Top Corporate Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads Intermedia’s global accounting organization and financial reporting operations, including GAAP compliance, audits, tax, internal controls, revenue accounting, close processes, and business combinations. Partners with executive leadership on strategy, projections, growth initiatives, and operational improvement. Builds and mentors a high-performing global team while advancing technology-enabled automation and process efficiency across the CFO organization.

Support capital raising, M&A, and strategic initiatives by building financial models (DCF, comps, precedents), conducting due diligence and market analysis, preparing executive/board presentations, coordinating external advisors, and supporting post-transaction integration and strategic planning.

Manage corporate accounting tasks including balance sheet reconciliations, policy documentation, internal controls, payroll accounting and GL reconciliations, support monthly close and annual external audit, and provide ad hoc finance and M&A project assistance while improving processes and systems.

Lead state and local tax workstreams for transactions: perform tax due diligence, structuring, modeling, multistate tax analysis, compliance review, controversy support, and client deliverables. Manage engagements, mentor junior staff, communicate with clients, and identify additional services.

Support private credit investing across underwriting, due diligence, financial modeling, and transaction execution. Prepare investment committee materials, monitor portfolio performance, assist valuations and portfolio reviews, and support occasional fundraising and investor materials.

Lead the full finance function: produce audit-ready monthly financials, manage weekly 12-month cash forecasts, drive budgeting and forecasting, implement automation and ERP/reporting solutions, document SOPs, create financial dashboards, partner cross-functionally, and improve profitability and EBITDA.

Perform monthly accounting for a portfolio of markets including journal entries, accruals, balance sheet analyses, receipt posting, invoice creation, and financial statement preparation. Support audits (SOX, SOC1), respond to internal/external inquiries, collaborate with controllers and market teams, and implement process improvements to ensure accurate, timely financial reporting.

Lead and manage restructuring and corporate recovery engagements, develop turnaround and exit strategies, perform financial modeling, cash flow forecasting, and insolvency implementation, mentor teams, deliver client reports, and drive business development and project management for distressed or non-performing assets.

Lead global accounting, tax, treasury, and financial reporting operations; manage month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, audits, cash forecasting, banking relationships, and PE due-diligence/M&A support. Build controls, improve order-to-cash, partner cross-functionally, and supervise Revenue/AR, AP and Payroll teams to ensure US GAAP compliance and timely financial reporting.

Leads corporate development initiatives focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and market expansion. Responsibilities include sourcing opportunities, market research, financial modeling, valuation, due diligence, transaction documentation, deal execution, post-merger integration, stakeholder presentations, and performance tracking. The role collaborates with finance, legal, operations, and business development teams while managing relationships with investment banks and industry partners.

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.

Own Cash EBITDA and Free Cash Flow models, coordinate annual planning and forecasting, analyze financial performance and variances, reconcile reporting with Accounting, and prepare insights for leadership. The role partners across Finance and business teams to connect profitability, working capital, and cash generation while improving and automating FP&A processes.

Lead sourcing, evaluation, execution, and integration of acquisitions, strategic investments, and partnerships. Build opportunity pipelines, conduct market and competitive research, perform financial modeling and valuation, support diligence, review transaction documents, and develop strategic recommendations. Partner with executives and cross-functional teams to advance HubSpot’s inorganic growth strategy, expand product capabilities, and identify technology and SaaS opportunities.

Lead corporate planning, build and own the integrated three-statement model, automate FP&A reporting, own SaaS metrics and executive dashboards, support investor/board reporting, capital strategy, IPO/M&A readiness, and partner cross-functionally to translate financial insights into operating decisions.

Originate, underwrite, execute and manage corporate debt investments across sectors. Lead due diligence, documentation, approvals and closings, manage portfolio monitoring and stakeholder relationships, support product research, marketing, and mentor junior team members.

Build and analyze detailed financial models for mezzanine debt and structured equity; perform underwriting, credit and comparable analysis; prepare investment committee materials; support transaction execution and due diligence; monitor portfolio performance and valuations; assist with quarterly valuations, portfolio reviews, and investor/fund materials.

Lead evaluation and execution of M&A, partnerships, and strategic investments. Perform valuation and market analyses, coordinate diligence across stakeholders, prepare decision materials, support transaction structuring and closing, and improve deal processes and templates.

Perform corporate treasury exercises: build 13-week cash forecasts, analyze FX and interest exposures, recommend hedging, assess working capital and covenants, optimize banking/fees, draft treasury policies, and produce decision-ready deliverables based on mock materials.

Perform end-to-end corporate development/M&A exercises: build valuation and transaction models, analyze and compare deal terms, prepare board/executive materials, conduct diligence and screening, develop synergy and carve-out analyses, and produce decision-ready deliverables for senior leadership.

Lead growth of ASC network by sourcing and closing physician and health system partnerships. Build relationships, structure and negotiate joint ventures, coordinate cross-functional teams, perform market analysis, maintain pipeline reporting, and support market expansion through travel and stakeholder engagement.

Lead accounting for global investments, joint ventures, and acquisitions, support purchase accounting and equity method consolidation, manage SAP Central Finance integrations, ensure SOX and U.S. GAAP compliance, coordinate month-end close and intercompany eliminations, liaise with auditors and cross-functional teams, and support post-acquisition system alignment and financial reporting.

Contract corporate income tax specialist to prepare ASC 740 provisions, corporate tax returns, transfer pricing documentation, and transaction tax analyses (GILTI, FDII, BEAT, Pillar Two, Section 163(j), FIN 48). Produce well-documented workpapers, tax positions, and recommendations for mock real-world exercises. Remote, contractor role with practical exercises for assessment.

Lead and supervise audit engagements for Corporate Treasury: plan audits, assess risks and controls, perform and review testing, coach staff, draft reports, coordinate cross-functional audit coverage, monitor engagement progress, and support department initiatives.

MBA Finance intern will perform quantitative analysis and financial modeling, evaluate performance and risks, support strategic initiatives and cost-savings, collaborate cross-functionally, and present data-driven recommendations to senior stakeholders during a 12-week program.

Serve as a strategic finance partner to executive leadership, driving budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, valuation analyses, Board and Audit Committee reporting, and corporate development evaluation. Provide actionable insights, support cross-functional financial controls and external communications, mentor Strategic Finance team members, and identify process improvements and automation opportunities to support long-term growth and capital allocation decisions.