Top Finance Jobs in Madison, WI

Serves as a senior functional subject matter expert for Workday Financials, designing and configuring finance processes, business rules, reports, security, and integrations. Leads requirements gathering, enhancements, release management, testing, UAT, issue resolution, root-cause analysis, documentation, and audit readiness. Partners with Accounting, Payroll, Procurement, HR, Grants, IT, and other stakeholders to optimize financial workflows, controls, reporting, and system operations across multiple finance platforms.

Supports financial management for a client portfolio through project accounting, monthly close, revenue recognition, forecasting, invoicing, accruals, budget tracking, intercompany transactions, and audit preparation. The role reconciles project financials, reviews contracts and expenses, maintains financial trackers, supports annual budgeting, develops processes, and mentors junior staff while partnering with project leads, clients, and finance teams.

Leads strategic finance and FP&A for the Venue Management business, advising senior leadership on strategy, investments, venue economics, and growth. Owns budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, variance analysis, KPI frameworks, and performance improvement initiatives. Partners with Controllership, Analytics, HR, and IT to align financial and operational data, support ERP initiatives, ensure audit-ready results, and identify cost savings and margin opportunities.

Lead reinsurance financial analyses, statutory and GAAP reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow modeling, audits, governance, SOX controls, reserve analyses, and process improvements. Partner with business leaders to identify risks and support strategic decisions while coaching analysts and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Leads Cengage’s royalty payments and product finance operations, including royalty models, contributor payments, product data, system ownership, reporting, audit support, and risk control. The role manages a team, develops scalable processes, oversees data setup across finance systems, drives complex improvement initiatives, resolves contributor issues, and presents analyses and recommendations to executive leaders.

Leads finance transformation for hyperscaler marketplace operations, designing scalable financial systems, automated workflows, integrations, data pipelines, reconciliations, and revenue recognition processes. Partners with Finance, Sales Operations, Product Engineering, IT, and Partner Operations to support AWS, GCP, and Azure marketplace transactions, private offers, co-sell motions, and new product launches. Oversees ASC 606 compliance, UAT, change management, and SOP development.

Own product finance across manufacturing, procurement, and go-to-market functions. Responsibilities include BOM-level costing, standard cost models, COGS forecasting, overhead allocation, capital expenditure analysis, product-line P&Ls, margin analysis, pricing support, dashboards, revenue operations reporting, and FP&A budgeting. Partner with procurement, manufacturing, sales, engineering, and accounting to improve cost visibility, controls, forecasting accuracy, and financial processes during rapid scale.

Lead marketing strategic finance and analytics for investment allocation, budgeting, KPI and OKR target setting, ROI evaluation, campaign performance reporting, and strategic planning. Partner with Marketing, Finance, Data Science, Product Marketing, and senior executives to analyze trends, build financial models, extract and visualize data, and translate insights into recommendations and growth strategies.

Serve as the finance partner to Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success leadership. Own GTM planning, forecasting, capacity and ARR modeling, commissions analysis, variance reporting, SaaS metrics, unit economics, ROI modeling, and financial process automation. Translate complex analyses into executive recommendations, improve planning systems, and support compensation plan design and GTM investment decisions.

Leads budgeting, forecasting, expense management, variance analysis, financial reporting, and sophisticated modeling. Partners with business teams and senior leadership, including the CFO, to improve financial performance and support strategic planning. The role also drives finance process improvements, AI integration, data integrity, and operational efficiency across corporate finance activities.

Own the company’s finance function, including financial reporting, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability improvement, financial modeling, process documentation, automation, dashboards, and systems evaluation. Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams on growth, inventory planning, and executive decision-making while building scalable finance operations for continued expansion.

The Assistant Vice President, Commercial Surety will support underwriting and marketing strategy, manage regional production targets, and develop distribution partner relationships while mentoring junior team members.

Own financial modeling for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning; analyze pipeline, quota, revenue, and unit economics; partner with business leaders; build executive dashboards; support close and variance analysis; improve finance processes; and contribute to M&A, valuation, fundraising, due diligence, and investor materials.

