Top Senior Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads Thunderbird’s finance function, overseeing accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, reporting, revenue recognition, controls, budgeting, forecasting, and finance operations. Manages the finance team, strengthens systems and workflows, supports international and partner-led commercial arrangements, and advises organizational leaders on financial risks, tradeoffs, and decisions. The role is fully remote and requires substantial North American working-hour overlap, with periodic domestic or international travel.

Leads Thunderbird’s accounting and finance function, including financial reporting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, tax, treasury, revenue recognition, controls, and finance operations. Manages the finance team, strengthens systems and workflows, oversees international and partner-led financial arrangements, and advises senior leaders on risks, performance, and strategic decisions. The role is fully remote with required time-zone overlap and periodic domestic or international travel.

Own marketing FP&A, including headcount planning, budgeting, actuals tracking, channel allocation, ROI reporting, purchase orders, and vendor commitments. Partner with marketing, sales, RevOps, data, and corporate finance to connect marketing spend with pipeline and revenue outcomes. Lead pipeline forecasting, reporting definitions, risk identification, and AI-enabled automation of finance processes and forecasting cycles.

Own end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, operating models, cash flow projections, budget reviews, reporting, and Board materials. Lead finance automation by replacing spreadsheet workflows with system integrations, improving ledger structure, and evaluating finance tools. Conduct cohort, retention, unit economics, and sales payback analysis, using SQL to query and reconcile production data. Translate analysis into recommendations for executives and investors while independently building the finance function.

Manage accounting sub-functions including payables, journal entries, P&L processes, reconciliations, fixed assets, accruals, and month-end close. Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and company policies. Review financial results, support audits, partner with FP&A, maintain accounting procedures, and identify process improvements through automation and system implementations.

Leads financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, dashboards, and performance improvement for Medicare Advantage markets. Partners with Corporate Finance and cross-functional teams on accruals, variance analysis, financial close, bid strategy, plan design, and competitive analysis. Translates complex data into actionable recommendations for regional operations leaders, improves reporting automation and scalability, presents insights to diverse audiences, and coaches one direct report.

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.

Leads finance for a manufacturing plant, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, inventory accuracy, and KPI analysis. Partners with plant leadership on productivity, capital investments, risk management, and cost reduction. Supervises and develops the finance team while ensuring compliance and accurate financial performance reporting.

Finance Manager partnering with sales to manage revenue performance, profitability, pricing, forecasting, risks and opportunities. Responsibilities include analyzing financial variances, supporting annual operating plans, evaluating pricing proposals and coupon requests, maintaining pricing structures, and identifying opportunities to improve revenue and P&L performance. The role requires advanced Excel, Power BI proficiency, strong analytical and communication skills, and operates primarily remotely with approximately 25% travel.

Administer OneStream Planning and support FP&A and Accounts Payable systems, including forms, business rules, reports, dashboards, integrations, data validation, security, and troubleshooting. Support month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, testing, training, and application enhancements. Collaborate with Finance and IT, use SQL to query and validate financial data, and help improve business processes and system efficiency.

Leads investor and lender due diligence, fundraising coordination, financing transaction execution, financial modeling, investor reporting, and development of investor-facing materials. The role manages multiple concurrent financing workstreams, organizes confidential documentation, translates technical information for financial audiences, and partners directly with the CEO, senior leadership, investors, lenders, legal counsel, and cross-functional teams.

Leads strategic finance, capital allocation, financial modeling, valuation, M&A analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. Partners with the CEO and COO to guide investment decisions, market expansion, pricing, and resource allocation across Diligent Robotics and Serve Robotics. Owns KPI frameworks, Pigment planning systems, executive presentations, and forecast processes, with potential to build and lead a finance team.

Owns financial systems strategy and SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions across Mars Snacking Accelerator. Responsibilities include configuring FI/CO, product costing, intercompany processes, CFIN integration, roadmap development, governance, AI-enabled automation, AMS oversight, and leadership of a Finance Functional Analyst. The role requires extensive SAP Finance expertise, CPG experience, financial controls knowledge, and delivery experience using SAP Activate and project management tools.

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.

Serves as a financial partner to the Product organization by developing KPI reporting, financial models, business cases, annual plans, budget tracking, variance analyses, and headcount plans. Supports product investment and pricing decisions, communicates insights to non-finance stakeholders, and improves reporting processes through automation and streamlined analysis.

Serve as a strategic finance partner to business functions, translating plans into financial forecasts, budgets, business cases, and investment decisions. Own planning, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, operating budgets, KPIs, and unit economics. Influence capital allocation across product, sales, marketing, operations, hiring, vendors, and build-versus-buy decisions. Apply AI tools to improve financial analysis and decision-making while communicating insights clearly to cross-functional leaders.

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.

Leads finance and accounting across multiple manufacturing sites, overseeing reporting, forecasts, budgets, cost and cash performance, controls, audits, capital prioritization, and continuous improvement. Partners with operations and supply chain leaders to drive business performance, translates plant data into strategic insights, and leads finance teams across a matrixed organization. Develops talent, supports transformation initiatives, and ensures SOX compliance, accountability, and consistent financial execution.

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.

Lead and build Brale’s finance function across FP&A, accounting, treasury, liquidity management, and regulatory reporting. Own forecasting, budgeting, board reporting, financial controls, close processes, audit readiness, reserve reconciliation, and regulatory filings. Transition accounting fully in-house, establish scalable team processes, and manage corporate and customer funds across fiat and on-chain rails. Partner with executive leadership, Compliance, Risk, Product, and Engineering at a regulated stablecoin infrastructure company.

Leads financial partnership for Global Procurement and Logistics, providing analysis, forecasting, reporting, scenario modeling, KPI dashboards, and decision support. Advises on sourcing, supplier negotiations, logistics costs, tariffs, productivity, and savings validation. Drives cost transparency, forecast accuracy, profitability, cash flow, and operational efficiency while collaborating with senior procurement, logistics, and business finance leaders.

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.

Lead FP&A and strategic finance initiatives, including financial modeling for product expansion, monetization, marketing ROI, M&A, and strategic investments. Own forecasts, long-term planning, variance analysis, user metrics, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and headcount reporting. Partner with leadership on profitability and investment decisions while improving recurring finance workflows through automation, AI tools, and BI platforms.

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.

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.