<p>We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team on a long-term contract basis in Chicago, Illinois. This role requires a highly organized and detail-oriented individual to oversee vendor collaboration and ensure seamless project execution, particularly in compliance and segregation of duties initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a background in JD Edwards, Procure to Pay, or Order to Cash processes, and will be comfortable working onsite 1-2 days a week to coordinate with business stakeholders.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Collaborate with external vendors to oversee development efforts and ensure alignment with project goals.</p><p>• Manage compliance and segregation of duties projects to address potential risks and prevent fraud.</p><p>• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure efficient communication and project progress.</p><p>• Organize and lead onsite meetings with business stakeholders to establish project requirements and expectations.</p><p>• Monitor project timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure successful completion.</p><p>• Utilize Agile Scrum methodologies to drive development processes and ensure adaptability.</p><p>• Implement and manage Content Management Systems (CMS) as needed for project requirements.</p><p>• Provide regular updates and reporting to senior leadership on project progress.</p><p>• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.</p><p>• Ensure all project activities align with industry best practices and compliance standards.</p>
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team in Itasca, Illinois. This long-term contract position offers an exciting opportunity to oversee multiple projects while fostering collaboration across business, technology, and operational units. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in project management methodologies to drive efficiency and ensure successful outcomes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage and oversee a portfolio of 20+ projects, ensuring they remain on track, within budget, and aligned with organizational goals.<br>• Facilitate communication and collaboration across siloed business units, building strong relationships with stakeholders.<br>• Evaluate current processes and identify opportunities for improvement to enhance project workflows.<br>• Utilize Smartsheets to track project progress, manage timelines, and generate reports.<br>• Act as a liaison between business and IT teams to ensure alignment and address challenges effectively.<br>• Introduce agile principles where applicable while operating in a primarily waterfall environment.<br>• Provide regular updates and insights to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability.<br>• Develop and maintain a structured approach to project planning and execution.<br>• Foster a culture of teamwork and shared objectives among diverse departments.<br>• Support the establishment and maturity of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the organization.
<p>We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team near Naperville, Illinois. This contract role requires someone with strong attention to detail, leadership skills, and expertise in managing system-related projects. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of overseeing cross-functional teams and ensuring the successful execution of project objectives.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead and manage system-related projects from initiation to completion, ensuring all milestones are met.</p><p>• Facilitate training sessions for team members and stakeholders to ensure smooth project adaptation.</p><p>• Develop detailed documentation for processes and workflows to maintain clarity and compliance.</p><p>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align project goals with organizational objectives.</p><p>• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to ensure timely delivery.</p><p>• Utilize Agile Scrum methodologies to drive project efficiency and adaptability.</p><p>• Ensure all project activities adhere to formal project management standards and best practices.</p><p>• Coordinate with stakeholders to define project scope, deliverables, and timelines.</p><p>• Provide regular updates and reports to leadership on project status and progress.</p><p>• Apply expertise in system conversions to support and guide the project team effectively.</p>
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead a large-scale technology rollout across multiple locations. This role involves overseeing the deployment of hardware and software systems while ensuring smooth coordination and execution. This is a long-term contract position based in Naperville, Illinois, with travel required to various sites.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Develop and manage a comprehensive project plan tailored to hardware and software deployment needs.<br>• Coordinate and oversee installations across multiple locations, ensuring all timelines and dependencies are met.<br>• Facilitate large-site kickoffs by being present onsite to lead and manage logistics.<br>• Maintain accountability for project milestones and stakeholder deliverables throughout the rollout.<br>• Ensure that all installed hardware integrates seamlessly with the SaaS platform.<br>• Navigate complex relationships and political dynamics within the organization to drive project success.<br>• Monitor and manage travel schedules, ensuring efficient site visits and coordination.<br>• Provide regular status updates and reports to stakeholders, highlighting progress and addressing any challenges.<br>• Identify potential risks and implement proactive solutions to ensure project continuity.<br>• Foster collaboration between teams to align project goals and execution strategies.