Prepare and coordinate global indirect tax returns, including sales and use tax, VAT/GST, gross receipts, and property tax. Reconcile transfer pricing calculations, support tax documentation and disclosures, maintain tax compliance calendars and internal controls, respond to tax authority inquiries, research tax law changes, and improve tax processes through automation. The role also involves collaborating with external advisors and supporting cross-functional tax projects.

Lead financial operations for two inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, overseeing budgeting, projections, AR, month-end close, financial reporting, audits, staffing, compliance, and departmental performance while fostering staff development and cross-department collaboration.

Own end-to-end finance operations and reporting for a high-growth B2B SaaS startup: manage AP/AR, month-end close, revenue recognition, tax and compliance, build financial models and forecasts, support fundraising and investor reporting, improve financial processes, and partner with leadership on strategic decision-making.

Supports and enhances integrated finance systems across Quote-to-Revenue, Order-to-Cash, billing, and revenue recognition workflows. Configures and integrates Zuora applications with Salesforce and NetSuite, translates business requirements into functional specifications, troubleshoots reconciliation and data issues, performs testing and deployments, and supports SOX and ASC 606/IFRS 15 compliance. Collaborates with Finance, Accounting, IT, and Engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment while delivering automations, analytics, and continuous system improvements.

Leads end-to-end credit analytics supporting strategy, pricing, policy, dealer oversight, collections, and executive decisions. Develops and validates production-ready models, code, reporting, and BI workflows using SQL, Python, Excel, and Power BI. Establishes analytical standards, governance, documentation, and quality controls; monitors credit and dealer performance; translates findings into recommendations; and provides mentorship and analytical oversight to junior analysts.

Leads strategic finance for a portfolio of programs, managing budgeting, quarterly forecasting, variance reviews, expense projections, financial models, ROI and cost analyses, and executive reporting. Partners with program leaders and cross-functional teams to identify risks, opportunities, and resource needs. Translates complex financial analysis into actionable recommendations and serves as the finance expert for assigned programs.

Own R&D budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, headcount planning, variance analysis, and executive reporting. Partner with technical, product, people, medical, and finance leaders to translate AI/API usage, infrastructure, vendors, lab operations, and personnel investments into accurate financial plans. Build scalable finance processes and planning systems, improve reporting and forecast accuracy, and apply AI to streamline finance workflows in a fast-moving environment.

Evaluate and review finance workflows and task designs for realism and accuracy in real assets, project finance, infrastructure, energy, mining, and natural resources. Identify missing assumptions, ambiguous instructions, impractical constraints, and edge cases. Provide concise, structured written feedback and recommendations, collaborate with other experts, and participate in synchronous review sessions as needed.

Review and evaluate quantitative finance tasks for technical accuracy and real-world realism. Identify missing assumptions, unrealistic constraints, edge cases, and data or backtesting issues. Provide concise, structured written feedback and actionable recommendations. Collaborate with other experts to calibrate evaluations and maintain consistent quality standards throughout a high-engagement, remote contractor sprint.

Review, create, and evaluate professional operational finance deliverables (P&L reconciliations, month-end close, AP/P2P, three-statement models, pro forma analysis, covenant and partnership accounting). Analyze complex documents, assess AI-generated financial work for technical accuracy and completeness, and produce executive-ready summaries with assumptions, variances, impacts, and recommendations.

Evaluate finance workflows and tasks for realism, technical accuracy, and practical applicability in trading, derivatives, and crypto markets. Identify ambiguous assumptions, unrealistic constraints, missing edge cases, and provide concise, actionable feedback. Collaborate with domain experts to maintain consistency and ensure high-quality assessments throughout a fast-paced, remote sprint engagement.

Serve as a strategic commercial finance partner across cash-pay and insurance-covered businesses. Own driver-based forecasting, financial modeling, performance analysis, business cases, KPI reporting, and executive communications. Analyze payer dynamics, reimbursement, revenue cycle, unit economics, marketing ROI, and customer cohorts to inform senior leadership and drive strategic decisions. Collaborate with Revenue Cycle, Analytics, Operations, Accounting, and FP&A on scalable models and processes.