11 results for Finance Lead in Chicago, IL

Finance Manager

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
110000 - 125000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. Is your current job giving “all-work-no-play” when it should be giving “work-life balance + above market pay rates”? SummaryThe Finance Manager, Southeast Region is responsible for support of the regional and local financial reporting and processes for the Southeast region. This role will support the regional finance director and local market leaders with accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and understanding risk and opportunities within the market. The successful candidate will possess a solid knowledge of financial processes including month/quarter/year-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting, sales pipeline tracking, commissions calculations and financial systems. The position will report to the Regional Finance Director, Southeast and involves developing strong relationships with local office leaders and internal finance and corporate partners. Essential duties and responsibilities<ul><li>Serve as a key financial and people leader for the local office management team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to develop a high-performing finance team.</li><li>Support regional and market financial processes (commission calculations, revenue posting, pipeline tracking, etc.) while fostering teamwork and accountability within the finance team.</li><li>Lead the development, consolidation, and analysis of the annual plan and quarterly reforecasts, ensuring clarity and collaboration across stakeholders.</li><li>Oversee the preparation of monthly financial reporting packages, delivering insights and analysis through effective communication with local management to facilitate understanding and action planning.</li><li>Act as a liaison with the corporate accounting team on revenue recognition, accounts receivable, balance sheet reconciliations, and general accounting, ensuring clear communication and collaboration.</li><li>Manage and review bi-weekly commission payroll, ensuring accuracy and fairness in compensation processes.</li><li>Supervise and develop day-to-day processes and responsibilities of regional financial analysts, promoting growth, coaching, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with Regional Finance Directors, FP&A teams, and other stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and transparent working environment.</li><li>Lead critical projects and provide value-added ad hoc analysis, demonstrating strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.</li><li>Promote a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and teamwork within the finance team and across the organization.</li></ul>
2026-02-05T00:00:00Z

Financial Analyst

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
60000 - 70000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $60,000-$70,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. SummaryThe Regional Finance Analyst role is meant to oversee the Financial operations of the Central Region and partner with the local offices within the region to promote consistency and smooth workflow and expedited AR, AP and reporting functions. Essential duties and responsibilities• Partner with our centralized accounting team to book and reconcile journal entries• Month-end & Quarterly Close: prepare, format, and provide variance analysis on financial reports, maintain broker balances and other tasks as needed• Assist in budgeting and forecasting process• Prepare commission calculations each pay period to be submitted to the Regional Finance Manager• Submit tickets to the centralized accounting team to create invoices• Salesforce maintenance: track the deals and pipeline for forecasting; ensure all calculations and data entries are correct; Organize necessary documents, contracts, and agreements to support commission invoicing• Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency; provide broker support as needed• Assist the Finance and Operations Director with special projects as needed
2026-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finance Operations Associate

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
100000 - 105000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $105,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. Fast-Track Career Advancement Opportunity (This position is expected to advance quickly within the company over the next few months.) Responsibilities: <ul><li>Help manage fund leverage facilities, including drawdown/paydown requests, borrowing base certificates, covenant monitoring, advance rate analysis, AUP reviews and other required reporting and analytics</li><li>Develop and improve the firm’s reporting infrastructure that serves a variety of internal and external stakeholders and caters to the unique requirements of leverage providers, investors, and other counterparties</li><li>Perform representative daily activities that include:</li><li>Maintain data integrity within borrowing bases for effective administration of credit facilities;</li><li>Process waterfalls for accurate tracking and payment of principal and interest collections;</li><li>Leverage business systems such as PowerBI, WSO, Geneva, and Salesforce to automate reporting infrastructure;</li><li>Establish dashboards and processes to satisfy a variety of reporting needs;</li><li>Compile and monitor key portfolio ratios and metrics; and</li><li>Monitor fund liquidity and manage fund cash positions</li><li>Liaise with external service providers (leverage providers, collateral custodian, auditor, etc.) on a regular basis</li><li>Liquidity management and cash forecasting for the Funds</li><li>Maintain pricing models used by deal teams to analyze return and leverage projections for loan originations</li><li>Interface with all areas of the organization (underwriting, operations, originations, capital formation, debt capital markets, investor services, IT, etc.) as needed</li><li>Produce investor reporting deliverables, due diligence requests, exposure reports and other ad hoc investor reporting requirements</li><li>Produce management reporting & special projects for internal stakeholders as needed</li></ul>
2026-02-05T00:00:00Z