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $145,000-$150,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p>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 SEC Reporting Manager. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks.</p><p><br></p><p>1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees</p><p>2) They have higher bonus structures</p><p>3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.</p><p>4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)</p><p>5) And more…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p>- Supervise key aspects of the SEC and FERC reporting process, including drafting disclosures, processing changes, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout the document, maintaining quarterly list of disclosure items and coordinating with the printer.</p><p>- Interact with Business Units, Controller's Group, Investor Relations, Treasury, internal and external legal counsel, and the internal and external auditors to accomplish goals and ensure efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange.</p><p>- Research and appropriately apply new accounting pronouncements; benchmark SEC filings from other companies.</p><p>- Complete key financial and disclosure controls to ensure a strong control environment.</p><p>- Assist as appropriate in the supervision of staff accountants, including the review of information prepared to ensure completion of tie-out binders, checklists, etc.</p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $180,000-$200,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p>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 Senior Tax Manager position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks.</p><p><br></p><p>1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees</p><p>2) They have higher bonus structures</p><p>3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.</p><p>4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)</p><p>5) And more…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p>The Individuals/Foundations Group provides accounting, tax compliance and planning, legal, trust administration, business management, financial management, treasury, insurance, and technology services to the enterprises of two wealthy families, including business entities, trusts, individuals and foundations.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Duties & Responsibilities </strong></p><p>• Will be assigned to multiple clients, with a focus on not-for-profit entities including 501(c)3 private foundations and supporting organizations and 501(c)4 trusts; responsible for all aspects of accounting, tax, legal and financial management and analysis functions for assigned clients.</p><p>• Manage and review the accounting for assigned clients including reviewing journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations.</p><p>• Oversee and manage the tax projection and tax return processes for assigned clients including identification and resolution of tax issues in consultation with in-house tax experts and review of tax projections, tax workpapers and tax returns.</p><p>• Coordinate and provide transaction support to the family and foundation investment organizations, including drafting board packages, reviewing and coordinating execution of transaction documents, and coordinating treasury support upon closing.</p><p>• Interpret governing documents (e.g. operating agreements and by-laws) and apply the provisions of the governing documents to the management and accounting for an entity.</p><p>• Coordinate with external advisors in the execution of responsibilities associated with management of assigned clients.</p><p>• Provide day-to-day business and accounting management to certain professional service providers such as budget and projection preparation, quarterly billing, processing reimbursable expenses, etc.</p><p>• Mentor, train and manage staff accountants and managers to meet deadlines and prioritize projects/workload.</p><p>• Identify, develop and oversee the execution of improvements to internal processes.</p><p> </p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $150,000-$160,000 and it comes with benefits, including Medical/Dental, 401k & time off. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]</em></p><p><br></p><p>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 Tax Manager. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks.</p><p><br></p><p>1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees</p><p>2) They have higher bonus structures</p><p>3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.</p><p>4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)</p><p>5) And more…</p><p><br></p><p>This person will work within the team as a key member and responsibilities will include but not limited to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Supporting portfolio company finance teams (including direct interaction with CFOs, controllers, and FP& A managers) with tax reporting and supporting calculations, such purchase price allocations, transaction cost analysis, and coordinating tax work within required timelines.</li><li>Provide guidance and assistance with technical tax questions and research.</li><li>Understanding the necessary action items and processes needed to accomplish such benefits including purchase price allocations and tax step-up computations.</li><li>Participate in both sell side and buy-side tax due diligence for platform acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and carve outs and gather information, data, legal agreements, etc. for the service providers.</li><li>Monitor transaction tax benefits and tax refunds due after sale of portfolio company.</li><li>Assist coordination of service providers for provisions and compliance.</li><li>Review and summarize purchase agreements for tax deliverables.</li><li>Prepare special tax projects (like transaction tax benefit analysis) for certain acquisitions.</li><li>Provide technical assistance with new federal and state law changes.</li><li>Assist in coordinating the flow of K-1s for the fund in a timely manner.</li><li>Provide IRS audit support and project management.</li></ul><p> </p>
<p><em> The salary range for this position is $150,000-$200,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p> Want to be with a company that will ensure you get to enjoy your time off? You don't have to be a 'people person' to want to work for a company that prioritize cultivating a healthy work environment for their employees while emphasizing the importance of a work-life balance. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Support the financial planning, reporting, and budgeting processes across the company's portfolio of businesses</li><li>Partner with key business leads to lead the budget, planning, and forecast formulation and execution</li><li>Generate monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting insights by gathering and analyzing data as well as actuals/projection variances</li><li>Identify relevant trends and key variance drivers. Advise leadership of opportunities and risk impacting the firm</li><li>Identify process improvements to reduce process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions</li><li>Develop credibility and build partnerships with the accounting team and other key stakeholders across the company to facilitate efficiency, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for process improvement</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $70,000-$85,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p>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 Staff Accountant position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks.</p><p><br></p><p>1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees</p><p>2) They have higher bonus structures</p><p>3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.