Top Finance Director Jobs in Chicago, IL

Directs all financial operations for the Hilton Chicago, including financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, GAAP compliance, transaction approvals, asset protection, and profitability optimization. Advises hotel leadership and ownership with data-driven recommendations while ensuring accurate financial controls and reporting. The role also leads team engagement, performance management, development, and retention.

Assists with directing hotel financial operations, budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations, reporting, audits, tax filings, payroll, and internal controls. Oversees accounts receivable, credit, and night audit functions; reviews financial performance and transactions; and supports hotel leadership with financial recommendations. Supervises, coaches, and develops finance team members while ensuring accuracy, compliance, profitability, and operational efficiency.

Direct the Strategic Finance team and own Jasper’s FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and scenario planning. Partner with GTM, EPD, and Talent Acquisition on financial planning, headcount approvals, and operating efficiency. Prepare executive and board-level reporting, translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations, and help leadership make informed investment and scaling decisions.

Leads finance for Chamberlain University's campus expansion and strategic partnerships. Responsibilities include financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, ROI and investment analysis, executive reporting, variance analysis, scenario planning, long-range planning, and decision support. The role partners with senior leaders to evaluate market expansion, healthcare employer partnerships, capital deployment, and growth initiatives while improving forecasting, reporting, automation, and data quality.

Leads pharmaceutical revenue accounting and gross-to-net processes, including close activities, accruals, reserves, forecasting, controls, government pricing, analytics, and global revenue reporting. Partners with Commercial, Market Access, FP&A, Accounting, and regional Finance teams to develop scalable methodologies, support SOX and SEC compliance, improve forecast accuracy, and inform senior leadership. Oversees external consultants and drives automation and advanced analytics across revenue accounting and finance operations.

Leads corporate FP&A, annual planning, forecasting, long-range modeling, board and investor reporting, fundraising analysis, capital strategy, IPO readiness, and scenario planning. Partners with Accounting on metrics and public-company reporting standards, upgrades planning systems, and builds the corporate finance team. Requires extensive finance leadership, SaaS metrics expertise, advanced financial modeling, and hands-on IPO or public-company experience.

Leads corporate FP&A, forecasting, long-range modeling, capital strategy, fundraising, board and investor reporting, IPO readiness, and finance team development. Partners with Accounting on metrics and public-company reporting standards while supporting hiring plans, M&A, and scenario analysis. Requires extensive corporate finance experience, hands-on IPO or public-company experience, SaaS metrics expertise, advanced financial modeling, and executive-level communication.

Lead and manage client engagements delivering financial operating models, strategic analyses, and recommendations to C-suite. Oversee M&A and fundraising work, ensure project delivery, support business development and proposals, and mentor team members to maintain high standards.

Leads financial strategy, planning, forecasting, and operating cadence across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and GTM Operations. Owns GTM economics, sales compensation, commissions forecasting, executive reporting, driver-based modeling, resource allocation, and profitability analysis. Modernizes Finance through AI, automation, advanced analytics, improved controls, and scalable processes while developing the GTM Finance team and advising senior executives.

Leads enterprise Finance transformation by defining the operating model and roadmap, modernizing processes and ERP capabilities, optimizing shared services, governing execution and value realization, and building change leadership and digital capabilities across Finance. Partners with executives across Accounting, Tax, Capital Markets, Technology, and business functions while managing risks, dependencies, resources, KPIs, and benefits.

Leads finance operations for IDT and Aldevron manufacturing, connecting operational performance to financial outcomes. Responsibilities include product and standard costing, cost accounting, COGS, variance analysis, inventory valuation, profitability, forecasting, capital deployment, capacity planning, ERP implementation, KPI reporting, and transformation. Partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Commercial, and executive leadership while building and developing a high-performing Operations Finance team.

Leads investment portfolio financial planning, forecasting, reporting, metrics, risk analysis, capital deployment support, CECL and valuation governance, and SOX controls. Partners with Finance, Treasury, Actuarial, Investment, and business leaders to provide strategic insights and ensure regulatory alignment.

Leads financial planning and analysis for supply chain network optimization, including discounted cash flow modeling, investment analysis, sensitivity analysis, savings validation, forecasting, and performance reporting. Partners cross-functionally on manufacturing, logistics, procurement, transportation, and capital decisions. Manages and develops a team while providing strategic financial recommendations, mentoring, and executive-level insights.