Financial Analyst/Manager

Vernon Hills, IL
onsite
Permanent
140000 - 160000 USD / Yearly
Finance Manager' Growing global manufacturer is seeking a strong Finance Manager to add to our team. Experience required • BS in Accounting or Business with an Accounting major or MBA • CPA preferable • Experience in the audit practice of a Big Four, with at least a year of experience as a manager • Financial due diligence experience • Prefer manufacturing experience • Exposure to IFRS a plus Main tasks • Review of monthly reports submitted by subsidiaries to ensure accuracy and quality of financial reports • Explain and/or validate explanations provided by subsidiaries in regard to main changes actual vs. prior year vs. budget, financial trends and forecasts • Preparation of executive summaries of results and other financial KPIs • Advise subsidiaries on handling of non-routine transactions, proper accounting procedures, and maintaining internal controls • Preparation of consolidated financial statements • Preparation/review of budgets and business plans • Preparation of basic financial models • Preparation of bridges to illustrate and summarize changes • Analyze actual cash flows and estimates future cash flows • Understanding of capital expenditure analysis, investment justifications and business cases • Participate in new deal structuring, negotiations, and document review • Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, contract negotiations, product rationalizations, etc. Able to prioritize and work with multiple supervisors including the CEO and CFO • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel • Preparation of presentations. Medical, dental, vision, 401K and disability insurance.
2026-02-09T00:00:00Z

Accounting & Finance Manager

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
95000 - 100000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $95,000-$100,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] The #1 thing on everyone's mind right now: ‘Where can I find a fresh start?’. NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Non-profit organization is seeking a skilled professional to oversee general accounting operations and manage our financial transactions. Key responsibilities will include reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining the general ledger, preparing month-end close procedures, FY audit, and ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all accounting functions. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills and a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles to effectively analyze financial reports and forecasts. Experience in staff management and familiarity with non-profit organizations is preferred. Job responsibilities Responsible for all accounting and reporting operations and functions consisting of, but not limited to: 1. Operations and functions pertaining to the general ledger, accounting system (MIPS) including posting, closing and general ledger, account analysis, accounts payable, billing, aging accounts, and accounts receivable.2. Preparation of Monthly Interim financial statements, Journal entries for operations and investments, bank reconciliations, balance sheet, reconciliations Accounts payable and receivable, Cash flow, and others.3. Preparation of Daily Cash position in the operating account. 4. Preparation of governmental and Insurance Reports.5. Preparation of Annual Consolidation budget6. Payment management system (PMS) monthly reconciliation, withdraws 7. Prepare and submit Federal Financial Reports (FFR).8. Monthly and Annual Financial reporting to Administrator, Board of Directors meetings and outside sources9. Assisting with Annual Fiscal Year Audit schedules and reports for: Vacation Accruals, Revenues and A/P accruals, Preparation 990, assist Single Audit, Pension Audit, and Regular Audit.
2026-02-11T00:00:00Z

