Top Finance Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develop and launch benchmark, thematic, factor, strategic beta, and multi-asset indexes from concept through market release. Conduct quantitative research, machine learning, back-testing, portfolio construction, risk analytics, and statistical testing. Build AI-enabled tools, prototypes, dashboards, and automated workflows while translating complex investment concepts into methodologies, research, presentations, and client-facing narratives. Collaborate with research, product, technology, operations, and commercial teams.

Supports CMBS credit ratings for commercial real estate transactions and entities. Responsibilities include analyzing stabilized cash flows, market data, economic indicators, financial statements, and third-party property reports; preparing rating reports and committee materials; participating in rating committees; supporting regulatory disclosures; and communicating with issuers, investors, and intermediaries.

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.

Lead monthly close, journal entries, reconciliations, and SOX compliance. Supervise and mentor accounting staff, support audits, prepare financial analyses, and drive process automation and AI-enhancements. Support M&A purchase accounting and post-acquisition integration while partnering cross-functionally to implement new tools and improve financial controls.

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.

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.

Support lead analysts on CMBS and real-estate credit ratings by evaluating credit risk, building stabilized cash-flow models for multiple property types, maintaining financial spreadsheets, aggregating market data, reviewing third-party reports, contributing to rating reports and committee materials, and interacting with issuers and investors while adhering to rating methodology and regulatory requirements.

Serve as a technical and functional expert for Oracle EPM Cloud, partnering with Finance and Technology to administer, enhance, and support EPM applications. Develop Groovy rules, Essbase scripts, data integrations, reports, and cube designs; troubleshoot production issues; support month-end/forecasting cycles, testing, upgrades, and documentation.