Top CFO Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead all financial strategy, planning, and accounting for a fintech broker-dealer. Oversee regulatory reporting (FOCUS), net capital, compliance with FINRA/SEC, budgeting, forecasting, investor relations, and a finance team. Advise the CEO and executive team to drive growth and ensure long-term financial health.

Provides outsourced CFO and Controller support to alternative asset clients, including private equity, real estate, venture capital, and hedge funds. Leads or contributes to interim coverage, fund launches, fund oversight, accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory reporting engagements. Works independently across multiple short- and long-term consulting assignments while delivering strategic financial leadership, client management, and complex fund expertise.

Lead financial strategy, planning, and operations for a blended-revenue nonprofit. Oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting, systems transformation, controls, audits, and a high-performing finance team. Serve as strategic partner to CEO and Board to drive data-informed decision-making and scalable financial infrastructure across multiple sites.

Lead full-lifecycle Workday Adaptive Planning implementations: discovery, design, build, integrations, data loads, driver-based planning, and reporting. Act as primary client advisor on budgeting, forecasting, FP&A process optimization, governance and SOX considerations. Manage project scope, budgets, timelines, staffing, change management, training, and UAT. Mentor staff and identify cross-service opportunities across Office of the CFO offerings.

Lead FP&A and corporate finance engagements for clients, driving long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cash flow optimization, transaction readiness, and analytics-enabled decision support. Design finance operating models and reporting, use visualization and EPM/ERP tools, manage client relationships, mentor staff, and support business development and practice growth.

Leads Splash’s global financial strategy, sustainability, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, compliance, risk management, audits, tax, internal controls, and financial systems across U.S. and international operations. Advises the CEO, Board, and country leaders on blended finance, government co-financing, reserves, liquidity, donor restrictions, and multi-country expansion. Builds scalable finance processes, strengthens reporting and controls, and leads the global finance team while partnering cross-functionally in complex low- and middle-income-country environments.

Review and QA month-end close packages for a portfolio of ecommerce and CPG clients, ensure GAAP-compliant accounting, reconcile ecommerce payouts and inventory across channels/3PLs, maintain QBO environments and integrations, sign off financial packages, provide feedback to bookkeepers, and support budgeting and financial modeling for clients.

Remote fractional CFO responsible for transaction categorization, financial reporting, tax return preparation and filing, audits, reconciliations, budgeting, tax strategy, risk management, and executive financial analysis. The role requires maintaining accurate records in Zoho Books and QuickBooks, ensuring legal and tax compliance, improving financial workflows, and advising the CEO on strategic decisions.

Lead finance for the global M&M'S Ecosystem, owning P&L, strategic planning, capital allocation, risk management, reporting, and procurement. Advise leadership, manage a global finance and commercial team, drive cost and value optimization, and evaluate investments across physical retail, franchises and digital channels.

Serve as a senior finance operator for private-equity-backed portfolio companies: execute accounting and finance workstreams, manage client relationships, support post-acquisition integration, improve financial reporting and close processes, prepare audit readiness materials, perform working capital and cash flow analysis, deliver client-ready analyses and schedules, and manage assigned workstreams to meet engagement timelines.

Serve as a hands-on finance operator for private equity-backed portfolio companies, executing complex accounting and finance workstreams, improving reporting and close processes, supporting audit readiness, and leading client deliverables while managing assigned teams and timelines.

Lead and manage all finance functions, ensure GAAP-compliant records, prepare budgets and reports, oversee finance staff, enforce internal controls, manage conference finances, ensure tax compliance, and support organizational strategy and fundraising.

Lead Borealis's financial strategy and operations, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, audit and compliance, grants and fund accounting, investments and reserves management, risk and internal controls, financial systems, and finance team leadership. Serve as strategic partner to the CEO and Board to inform decisions and ensure long-term sustainability.

The Sr. Director, Finance leads financial strategy in a medical device division, focusing on growth, profitability, and operational efficiency while managing the P&L and financial planning processes.

Provide fractional CFO services to high-growth tech startups: build driver-based financial models, institutionalize month-end model updates, own budget vs. actuals reporting, align P&L with accounting, and deliver analyses for fundraising, M&A, pricing, unit economics, and cash management to support strategic decisions.

The Director of Accounting Advisory will optimize finance processes, lead accounting functions, and ensure financial reporting accuracy while promoting operational efficiency and managing teams.

Serve as in-seat Controller for private equity portfolio clients: oversee full accounting function, month- and year-end close, reconciliations, audits, cash management, controls, forecasting, process improvements, and mentor accounting staff while partnering with executive leadership and sponsors to drive financial discipline and value creation.

Lead FP&A and strategic finance engagements for middle-market and PE-backed clients, including budgeting/forecasting design, driver-based modeling, KPI/dashboard reporting, transaction diligence support, post-acquisition integration, finance transformation, and interim FP&A leadership. Advise on ERP/CPM tools, implement data automation and visualization solutions, mentor junior staff, and drive business development.

Lead financial strategy and operations including budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting. Evaluate trends, design systems, resolve issues, and recommend actions to improve financial performance. Manage accounting functions, billing, collections, taxes, and build relationships across management and remote teams.

The Chief Financial Officer will oversee financial planning, budgeting, and reporting for The Lucky Foundation, ensuring fiscal responsibility and compliance with regulations.

Serve as fractional Client CFO for multiple DTC/CPG brands, leading FP&A, forecasting, 1/3/5-year financial models, investor and board reporting, fundraising and M&A support. Build KPI dashboards, improve workflows through automation and AI, and manage client financial relationships and reporting integrity.

Serve as a fractional Client CFO for 2-3 distressed DTC/CPG clients, leading cash management, 13-week forecasts, restructuring strategy, creditor negotiations, FP&A, and playbook development. Build models, KPI dashboards, oversee accounting integrity, and support recapitalizations, workouts, and board/investor communications under high pressure.

Lead CrossFit's global finance organization, overseeing financial planning, capital allocation, operational finance, and large P&L management. Partner with executive leadership to drive growth, private equity value creation, transformation, and strengthen the affiliate and membership business model while building high-performing finance teams.

Lead and build the finance and accounting function for a high-growth SaaS startup. Own FP&A and financial modeling, ensure accurate accounting and compliance, manage audits and month-end close, lead fundraising diligence and investor relations, partner with the executive team and Board, and influence product and sales decisions using unit economics. Hands-on operator expected to run models and query the data warehouse.

Lead all financial functions for a growing omnichannel subscription CPG business: financial planning, GAAP reporting, treasury and working capital, systems (ERP/OMS/EDI) roadmap, audit and controls, board and investor reporting, and transaction readiness. Drive unit economics, margin reporting across channels, capital allocation, and readiness for M&A or financing while developing a lean finance organization.