Financial Reporting Senior Manager

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
120000 - 140000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $120,000-$140,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Financial Reporting Senior Manager position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees2) They have higher bonus structures3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)5) And more… Job Description<ul><li>The primary responsibilities of this role will be assisting in the management of the consolidated financial statements for public, lender and joint venture reporting under both a GAAP and IFRS basis</li><li>This role will present opportunities to work on unique/complex transactions requiring technical accounting assessments and cross-department coordination</li><li>Assist in the review of consolidated financial statements for reporting to our parent entity and third parties, which includes balance sheet, income statement, cash flows and other supporting schedules</li><li>Assist in the review of footnotes and disclosures required in our quarterly and annual reporting to bondholders</li><li>Coordinate with other groups with the Accounting Department, as well as Finance, Tax, Capital Markets, Investments and Legal to manage reporting solutions</li><li>Manage and coach staff accountants by delegating work and reviewing finished products to ensure they meet stated deadlines</li><li>Assist in performing technical research on significant transactions including preparation of the quarterly significant transaction log on both a GAAP and IFRS basis</li><li>Work with auditors to assist in quarterly and year-end audit procedures including audit requests</li><li>Maintain SOX compliance and coordinate responses to requests made by internal and external auditors</li><li>Take part of the Company's implementation and transition of new enterprise system</li><li>Research financial statement analytics to include in our quarterly results package to our parent entity</li><li>Assist with special accounting and financial reporting projects, as needed</li></ul>
2026-03-02T00:00:00Z

Fund Associate

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
125000 - 130000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $125,000-$130,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Looking for a fresh start? NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Job Description • Perform monthly/quarterly close process and completion of related support and control documentation.• Prepare calendar with deliverable deadlines; communicate to other team members and hold them accountable for meeting deadlines.• Lead fund accountant team to ensure optimal efficiencies by reviewing processes, including capitalizing on accounting system capabilities.• Prepare and review expense allocations to ensure compliance with the limited partnership agreements.• Communicate with limited partners by reviewing responses or responding directly to accounting related investor inquiries.• Coordinate with public accounting firm auditors to plan interim reviews and yearend audits, respond to questions and information requests, and participate in technical discussions.• Research and apply accounting rules to investment fund transactions by referencing the Audit Guide for Investment Companies.• Apply the limited partnership agreement provisions to investment fund transactions and partner allocations.• Review capital call and distribution allocations and investor notifications.
2026-02-09T00:00:00Z

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Schaumburg, IL
onsite
Permanent
170000 - 175000 USD / Yearly
The salary for this position is $170,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] The #1 thing on everyone's mind right now: ‘Where can I find a fresh start?’. NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Job Description:• Lead monthly and quarterly financial reporting and analysis, including variance and profitability analysis, and produce comprehensive management and board reporting packages. Present written analysis to articulate key drivers, trends, and insights.• Develop and maintain annual budget and rolling forecast models, ensuring alignment with operational and financial goals. Regularly track and assess project performance and communicate results effectively to key stakeholders, including senior leadership and the Board of Directors.Operational Performance & Metrics Analysis:• Conduct detailed analysis of operational drivers that impact company margin, including sales, contribution margins, operational expenses (OPEX), and delivery metrics (e.g., service tickets, labor hours, project timelines).• Provide root cause analysis and present findings and actionable insights to leadership to drive business improvements.Process Improvement & System Integration:• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of financial planning processes, systems, and tools, including business intelligence solutions.• Take a proactive role in leading process improvement initiatives and system enhancements, including the integration of any new forecasting tools into the business operations.Strategic Financial Modeling & Cross-Functional Collaboration:• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, including customer pricing, labor staffing, and cost optimization.• Work closely with cross-functional teams across operations, sales, and leadership to ensure financial insights are integrated into business strategies and build strong working relationships with stakeholders to foster a collaborative environment.Team Leadership & Development • Lead and mentor 1 Financial Analyst, providing training on financial reporting and analysis while fostering a collaborative team environment.• Provide hands-on leadership to promote continuous learning and deepen financial acumen.• Balance day-to-day execution with leadership responsibilities, ensuring the Analyst's success while maintaining your own individual deliverables.
2026-02-09T00:00:00Z

