerships, monetization, M&A, investments, and growth initiatives. Builds revenue, unit economics, valuation, scenario, and ROI models; advises executives on capital allocation and commercial decisions; develops board-ready narratives; partners cross-functionally across Product, Corporate Development, Legal, Accounting, and Data; and uses AI and automation to improve financial planning and reporting.

Serves as a finance business partner to the AMER Commercial team, supporting contract negotiations, performance analysis, growth and profitability initiatives, sales strategy, annual planning, quarterly forecasting, risk and opportunity analysis, executive reporting, and process improvements. Presents financial results to senior stakeholders and provides actionable insights to guide commercial decision-making.

Develops and runs structured finance cash flow models for securitization transactions using Intex, Python, and proprietary platforms. Reviews legal documents, analyzes waterfalls and structural features, reconciles issuer assumptions to rating methodology, validates numerical inputs, and presents findings to senior staff and rating committees. Independently manages complex transactions, supports credit analysis, and mentors junior analysts.

Design, implement, and scale finance systems (primarily Oracle Cloud Fusion) to automate and streamline core finance processes, enable international expansion, drive AI-enabled automation, manage solution design and testing, and support finance teams for internal and SOX audits.

Own and run finance shared services including Accounts Payable and T&E, administer Ramp and NetSuite, manage a small AP/T&E team, ensure controls and compliance, produce reporting and dashboards, and lead process improvement and AI-driven automation projects to increase efficiency and accuracy.

Serve as a strategic finance partner for a subscription business by leading forecasting, monitoring KPIs, building cohort and unit economics models, evaluating investments, and providing actionable insights. Collaborate with business leaders, Marketing, Product, Risk, Operations, and Accounting on financial decisions, revenue recognition, process improvements, scalability, and automation. Present recommendations to decision-makers while supporting an inclusive, collaborative Finance culture.

Support Affirm's revenue growth by partnering with cross-functional leaders, building financial models, analyzing performance metrics, and delivering analytics for executives.

Owns company-wide variable compensation, including monthly commissions, bonus plans, quota structures, payout modeling, and plan administration. Partners with Sales, RevOps, Accounting, People, and executives on capacity planning, attainment monitoring, incentive effectiveness, compensation letters, accruals, ASC 606 capitalization, and reporting. Maintains QuotaPath, improves automation, validates HubSpot data, and builds compensation analytics using Omni and Snowflake.

The Manager oversees construction loan administration, managing loans, performing due diligence, ensuring compliance, and leading team training. They engage with borrowers and stakeholders throughout the loan lifecycle.

The Strategy & Operations Associate will lead projects, conduct financial analyses, manage operational enhancements, and collaborate across departments to improve business performance.

The Strategy & Operations Analyst will manage high-priority projects, perform financial analysis, and drive operational improvements to enhance business performance.