Top Finance Director Jobs in Chicago, IL

Own financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow planning, and analysis across DTC, Amazon, and retail channels. Partner with leadership on resource allocation, unit economics, channel performance, and strategic decisions. Improve reporting infrastructure and forecasting processes while implementing AI-enabled automation to increase efficiency and analytical output. The role requires strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Lead Strategic Finance for SoFi Checking & Savings and Credit Card: own multi-year planning, forecasts, unit-economics modeling (LTV/CAC), capital-allocation, scenario analysis, business cases, and post-investment measurement. Partner cross-functionally, synthesize insights for executive leadership, scale AI use cases, and manage and develop a high-performing finance team.

Lead Cloudflare's investor relations and strategic finance work: own the quarterly earnings cycle, guidance, consensus discipline, investor engagement, Investor Day, modeling and validation, cross-functional coordination, and executive communications for public markets.

Leads revenue accounting and commercial finance, overseeing ASC 606 compliance, revenue close, accrual models, controls, audits, forecasting, financial planning, and commercial business cases. Partners with Accounting, Revenue Cycle, Market Access, Commercial, and analytics teams to assess payer and reimbursement impacts, analyze complex datasets, improve reporting, and provide executive decision support. Manages and develops a small finance team.

Leads global financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, grant administration, compliance, reporting, and financial systems for a university research lab. Manages finance and grant staff, oversees restricted funding across international projects, audits expenses, allocates payroll, develops policies and training, and advises senior academic and organizational leaders on financial decisions, risks, and opportunities.

Lead management of a $1B+ portfolio of tax equity, leveraged lease, and equity investments in infrastructure and renewables; underwrite and execute new infrastructure debt transactions; negotiate restructurings and exits; oversee monitoring, client reporting, and credit analysis; mentor an analyst and contribute to platform growth.

The Finance and Administration Director oversees the Uganda country office’s finance, administration, procurement, human resources, compliance, and operations. Responsibilities include office establishment, staff supervision, budgeting, accounting, banking, payroll, statutory compliance, procurement planning, vendor management, contract administration, audit readiness, financial reporting, and HR processes. The role supports USG-funded program compliance, coordinates field team deployment, and advises leadership on financial risks and budget variances.

Lead transaction tax advisory for private equity and corporate clients: perform tax due diligence, structuring, and modeling; prepare C-suite reports; conduct complex tax research; review purchase agreements and disclosure schedules; identify post-closing opportunities; and manage client and engagement teams.

The Director of Finance oversees financial operations, manages accounting personnel, develops budgets and forecasts, and ensures compliance with financial regulations.

The Director will lead corporate recovery and restructuring, manage financial modeling, direct project teams, and drive business development efforts. Responsibilities include analyzing business plans, creating turnaround strategies, and mentoring team members.

The Director of Finance will manage financial operations, supervise accounting staff, develop budgets, and prepare financial reports, ensuring compliance and strategic alignment.

Leads budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, accounting, billing, recharge administration, internal controls, and capital budget management across university operations. Oversees GAAP compliance, financial close, audits, chart of accounts, funding models, reporting, process improvements, and service pricing. Serves as a liaison to senior finance offices, manages financial staff, supports strategic planning, and standardizes financial practices across departments.

Leads Cengage’s royalty payments and product finance operations, including royalty models, contributor payments, product data, system ownership, reporting, audit support, and risk control. The role manages a team, develops scalable processes, oversees data setup across finance systems, drives complex improvement initiatives, resolves contributor issues, and presents analyses and recommendations to executive leaders.

Own the company’s finance function, including financial reporting, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability improvement, financial modeling, process documentation, automation, dashboards, and systems evaluation. Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams on growth, inventory planning, and executive decision-making while building scalable finance operations for continued expansion.

Leads strategic finance for a portfolio of programs, managing budgeting, quarterly forecasting, variance reviews, expense projections, financial models, ROI and cost analyses, and executive reporting. Partners with program leaders and cross-functional teams to identify risks, opportunities, and resource needs. Translates complex financial analysis into actionable recommendations and serves as the finance expert for assigned programs.

Lead GTM finance owning the end-to-end P&L for Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. Build first-principles financial models, drive unit economics and ARR forecasting, deliver exec/board reporting, partner on capacity/pricing, champion AI-enabled finance workflows, and hire and develop the GTM finance team as the company scales.

Act as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of 5-8 schools: build budgets and multi-year forecasts, advise school leaders and boards on strategic financial decisions, analyze and model financial issues, provide client-facing guidance, mentor finance specialists/analysts, lead audits, and contribute to internal finance product development and best practices.

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 financial reporting, accounting operations, compliance, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, risk management, audits, payroll, internal controls, and financial analysis. Partners with executive leadership, joint ventures, government agencies, insurers, and unions to support operational decisions and improve margins. Oversees accounting policies, government contracting requirements, payroll for more than 600 employees, and annual 401K and CPA audits.

Lead corporate development, M&A and strategic finance efforts including financial modeling, due diligence, deal and debt structuring, commercial negotiations, competitor and market analysis, and cross‑functional project leadership to support growth and capital markets activities.

Lead firm financial strategy, planning, and reporting; oversee budgeting, forecasting, and consolidated financials; ensure GAAP compliance and international tax/regulatory adherence; support project financials, optimize invoicing and collections; provide oversight of Workday implementation and data continuity from Deltek, including SQL-based querying for transitional datasets; present financial insights to executive leadership and Board.

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.

Oversee financial planning, technical accounting compliance, and reporting for clients; mentor team members and drive business development efforts.

Partner with GTM leadership to own subscription revenue and ARR forecasting, lead sales capacity and expense planning, provide deal economics and ROI analysis, support strategic planning and board reporting, and drive automation/AI-enabled finance processes to optimize growth.

Lead financial strategy and operations to support scaling and profitable growth. Build analytical capabilities and KPI reporting, oversee investor reporting, and support executive-level planning, forecasting, and modeling. Drive business-case analyses to inform product, pricing, operational, and acquisition decisions while partnering closely with the CFO and cross-functional teams.