Top Finance Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads day-to-day finance for a complex global client account across the Americas. Owns forecasting, budgeting, month-end close, reporting, profitability analysis, billing oversight, financial controls, and commercial scope management. Partners with account leadership and international finance teams to identify risks, improve performance, manage contracts, and resolve financial issues. Provides guidance to shared-services finance resources and improves reporting processes, controls, and tools.

Own operations and governance for enterprise planning platforms (budgeting, forecasting, workforce and compensation planning). Lead requirements gathering, solution design, enhancements, integrations, testing, deployments, production support, and user adoption. Partner with Finance, People & Culture, Technology, and vendors to drive platform roadmap, controls, documentation, and training to improve planning, reporting, and process efficiency.

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.

Leads financial integration for acquired businesses, including M&A diligence, pre-close planning, financial data and reporting transitions, purchase accounting coordination, synergy tracking, performance management, earn-out analysis, and executive reporting. Partners with Finance, Accounting, IT, Data, Operations, and external advisors to integrate acquisitions, improve processes, and develop repeatable integration methodologies.

Lead finance operations improvements across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report. Drive GenAI and digital finance transformation, optimize close/consolidation, enhance forecasting, reporting, and data analysis. Manage complex finance issues, ensure compliance and quality, build client relationships, and mentor junior staff.

Lead finance-focused consulting engagements to analyze financial data, design performance management frameworks, and drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Manage teams, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, deploy data visualization solutions, and identify cost-reduction and process optimization opportunities to improve enterprise financial performance.

Leads finance transformation and operational finance functions, including Accounts Payable, expense management, procure-to-pay, process optimization, controls, automation, reporting, and systems implementation. Partners with FP&A, executives, IT, Procurement, HR, vendors, and business leaders to improve financial visibility, scalability, service delivery, and cost management. Oversees transformation initiatives, technology roadmaps, vendor evaluations, change adoption, budgeting support, forecasting, and performance analytics.

Own the Expanded Core business P&L, financial models, forecasts, reporting, and data infrastructure. Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting, variance analysis, SQL-based data validation, and strategic business analysis. Partner with leaders on investment, headcount, expense, margin, and ROI decisions, translating financial performance into narratives for executives, investors, and board forums. Mentor junior finance team members while operating independently in a fast-paced environment.

Own the company-wide financial model, including five-year planning, scenario analysis, forecasting, budgeting, variance reporting, and commission calculations. Partner with Accounting, Sales, RevOps, and department leaders to maintain accurate financial workflows and support strategic decisions involving pricing, hiring, and investment. This remote role requires strong SaaS financial expertise, advanced modeling skills, and independent execution in a scaling startup.

Manages financial administration and analysis for departmental and capital construction programs. Oversees budgets, accounting, cash flow, payroll, invoices, purchasing, contracts, purchase orders, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting. Advises department leadership on resource allocation and budget transfers, analyzes financial trends and project costs, and supervises finance coordinators and support staff. Coordinates administrative procedures and maintains financial records and reports.

Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Partnerships, RevOps, and Finance to own GTM financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting. Build driver-based models, ROI and customer-economics analyses, and automate reporting and data reconciliation to inform GTM investment, hiring, pricing, and partner strategies. Provide decision support and present insights to executives.

Leads financial control and management for a global real estate services account. Oversees finance teams, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial modeling, expense analysis, accounting controls, tax reporting, client funding, consolidated financial statements, audits, and risk identification. Advises account leadership, ensures compliance with global standards, improves financial processes, and coaches finance professionals across regions.

Leads financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for Specialty Pharmacy and related businesses. Coordinates planning across multiple pharmacy divisions, advises finance leadership, identifies trends and risks, supports strategic initiatives, and improves governance and reporting through automation and standardization. Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver executive insights, manage priorities, and drive operational improvements.

Owns month-end close, accounting operations, cash management, board and lender reporting, audit coordination, financial statements, internal controls, and finance process infrastructure. The role also supports acquisition integration, forecasting, covenant compliance, data integrity, AI-enabled automation, and operational finance partnering. It reports to the VP Finance and is expected to build and lead a finance team as the company scales.

Guide growth strategy through financial analysis of complex deals, pricing, contract economics, and strategic forecasting. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Operations to evaluate trade-offs, translate financial data into actionable insights, and support executive decision-making. This individual contributor role requires navigating ambiguity and balancing short-term efficiency with long-term business impact in a fast-growing healthcare company.

Leads finance for the R&D organization, including planning, forecasting, reporting, financial modeling, P&L analysis, headcount planning, and cost of goods sold management. Partners with engineering, product, platform, and corporate FP&A teams to guide resource allocation and strategic decisions. Presents financial insights to senior leadership, improves financial processes, mentors a senior analyst, and identifies AI-driven automation opportunities.

Manage a commercial and ESOP finance portfolio by analyzing financial statements, monitoring credit risks, reviewing covenant compliance, preparing credit packages, underwriting loan transactions, and providing credit recommendations. The role also involves client relationship management, loan documentation review, audit support, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with relationship managers and legal counsel.

Manage a portfolio of complex project finance loans: monitor construction and performance, prepare underwriting packages, analyze financial models and cash flows, assist in structuring/closing transactions, coordinate third-party professionals, and ensure regulatory and credit policy compliance.

Lead FP&A activities for a growing SaaS company, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, financial modeling, headcount planning, performance reporting, investment and ROI analysis, and executive and board reporting. Partner with cross-functional leaders to optimize resource allocation, improve financial systems and data integrity, and translate business plans into actionable financial insights.

Owns financial visibility and performance for the e-commerce business, including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, pricing and promotion ROI, margin reporting, accruals, dashboards, and executive and board presentations. Partners cross-functionally to ensure data integrity, establish financial processes, identify risks and opportunities, and implement AI-enabled improvements across FP&A workflows.

Manages the company’s pension, 401(k), benefits, and compensation programs, including administration, compliance, governance, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and regulatory filings. Partners with actuaries, auditors, trustees, advisors, HR, payroll, and senior leadership. Supports compensation planning, market benchmarking, committee management, process improvement, and analysis of benefit and compensation trends, risks, and costs.

Own R&D Finance reporting, forecasting, Anaplan modeling, SaaS margin analytics, Product P&Ls, close activities, software capitalization, cloud cost allocation, and audit support. Lead two Finance analysts and partner with R&D, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, and Finance Systems. Modernize reporting through automation and responsible AI adoption.

Leads finance operations, back-office accounting processes, month-end close, billing, receivables, project accounting, revenue recognition, controls, reporting, and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP enhancements. Oversees system configuration, integrations, testing, process improvement, M&A finance workstreams, and cross-functional issue resolution. Manages and develops the Finance Operations team while partnering with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Sales Operations, Technology, clients, and external providers.

Manages G&A financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, monthly variance analysis, cost allocations, and executive reporting. Partners with budget owners, Accounting, and operational leaders to explain financial performance, support cost-reduction initiatives, evaluate business cases, and improve reporting through automation. Oversees Financial Analysts, coordinates special projects, researches accounting issues, and recommends process improvements. The role requires healthcare finance experience, strong Excel skills, financial analysis capability, and a bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.

Manages financial analysts and supports financial planning, operating metric analysis, executive reporting, capital expenditure analysis, strategic decision-making, technical accounting research, process improvement, and departmental projects. Oversees staff responsibilities, evaluates processes, coordinates timelines, and provides financial and accounting analysis for operational and strategic needs.