Finance jobs in Chicago, IL

About the role

Spaulding Ridge is looking for a high-caliber, hungry, and intellectually curious Senior Manager, Strategic Finance & Operational Excellence to operate as a true athlete across finance, strategy, and operations. This is not a traditional FP&A role. You will be a core thought partner to leadership, owning critical initiatives across financial and operational planning, financing, M&A and global business performance. You will help build and scale a modern, AI-enabled finance function, partnering with teams in the U.S., Canada, and India. You build scalable, AI-enabled processes that improve speed and insight

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or related
• 8–12+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance with increasing scope
• High horsepower: exceptional problem solver with strong business intuition
• Ex perience managing or supporting consulting / service based business models with strong understanding of utilization, realization, backlog, staffing leverage and delivery economics
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and shifting between strategy and execution
• Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for AI, automation, and the future of finance
• Experience working across global or distributed teams
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and urgency
• Spaulding Ridge is committed to helping team members thrive in their work and life, and we invest in comprehensive total rewards to support this goal.
• Spaulding Ridge is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
• The base salary range for this position in the United States across locations is reflected below.

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