Financial Analyst

Motion Recruitment; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks an experienced Lead Financial Analyst to steer budgeting, forecasting, and governance for large-scale technology transformation programs. You will oversee capitalization, vendor financials, and project accounting across multi-million-dollar initiatives, partnering with Procurement and Project Accounting.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in FP&A with strong SAP experience and a background in enterprise-scale programs, delivering actionable financial insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, project accounting, program financial management, or a related finance function.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology, digital, ERP, CRM, or business transformation programs.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, reporting, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of program budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Manage monthly forecasting, actuals reporting, variance analysis, accruals, and financial reconciliations.
• Drive month-end, quarter-end, year-end, and annual financial planning activities.
• Review and validate vendor invoices against Statements of Work (SOWs), Purchase Orders (POs), and approved budgets.
• Prepare executive-level financial reports, funding updates, variance analyses, and governance presentations.

Skills

SAP

Budgeting & Forecasting

Vendor management

Capital budgeting

Excel modeling

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Tools

SRM

Fieldglass

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Financial Analyst to support large-scale technology transformation initiatives and enterprise business platforms. This individual will serve as the primary financial lead for strategic programs, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, capitalization, vendor financial management, and governance activities across complex, multi-million-dollar initiatives. The ideal candidate is a proactive, independent finance professional with strong SAP experience and a background in financial management for large technology or business transformation programs. Experience supporting enterprise finance operations, procurement, and project accounting is highly desirable

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of program budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans
• Manage monthly forecasting, actuals reporting, variance analysis, accruals, and financial reconciliations
• Drive month-end, quarter-end, year-end, and annual financial planning activities.
• Manage capitalization requests, capital project authorizations, project closeouts, and asset tracking in partnership with Project Accounting
• Serve as the primary financial point of contact for strategic technology transformation programs
• Review and validate vendor invoices against Statements of Work (SOWs), Purchase Orders (POs), and approved budgets
• Partner with Procurement and Purchasing teams on SOW reviews, PO creation, amendments, approvals, and routing
• Monitor vendor spending, contractual commitments, forecasts, and funding utilization across multiple projects and suppliers
• Prepare executive-level financial reports, funding updates, variance analyses, and governance presentations
• Identify financial risks, funding constraints, and forecasting discrepancies, and proactively drive resolution
• Support audits, financial reviews, and governance activities while ensuring compliance with financial controls and documentation requirements
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial accuracy, transparency, and operational efficiencies

Qualification s

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, project accounting, program financial management, or a related finance function
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP
• Experience supporting large-scale technology, digital, ERP, CRM, or business transformation programs
• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, accruals, capitalization, financial controls, variance analysis, and executive reporting
• Experience managing vendor financials, consulting partner relationships, procurement activities, and project budgets
• Hands-on experience with Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and familiarity with Fieldglass, or the ability to learn it quickly
• Experience with Capital Project Requests, Capital Authorization systems, and project funding processes
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, reporting, and data analysis
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities and stakeholders
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting PMOs, enterprise platform implementations, or large-scale transformation programs
• Experience managing capital and operating budgets across multiple vendors and workstreams
• Familiarity with project funding governance, procure-to-pay processes, and technology project accounting
• Experience preparing financial reports and presentations for executive leadership, steering committees, and governance forums

About the Role

Ideal Candidate We are looking for a detail-oriented, self-driven finance professional who can take ownership of financial operations for complex transformation programs, anticipate risks, manage competing priorities, and deliver accurate, actionable financial insights to leadership.