Senior Finance Manager, Contracts

Our client is a privately held company with revenues in the billions, globally headquartered in Chicago. They offer exceptional benefits including generous vacation, work from home options (2 days from home weekly), year-end bonus, in office gym, fully stocked in office snack rooms, work life balance, and amazing culture. They are seeking to hire a Senior Manager of Finance on their location planning and contracts team.

The Senior Manager Finance will oversee and manage the firmwide location management and contracts function of the team. The location management and contracts function will facilitate the Firm's office openings and closings, entity restructuring, real estate contract management, and overall project management for related projects. The Senior Manager will work closely with the local Administration team, Facilities, Accounting, IT, and the Firm leadership team, and will report to the Director of Location Planning & Management. The Senior Manager should be comfortable with recommending courses of action to the Director of Location Planning & Management, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director.

• Direct the project management of various firm location-related initiatives, such as office openings / closings and relocations
• Manage the financial analysis of Firm expansion decisions and present the results through executive summaries and presentations
• Oversee and coordinate the review of the Firm's lease and construction project agreements; serve as an expert on lease and contract best-practices
• Manage the review of insurance terms for construction projects, including documenting firm requirements and streamlining the review process
• Manage the analysis of vendor proposals relating to assigned initiatives, including the evaluation of scope and cost of services; identify and recommend cost saving opportunities
• Collaborate with stakeholders / business owners to define the requirements of assigned initiatives
• Support the annual capital budget and projection process for related projects
• Communicate the impact of location-related and entity restructuring decisions
• Work independently to problem solve, applying in-depth analysis, understanding of business objectives and related disciplines
• Ensure timely communication of project status / timing to stakeholders, team members
• Assist with the documentation of existing processes and recommend process improvements

Required:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, preferable in Accounting or Finance
• A minimum of 10 years of financial analysis and project management experience
• A minimum of 5 years of management experience
• Experience creating and presenting analyses to be used in business decisions
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Advanced capabilities and knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred:

• Public accounting or consulting experience
• Previous experience working in a professional services firm
• Contract or lease review experience