Top VP of Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develop customized multi-asset portfolio solutions for institutional and wealth clients across private market investments. Responsibilities include strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, investment evaluation and sizing, portfolio monitoring, analytics, client presentations, business development, and communicating market and investment insights. The role requires private market investment experience, strong financial analysis and presentation skills, and collaboration with investment and client-facing teams.

Leads enterprise finance and accounting, including financial reporting, close management, audits, tax coordination, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, expense management, and long-term financial modeling. Partners with executives and board committees on financial analysis and strategic decisions, oversees core accounting processes, manages capitalization and 409A activities, and improves scalable finance systems and controls. Provides technical direction to accounting staff and supports regulatory and operational risk management.

Leads the organization’s financial planning and analysis function, including forecasting, budgeting, performance analysis, and executive financial insights. Specific responsibilities are not provided.

Lead Voltify’s finance strategy across equity fundraising, project finance, tax equity, lease facilities, infrastructure partnerships, deal design, financial modeling, public-company readiness, incentives, treasury, tax, legal coordination, and payments. Build a lean finance organization and establish scalable funding structures for battery locomotives, charging infrastructure, and microgrids.

The Private Equity Vice President will evaluate investment opportunities through market and business analysis, source acquisition targets and management talent, support portfolio company add-on acquisitions and growth initiatives, and contribute across the investment process. The role works closely with TDP’s founding partners and senior team members, develops investment theses, makes fact-based recommendations, and builds relationships with business owners and management teams. It is a partner-track position based in Chicago or Dallas.

Lead investor relations and capital formation for a private equity GP stakes strategy. Produce investor materials, manage prospect pipelines, coordinate fundraising activities, advise partner GPs, and support LP communications. Contribute to portfolio monitoring, valuation, financial diligence, reporting, capital planning, and transaction analysis. Build relationships with institutional investors, partner GPs, placement agents, and internal distribution and marketing teams.

Oversee real estate investment accounting, financial reporting, NAV and valuation, SEC filings, audits, fund administration, internal controls, and transaction accounting for a non-traded REIT. Manage fund administrators, property managers, auditors, and tax teams while advising senior leadership on GAAP, historical cost, fair value, leases, debt, acquisitions, and dispositions. Improve accounting processes and controls while meeting recurring reporting deadlines.

Leads enterprise financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, budget-to-actual analysis, and strategic decision support across a complex multi-entity organization. Oversees finance systems, BI dashboards, process automation, grant budgeting, revenue modeling, and capacity analysis. Advises senior leaders, boards, and partners while supervising senior finance and fiscal teams and driving scalable planning processes, data integrity, and organizational change.

Lead third-party risk insights for the CIB Controls team by analyzing vendor risk data, producing executive governance materials, identifying themes and emerging risks, supporting remediation prioritization, maintaining KRIs/KPIs and dashboards, performing quality checks, and coordinating with stakeholders across Controls, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Technology and the business to support risk acceptance decisions.

Leads global FP&A, Revenue Operations, and Sales Incentive Administration. Oversees enterprise planning, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI reporting, variance analysis, resource allocation, commercial analytics, pipeline visibility, sales incentive governance, and executive decision support. Partners with the CFO and senior leaders, develops global teams, strengthens data governance, improves reporting processes, and drives financial accountability and operating discipline across the business.

Leads enterprise financial planning and analysis across multiple divisions, overseeing operating plans, forecasts, P&Ls, profitability analysis, cash management, KPIs, and executive reporting. Partners with division leaders and executives to improve accountability, identify risks and opportunities, and guide operating decisions. Also performs delegated Deputy CFO responsibilities, including financial controls, risk management, and leadership continuity. Federal government contracting, indirect-rate management, FAR/CAS, DCAA, and Deltek Costpoint experience are strongly preferred.

Leads strategic finance, balance sheet strategy, capital and liquidity planning, investor relations, corporate development, financial modeling, valuation, and executive communications. Partners with senior leaders across Finance, Treasury, Strategy, and business lines to evaluate strategic opportunities, support mergers and acquisitions, prepare investor materials, and drive enterprise-level initiatives and shareholder value creation.