</p><p>4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)</p><p>5) And more…</p><p><br></p><p>The accounting team has been instrumental in building new reporting, process improvement, launching new initiatives and supporting our increasing employee base. The Staff Accountant will play a key role in the financial close process and will be responsible for preparing accounting journals, reviewing and entering client invoices, preparing allocation files, and performing month-end balance sheet account reconciliations. The Staff Accountant should have relevant professional experience, be entrepreneurial, poised, and able to communicate with junior and senior executives both inside as well as outside the firm. This position will report to the Accounting Manager.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Duties and Responsibilities: </strong></p><ul><li>Support the accounting department through direct coordination with other Staff Accountants, the Accounting Manager, and the Controller</li><li>Prepare journals (prepaid expenses, accrued expenses, revenue recognition, etc.) and balance sheet reconciliations as part of the month-end and quarter-end close processes</li><li>Assist the A/R Coordinator with preparation of client and intercompany invoices when needed</li><li>Assist with the accounts payable process by preparing and importing allocation files into our accounting system, NetSuite</li><li>Reconcile daily bank activity and perform broader bank reconciliations during month-end close</li><li>Assist with the year-end audit and budgeting processes</li><li>Document relevant US processes and procedures and update current documentation, as needed</li><li>Assist with special projects and provide support to other positions in the department, as needed</li></ul><p> <em>To apply to this hybrid position, please email [email protected]</em></p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $55,000-$70,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p>Work from home options, generous vacation days every year, top tier benefits, competitive pay rates and VERY lucrative bonuses. If that sounds like something you want, keep reading.</p><p><br></p><p>This role will play an integral role in designing and building these processes, as well as collaborating with business partners to implement them throughout the organization.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities </strong></p><p>• Ability to complete AP/AR/Payroll related duties</p><p>• Apply and research client payments and prepare deposits</p><p>• Process and code invoices for payment</p><p>• Prepare related journal entries</p><p>• Assist in Employee Expense/Company Credit Card processing (Expensify)</p><p>• Meet processing and reporting deadlines</p><p>• Support Brokerage Offices by entering and processing AP/AR requests</p><p>• Responding to information requests from Brokerage Offices</p><p>• Assisting the Accounting Manager and Controller with special projects, as needed</p><p> </p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $100,000-$110,000 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]</em></p><p><br></p><p>Join the wave of young finance professionals who are swapping their mundane 9-5s for fresh opportunities with Chicago’s top companies.</p><p><br></p><p>The focus of this position will be on the delivery of financial services to a set of individual clients through accounting, operational activities, and reporting.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Description: </strong></p><ul><li>Manage the personal accounting for a variety of the company’s clients, both individuals and trusts. This includes preparing journal entries and finalizing personal financial statements on a monthly basis. This also includes completing a quarterly reporting package with detailed financial analyses, for example, budget vs. actual spending summaries.</li><li>Within twelve months, recommend a new personal financial report, analysis, or graphic to be included with the quarterly reporting package for the individual or trust clients which you manage.</li><li>Manage the annual financial reporting, administration of grants, and recording of documentation for a private foundation. This includes preparation of federal and state tax filings and calculation of the required minimum charitable distributions.</li><li>Within six months, assume responsibility for the company’s cash management activities. This includes initiating weekly cash transfers on behalf of our business entities and individual clients, reviewing individual investor accounts for liquidity limitations, and coordinating monthly income distributions to individual clients.</li><li>Gather and organize all annual tax information necessary for the preparation of income tax filings for our clients.</li><li>Calculate quarterly estimated tax payments for individuals and trusts.</li><li>Prepare annual extension estimates of taxable income from underlying investments.</li><li>Participate in recurring calls with external service providers (public accounting firms).</li><li>Manage the tax compliance calendar and track the ongoing progress of annual tax returns for all entities.</li><li>Prepare tax returns to be reviewed and signed by the CFO (Individual x1, Trust x1, and a Private Foundation x1). Review tax returns prepared by external service providers (Corporations x2, Partnership x8, Individuals x4, and Trusts x27).</li><li>Work closely with CFO and President in any tax planning/modeling on behalf of our clients (e.g., estate planning, charitable tax planning, etc.)</li><li>Coordinate real estate tax payments, required annual state filings for LLCs, and draft responses to federal and state income tax notices, as needed.</li><li>Within six months, manage the annual calculation of after-tax investment returns for each of our underlying partnership investments (excluding private equity).</li><li>Complete a variety of ad hoc projects working directly with the company’s President, CFO, Client Service Manager, or other team members on an as needed basis. This might include projects related to Corporate and Partnership Accounting, Private Equity & Compliance, Payroll, Administration, Debt and Liquidity Planning, or other analyses requested by the company’s clients.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a skilled Product Owner to join our team on a long-term contract basis in Chicago. In this role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders to identify business needs, analyze processes, and support the implementation of effective solutions. The position requires a strong ability to prioritize tasks, navigate complex challenges, and deliver results that align with organizational goals.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Own the <strong>end-to-end product lifecycle</strong>, from discovery through delivery and adoption</li><li>Define and drive <strong>product roadmaps</strong> for core applications leveraging Salesforce</li><li>Lead <strong>stakeholder discovery sessions</strong> to gather, clarify, and prioritize requirements</li><li>Write and refine <strong>user stories</strong> in partnership with scrum teams</li><li>Jira experience preferred (Salesforce uses an internal tool)</li><li>Partner closely with engineering, delivery, and external vendors to execute solutions</li><li>Manage dependencies across internal teams and external partners</li><li>Lead <strong>testing and UAT</strong>, including:</li><li>Cross-functional and cross-regional UAT</li><li>Sensitive downtime planning and rollout coordination</li><li>Define <strong>KPIs and adoption metrics</strong> to measure success</li><li>Draft <strong>user guides, enablement materials, and release communications</strong></li><li>Support <strong>change management</strong> and promote adoption of new tools and features</li><li>Act as the <strong>voice of the customer</strong>, advocating for user needs and resolving issues</li><li>Provide clear, regular updates to stakeholders and leadership</li></ul><p><br></p>
