FINANCE OFFICER

City of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Chicago is seeking a Finance Officer for the Aviation Department, Finance Section, at Midway International Airport. The role supports budgeting staff to prepare the annual O&M budget and ensures expenditures stay within approved funding and contract guidelines while maintaining airport operations at service levels.

The position requires strong accounting skills, budgeting experience, and the ability to present financial reports to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required with 3 years of professional accounting or auditing experience, including supervisory one year.
• Alternative: Bachelor's in related field with 15 accounting hours plus 3 years supervisory accounting experience.
• Master's in Accounting with 2 years supervisory experience.
• Master's in related field with 15 accounting hours plus 2 years supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a major program or project at Midway International Airport with oversight of budget and operations.
• Act as an advisor to executive-level managers or as a technical specialist in accounting/finance.
• Prepare expense analyses, projections and final budget summaries for approval.
• Review budgets to ensure proper account allocation.
• Distribute financial management system reports and highlight variances to Finance and Midway sections.
• Present reports comparing performance with plans, budget and projections.
• Interpret financial and statistical results.
• Perform other duties to meet Midway Airport objectives.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Budget analysis

Supervisory experience

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Master's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in related field with 15 accounting hours

Master's degree in related field with 15 accounting hours

Job description

FINANCE OFFICER – CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION – FINANCE SECTION

Number of Positions: 1 (Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Salary: $90,144; Grade G-07

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on Monday, October 5, 2026.

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) – BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

Location: Finance Section - Midway International Airport

Days: Monday-Friday

Hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

This position is in the Career Service.

The City of Chicago is seeking a Finance Officer supporting budgeting staff to prepare Midway's Annual O&M budget. Ensuring Midway Airport expenditures remain within budget and comply with applicable funding and contract guidelines, while maintaining airport operations at appropriate service and performance levels.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Manages a major and large-scale program or project of significant size and scope in terms of budget, operations, for Midway International Airport.


• Functions as a specialized advisor to executive-level managers or functions as a technical specialist or expert-level professional in a given profession, specific technical area, or operational area.


• Prepares an analysis of expenses such as projections and preliminary final budget summaries for budget approval to the CDA Deputy Commissioner of Finance.


• Reviews budgets to ensure accounts are appropriately allocated.


• Manages the distribution of periodic financial management system (FMS) information reports and highlight the variance from approved budget to Finance and all Midway's sections.


• Presentation of reports that compare performance with plans, budget, and projections.


• Interprets financial and statistical results.


• Performs other duties as assigned to meet the overall objective of Midway Airport (i.e. approving APRFs, approving expense forms, etc.).

Additional duties may be required for this position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, plus three (3) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, of which one (1) year is in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position


• Should the above criteria not be fulfilled, the following options are acceptable:
  
  
  
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in a directly related field of Accounting with 15 semester hours in Accounting, plus three (3) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, of which one (1) year is in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position
  
  
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree or higher in Accounting, plus two (2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, of which one (1) year is in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position
  
  
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in a related field of Accounting with 15 semester hours in Accounting, plus two (2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, of which one (1) year is in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position
  
  
  
  

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected according to the cba.

APPLICATION EVALUATION

Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

BENEFITS AND SALARY INFORMATION

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at: https://my.chicago.gov/dam/intranet/documents/depts/dhr/INFORMATION/2026_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor

Salary: $90,144. Pay Basis: Yearly.