Finance Business Partner (Chicago)

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic business partner to Leadership and department heads, delivering financial and
• Track, analyse, and forecast key business and financial KPIs to identify trends, risks, and
• Lead quarterly forecasting and budget planning processes in close partnership with Leadership and
• Support commercial decisions, including pricing, deal reviews, and investment cases, through robust
• Drive process improvements across forecasting, reporting, and business partnering activities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Ops and Product teams

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, private equity, venture capital, investment
• Commercially minded, with a strong understanding of how finance enables strategic growth
• Exceptional analytical and modelling skills, with the ability to turn numbers into narrative
• Advanced Excel user, comfortable working with SQL, large data models, and performance frameworks
• Confident in managing P&Ls, forecasts, and headcount plans
• Strong communicator with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, including

🎁 Benefits

• Five weeks paid time off (PTO), 11 company paid holidays, unlimited sick days
• Generous healthcare packages & mental health benefits
• 401K plus matching & equity grants for all new Smartlies
• Wellness benefit & learning reimbursement opportunities
• Volunteer time off days & company donation matching opportunities
• Medical/dental/vision insurances, retirement savings benefits, parental leave, life insurance, and