Leads finance partnership for a business unit, advising senior leadership on strategy, growth, performance, and financial decisions. Oversees annual planning, forecasting, reporting, financial modeling, scenario analysis, business cases, and KPI management. Partners cross-functionally to identify risks, improve profitability, and support investments. The role also manages finance team members, drives process improvements, and communicates financial insights to executives.

Own the full finance function for a growing e-commerce brand, including financial reporting, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, profitability improvement, financial modeling, systems automation, SOP development, and executive decision support. Lead scalable finance processes, implement expense and purchasing systems, deliver dashboards and KPIs, and partner with Product, Sales, and Operations on growth, inventory, and liquidity planning.

Leads finance for a $200 million Enrollment & Verification business, overseeing FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, close activities, audits, controls, and business partnering. Provides executive insights on profitability, pricing, investments, and performance while improving processes and reporting. Manages and develops a finance team of 7–9 direct reports and supports strategic decision-making across the organization.

Leads the Finance and Accounting Department, overseeing nonprofit accounting, monthly closes, audits, 990 filings, financial reporting, compliance, client implementations, and service delivery. Manages and coaches a six-person team, sets departmental KPIs, owns P&L responsibilities, improves systems and processes, and contributes to company-wide strategy and service-line growth. Provides hands-on financial consulting to complex nonprofit, political, civic, and charitable clients.

Leads financial performance, reporting, planning, controls, cost accounting, capital analysis, and operational finance for the U.S. Fresh Foods Division. Partners with executive and plant leadership to improve profitability, manufacturing performance, working capital, and cash flow. Oversees forecasting, budgeting, audits, SOX compliance, financial reporting, standard costing, inventory valuation, and capital investments while developing the finance organization and driving continuous improvement.

Leads corporate revenue and gross profit modeling, tracking performance across sales channels, forecasting revenue and margins, identifying pricing opportunities and business risks, and delivering data-driven recommendations to leadership. The role develops financial simulations, standardized reports, and executive presentations while partnering with Sales, Operations, Kiosk Pricing, Device Processing, and Business Intelligence teams. It also supports sales execution automation and ad hoc strategic initiatives.

Leads Sales Finance FP&A, forecasting, budgeting, bookings governance, executive and board reporting, IPO readiness, audit support, controls, and M&A integration. Partners with Sales, Finance, Rev Ops, Customer Support, Professional Services, and other teams to improve decision-making and operational processes. Manages and mentors a distributed financial analyst team while using AI-enabled tools to improve planning, reconciliation, analysis, and presentations.

Lead strategic finance at a high-growth B2B software company. Responsibilities include investment analysis, resource allocation, annual planning, forecasting, unit economics, pricing and packaging analysis, finance systems roadmap development, board and investor reporting, and building a high-performing finance function. The role partners closely with executives, GTM, Product, RevOps, Data, and external implementation partners.

Leads financial planning, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and analytics for the Mortgage Originations business. Partners with senior leaders, Data Science & Analytics, Capital Markets, Corporate Development, and the CFO to support strategy, transactions, shareholder relations, and financial systems enhancements. Oversees a finance data warehouse launch, develops reporting metrics, manages policies, drives automation, and leads and develops the finance team.

Leads Marquette’s finance and accounting functions, including financial strategy, reporting, budgeting, closing, consolidation, treasury, cash flow, regulatory compliance, and financial due diligence. The role oversees financial systems, prepares Board and shareholder reporting, manages banking relationships, and provides strategic guidance to support growth. It requires senior leadership, advanced financial analysis and modeling, strong communication, and expertise with accounting and investment management software.

Owns the full finance function for a growing e-commerce brand, including financial reporting, cash forecasting, budgeting, profitability improvement, process automation, SOP development, systems implementation, dashboards, and cross-functional financial planning. The role partners with executive leadership to scale financial operations and support sustainable growth.

Lead the company’s finance function and partner with the CEO on budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting, financial modeling, profitability, and strategic growth decisions. Oversee accounting, treasury, payments, liquidity, foreign exchange, settlements, receivables, tax, audits, and statutory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Build finance processes, controls, systems, and teams while collaborating with commercial and operational departments.