Finance Associate Jobs in Chicago, IL
Finance associate jobs in Chicago are concentrated across banking, private equity, insurance, and corporate finance, with hiring centered in the Loop, River North, and the Fulton Market corridor. The employers filling roles right now include Logic, Information Technology Senior Management Forum, and EY. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.This opportunity entails being responsible for maintaining project-related financial data in HNTB's project management system, ensuring alignment with current client contracts, including change orders, subconsultant agreements, and approved unauthorized work. The Project Finance Associate supports the project finance team to ensure billing compliance with contractual documents. Responsibilities include coding project costs, such as subconsultant expenses, expense report receipts, and vendor invoices, with appropriate project accounting codes in accordance with standard procedures and contractual requirements to ensure proper entry into HNTB's project management system.
What You’ll Do:
- Accurately updates the project management system by translating client and project workplan data based on contract and change order review.
- Facilitates the ability to access and charge to project tasks and phases in the project management system.
- Ensures project costs are properly coded and allocated by maintaining awareness of project status, and proactively determining the financial data updates in response to project changes.
- Manages cost transfers to and from projects/tasks.
- Supports the project finance team in reviewing and approving project invoices, updating invoice requirements from contractual documents, verifying billed costs, and ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, including insurance certificates and adherence to client systems and formats.
- Generates routine and ad hoc internal project financial performance reports for project and office teams.
- Reviews and may provide financial approval of vendor/subconsultant invoices for accuracy and contractual compliance, including DBE and insurance certificate requirements.
- Obtains necessary approvals and tracks internal workflow status for timely outcomes.
- Partners with the project team to develop and maintain client and subconsultant relationships and acts as a project liaison to field contract billing questions and/or provide receivables updates.
- May assist or lead the subcontracting processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Supports the proposal process, including gross margin analysis, cost proposal development, alignment with the project management system, and client proposal/estimate formats.
- Performs other assigned duties.
What You’ll Need:
- Associate degree and 2 years of relevant work experience, or
- In lieu of education, 4 years of relevant work experience
What You'll Bring:
- Intermediate knowledge of HNTB processes and procedures as well as GAAP accounting rules and uses these rules to advise project teams and project finance team.
What We Prefer:
- HNTB Internship experience
Additional Information
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #MZ.
Locations:
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The approximate pay range for Illinois is $27.97 - $41.96. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state..
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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
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Finance Associate Jobs in Chicago: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a finance associate job in Chicago?
Target the Loop and River North, where Chicago's largest banks, insurance firms, and asset managers concentrate their finance teams. Private equity and middle-market investment firms in the West Loop also hire steadily at the associate level. A background in financial modeling, Excel, and either CFA candidacy or an MBA from a Chicago-area program gives you a real edge over generalist applicants in this market.
Which companies hire finance associates in Chicago?
Chicago finance associate roles are posted by Logic, Information Technology Senior Management Forum, and EY and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Chicago's employer mix runs from global banks and insurance holding companies to mid-size private equity shops and corporate treasury teams at Fortune 500 headquarters.
Are there remote finance associate jobs in Chicago?
Yes, though remote availability depends heavily on the role. Analytical and reporting-focused finance associate positions are more likely to offer flexibility, while roles tied to trading floors, client-facing banking, or physical operations typically require on-site presence. About 92% of finance associate openings tied to Chicago are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with hybrid arrangements most common at larger Loop-based financial firms.
How can I get a finance associate job in Chicago with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Chicago is through a financial analyst or junior associate role at a mid-size corporate treasury or FP&A team, where the learning curve is steep but hiring managers prioritize potential. Chicago's large insurance carriers and regional banks also run structured rotational programs that move analysts into associate tracks within two years. Completing a Chicago-area CFA prep program or finishing an MBA at DePaul, Loyola, or Booth significantly sharpens your candidacy for these openings.
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