Finance Officer

Position: FINANCE OFFICER
DescriptionBID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 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.

BID INSTRUCTIONS:
Apply on the bid site: AND
1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”2. Enter your employee  (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)3. Select your correct bargaining unit FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION 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.

Location:

Finance Section – Midway International Airport Days:

Monday-Friday

Hours:

8:30 am – 4:30 pmTHIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE.Qualifications

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) yearsof 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 15semester 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…