Top Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead enterprise-wide compliance and financial-crime risk assessments, evaluate controls and residual risk, produce executive reports, partner with MLROs/CCOs globally, drive transaction monitoring and customer risk scoring coverage, update geographic risk ratings, develop threat assessment frameworks, and pioneer AI-powered automation while maintaining human oversight.

Serve institutional clients by delivering execution and liquidity solutions across spot and derivatives markets. Drive trading volume, build counterparty relationships, collaborate with Sales/Financing/Product teams, provide market commentary and real-time trade support, and inform product development. Role requires weekend availability and responsible use of generative AI.

Execute end-to-end risk-based operational and compliance audits (scoping, testing, reporting, remediation validation). Identify control gaps, perform root cause analysis, draft actionable recommendations, manage audit requests and stakeholders, validate remediation, and partner with Operations, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Legal while maintaining third-line independence.

Perform SQL-based data extraction and analysis against Snowflake and other platforms to assess IT and security controls, validate ETL pipelines, produce audit-ready reports and dashboards, and partner with Engineering, Security, and IT to gather evidence and communicate findings.

Serve as FP&A partner to Consumer leadership owning forecasting, budgeting, and driver-based financial models. Deliver monthly variance analysis, partner with Accounting, and translate financial insights into resource-allocation recommendations. Lead business-review presentations and conduct deep-dive analyses to find efficiency opportunities across Consumer operational spend.

Provide CFO-level FP&A partnership to multiple C-level leaders across People, Legal, Compliance, Policy, and Finance. Lead a team to build financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases that guide company-wide resource allocation and investments. Drive reporting, variance analysis, process improvements, and the vision for finance partnering, aligning budgets, forecasts, and headcount planning with executive priorities.

The Staff Accountant will prepare financial entries, assist in financial presentations, collaborate across teams, ensure compliance, and support operational excellence.

Lead Finance support for product launches by coordinating across accounting, tax, treasury, risk, and operations. Oversee launch reviews, perform accounting treatment assessments, design and implement controls, produce audit-ready documentation and executive reporting, and partner with Finance Engineering to automate reporting and processes. Serve as trusted advisor to business partners and manage cross-functional workstreams to ensure compliance and operational readiness.

Manage end-to-end month-end and quarter-end close across global entities, oversee intercompany billing, settlements, transfer pricing execution, FX analysis and eliminations. Partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Finance Data to operationalize entity launches and intercompany agreements. Design and document SOX controls, lead GL projects (M&A integrations, new entity setups, ERP/NetSuite enhancements), and mentor direct reports to drive operational excellence and scalability.

Perform end-to-end financial crime compliance audits: scope, testing, workpapers, reporting, and remediation validation. Partner with Compliance, Engineering, and Legal to identify control gaps, assess risk, recommend remediations, and verify closure. Use data analysis (SQL preferred) and maintain AML/sanctions regulatory knowledge. Manage multiple remote audit workstreams and stakeholder communication, applying responsible generative AI oversight where appropriate.