The Vice President manages forensic accounting and dispute consulting engagements, supervises and mentors staff, develops financial analyses, valuations, damages calculations, expert reports, presentations, and client proposals. The role involves advising attorneys, gathering and analyzing data, conducting client interactions and site visits, reviewing communications, managing project timelines, and independently delivering high-quality work with minimal oversight.

Provide holistic, goals-based financial planning to high-net-worth clients, partnering with advisors to create and present customized plans using J.P. Morgan's Wealth Plan software. Advise on asset allocation, trusts and estates, tax, insurance, philanthropy, retirement, cash flow, and concentrated positions. Educate integrated teams, develop business opportunities, and travel among branches as needed.

Support and lead credit analysis for North American CMBS transactions: model stabilized cash flows, review third-party reports, prepare financial projections and rating materials, track market data and assist rating committees and junior staff.

Leads GAAP-compliant accounting and financial reporting for digital infrastructure private equity funds, property-level entities, parallel funds, and SPVs. Oversees fund administrator deliverables, audits, tax and regulatory filings, investor and lender reporting, cash flow forecasting, return calculations, waterfalls, carried interest, internal controls, and portfolio company reconciliations. Builds scalable accounting processes using software and AI automation while supporting valuation, liquidity, and investment performance reporting.

Originate, underwrite, execute, and manage investment-grade infrastructure debt private placements. Evaluate credit, value, duration, portfolio fit, financial models, legal documentation, and rating methodologies; prepare investment committee materials; manage borrower and counterparty relationships; monitor existing investments; support capital-raising and investment strategy development.

Manages a multinational commercial banking credit portfolio, analyzing borrower financials, repayment capacity, risk, collateral, and portfolio performance. Structures and approves loans within delegated authority, monitors deteriorating credit conditions, ensures regulatory and policy compliance, and recommends capital allocation strategies. The role also develops business, cross-selling, and client relationship opportunities while collaborating with relationship managers and supporting sound risk-informed lending decisions.

Lead finance and accounting functions including strategic finance, FP&A, accounting/controllership, audit, tax, treasury, fundraising support, and investor relations. Partner with founders, board, and cross-functional leaders on planning, forecasting, pricing, M&A readiness, and scaling the finance team while maintaining strong controls and GAAP compliance.

Serve as lead/support analyst on North American CMBS ratings: evaluate credit risk, model stabilized cash flows across property types, prepare financial spreadsheets, aggregate market data, review third-party reports, contribute rating reports and committee materials, assist publishing and regulatory disclosures, train junior staff, and communicate with issuers and investors while adhering to policies and rating methodologies.

Leads national financial analytics strategy for a pharmacy consulting practice, managing actuaries and analysts while overseeing PBM financial models, pricing analyses, forecasting methodologies, and proprietary analytics platforms. Advises leadership and clients on contracts, rebates, utilization, specialty drug trends, and total cost of care. Drives team development, process standardization, quality governance, product innovation, and thought leadership across pharmacy benefit financial analytics.

Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, performance reporting, capital strategy, investor relations, and finance transformation. Partner with the CFO and executive team on strategic decisions, build scalable systems and processes, and develop a high-performing finance organization. Translate financial and operational data into actionable insights while improving accountability, reporting accuracy, and organizational discipline during rapid growth.

Lead Wintrust’s Model Risk Management team and supervise validation experts assessing bank-wide AI, machine learning, statistical, econometric, mathematical, and qualitative models. Perform model validation, including Python programming; manage the enterprise validation framework and model inventory; monitor AI trends and regulations; produce model risk reports; collaborate with business teams; facilitate regulatory examinations and audits; and lead model governance sessions.

Lead new business opportunities in venture banking, build key relationships with startups and VC firms, and manage client accounts. Represent the bank at industry events and provide strategic banking advice to clients.

Leads a 25-person FP&A team for a high-growth SaaS company, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, SaaS metrics, reporting, scenario planning, and process automation. Partners with executives and the Board to translate financial data into strategic decisions, improve capital efficiency, and support scalable growth. The role modernizes finance operations through AI-powered analytics, BI solutions, cloud data tools, and automated financial systems.