Top Entry Level Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Participates in a two-year finance development program comprising four six-month rotations across FP&A, accounting, treasury, tax, and shared services. Responsibilities include financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, account reconciliations, tax support, cash management, and process improvement projects. Associates receive training, mentorship, and exposure to senior leaders while preparing for future finance roles.

Entry-level finance opportunities supporting accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash applications, tax, and credit functions. Responsibilities include analyzing invoices, tax documents, customer data, and financial statements; assisting customers by phone and email; and partnering with internal teams and vendors. Candidates should be organized, detail-oriented, analytical, communicative, and able to work independently and collaboratively. Roles are fully on-site at Uline’s Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin headquarters.

Leads U.S. program and project financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and portfolio-level performance insights. Oversees financial metric validation, business case alignment, Power BI dashboard development, and executive reporting. Partners with Finance, project leaders, sponsors, and stakeholders to improve reporting standards, processes, controls, and decision-making. Supports strategic initiatives, cost optimization, operational metrics, and cross-functional coordination.

Supports financial management for client projects, including project accounting, financial tracking, invoicing, accruals, reconciliations, month-end close, budget support, and audit preparation. Sets up projects, reviews hours and expenses, tracks costs against contracts, records intercompany transactions, and follows up on past-due invoices. Requires strong Excel skills, analytical ability, organization, communication, and a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business.

Review and rank AI-generated transaction finance outputs for accuracy, relevance, and logical consistency. Annotate errors, identify hallucinations, and provide concise written explanations for ranking decisions. The asynchronous remote study is intended for professionals with experience in transaction finance, M&A, investment banking, corporate development, or related financial modeling and deal-structuring work.

Supports finance operations across US and UK entities, including accounts payable, payment processing, expense reviews, reconciliations, financial reporting, audits, financial tracking, vendor communication, and process improvements. Maintains accurate records, applies financial controls, resolves discrepancies, protects confidential information, and provides operational backup across a remote international team.

Supports billing and finance administration for a remote legal practice. Responsibilities include preparing invoices, maintaining financial records, tracking payments and accounts receivable, reconciling billing data, identifying discrepancies, supporting reporting, and coordinating with attorneys. The role requires accuracy, organization, confidentiality, strong data-entry skills, and proficiency with spreadsheets and business productivity tools.

Provides recurring outsourced accounting and financial advisory services, including monthly close, account reconciliations, financial statement preparation and analysis, tax filings, and 1099 filings. Evaluates accounting processes and systems, recommends improvements, and collaborates with audit, tax, wealth management, and consulting teams. Requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and technical skills.

Participate in a three-year finance rotation across Collections, Cash Applications, Accounts Payable, Tax, and Credit. Review customer financial documentation, assist customers by phone and email, and develop leadership skills while supporting team performance and internal and external relationships. Upon completion, transition into a leadership role aligned with strengths and interests.

One-day finance workshop for high-performing undergraduate women interested in financial services and investment banking. Participants will attend panels with investment banking professionals, complete a presentation-skills workshop, and network with Lincoln International employees. The program supports recruiting for 2028 summer internships.

Paid remote research interview for accounting, finance, and revenue professionals who use QuickBooks daily. Participants will explain accounting workflows, revenue reporting, data entry, software integrations, team collaboration, and workflow bottlenecks. Applicants must have hands-on QuickBooks experience, professional accounting, finance, or sales operations experience, and current employment at a company with 10 to 500 employees.

Participates in a two-year rotational finance program covering FP&A, accounting, tax, cost accounting, treasury, and corporate development. Responsibilities include month-end reporting, financial forecasting, consolidation, financial modeling, analytics, and business decision support. The successful candidate must be willing to relocate internationally after completing the program.

Two-year rotational finance program covering FP&A, accounting, tax, cost accounting, treasury, corporate development, and investor relations. Responsibilities include month-end reporting, financial forecasting, consolidation, financial modeling, and analytical support for business decisions. The position develops future global finance leaders and requires international relocation after program completion.

Two-year rotational finance development program covering FP&A, accounting, tax, cost accounting, treasury, business development, and investor relations. Responsibilities include month-end reporting, financial forecasting, consolidation, financial modeling, and ad hoc decision support. The successful candidate must demonstrate analytical, communication, leadership, and project management skills, maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA, and be willing to relocate internationally after completing the program.

Supports financial and accounting outsourcing engagements involving federal compliance assessments, contract and grant management, solicitation analysis, subcontractor evaluations, pricing, cost analysis, internal controls, audit and consulting projects, client training, Excel modeling, and data analysis. Works with clients across industries to manage risk, improve processes, and support compliance with FAR, DFARS, CAS, Uniform Guidance, and U.S. GAAP requirements.

Administer and improve financial systems including NetSuite, Ramp, and Pigment; manage configurations, users, workflows, reports, dashboards, and integrations using Workato. Support Accounting, Finance, and Legal teams across close, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and reporting processes. Troubleshoot data and synchronization issues, maintain data integrity and governance, support testing and releases, document solutions, train users, and identify automation and process improvements.

Analyze and reconcile business and product costs, collaborate with finance, AP, sales, and product teams, address supplier fault-related charges, review product quality and standards, optimize product costs, and prepare slippage cost budgets and reports for product teams.

Galaxy Ventures connects top talent with portfolio companies in the crypto sector, offering a talent network for finance and legal professionals.

Build and evaluate complex financial models using corporate data, analyze financial datasets, document forecasting and decision-making processes, and explain modeling methodology through asynchronous screen sharing. This remote, flexible engagement requires approximately 20 hours per week and is intended for experienced corporate finance, FP&A, or strategic finance professionals based in the United States.

This position allows candidates to apply spontaneously for roles in finance, with recruiters assessing CVs and matching them to vacancies.