Accounting Manager - Financial Reporting

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
130000 - 135000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $130,000-$135,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] The Manager of Financial Reporting will play a key role in both external and internal management reporting. This individual will work closely with Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Regional Finance teams, and the Corporate Accounting team to consolidate and report the Company’s results. This individual will be responsible for the preparation and review of the disclosures included in its 10-Q and 10-K as well as assist with internal management reporting, reporting to government agencies, and standalone entity audits. A successful candidate for this role will be strong in both technical accounting and analytical skills and have strong communication skills. <ul><li>Review of consolidated balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and footnotes in accordance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements</li><li>Involvement in the internal reporting process on a monthly basis, including preparation and review of the monthly reporting package and analysis, as well as working with the business unit finance teams to streamline process and improve content</li><li>Review and prepare as necessary consolidation and intercompany elimination entries</li><li>Prepare and approve chart of account updates</li><li>Monitor and analyze accounting data loaded to the system monthly</li><li>Review support to be provided to external auditors</li><li>Review and prepare, when necessary, standalone entity external audited financial statements and footnotes on an as-needed basis</li><li>Assist with the optimization of consolidation and reporting procedures, including reducing the time to close and reporting results</li><li>Ensure XBRL reporting requirements are met, including establishing best practices</li><li>Participate in the preparation of materials for the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors meetings</li><li>Supervise seniors on the team and provide direction and oversight</li><li>Participate in assigned special projects as needed</li></ul>
2026-03-05T00:00:00Z

Senior Manager External Financial Reporting

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
175000 - 185000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $175,000-$185,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION Leads the development of all SEC quarterly and annual financial reports. Ensures effective disclosure controls and effective internal controls over financial reporting. Ensures the complete, accurate and timely submission of all external financial reporting information to the SEC. Interprets FASB/GAAP and SEC guidance to determine their impact on financial reporting matters. Manages a team of capable, high-performing accounting professionals. Job Description<ul><li>Active leader in the company's controllership community, as well as the overall finance community. (15%)</li><li>Manages the development of all SEC, FERC and state quarterly and annual financial reports. (15%)</li><li>Manages the internal financial reporting process and historical analyses of results of operations. (10%)</li><li>Main point of contact with the Business Unit internal reporting teams. (15%)</li><li>Liaison with external auditors, external and internal legal counsel and other external reporting contributors. (15%)</li><li>Interprets new technical guidance (FASB/GAAP, SEC, etc.) and other regulatory pronouncements and determines the impact on the company's financial reporting. (25%)</li><li>Works with Internal Audit and Manager of Accounting to ensure effective disclosure controls and effective internal controls over financial reporting. (5%)</li></ul>
2026-02-11T00:00:00Z

Manager of Accounting and Financial Reporting

Chicago, IL
onsite
Permanent
170000 - 190000 USD / Yearly
The salary range for this position is $170,000 - $190,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]. Job Description1.Oversight of senior and staff accountants (2) - Manage team workload and responsibilities. - Develop team members professionally and create an engaging environment. - Represent the team and its work to upper management. 2. Maintain accurate and GAAP compliant financial data and reporting for a variety of legal entities, in accordance with management deadlines. - Prepare, review and/or enter journal entries throughout a variety of ledgers comprising a complex organizational structure. - Prepare supporting schedules for earnings, expenses, accruals, etc. - Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and year-end consolidating financial statements for different combinations of entities, including investment entities. - Prepare regular board reports and other ad hoc reports for management or others. 3. Contribute positively and consistently to an effective internal control environment. - Proactively identify and propose solutions for control enhancements. - Perform variance analysis and timely reconciliation of general ledger accounts. - Monitor procedures and internal controls for compliance and continuous improvement 4. Ownership and active participation in the following: - Budget and forecasting processes, including review of expense trends and allocations - Portfolio level investment return, asset allocation and similar financial analyses. - External and internal audit engagements and special projects. - Accounts payable and receivable processes. - All financial data presentation reporting. - Management Fee/Carry allocations to both internal and external parties. - Loan compliance reporting.
2026-03-05T00:00:00Z