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Fraud Investigation Associate

Company: OppFi

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

OppFi is a tech-enabled, mission-driven specialty finance platform that provides credit access to everyday Americans. The company is known for its best-in-class customer service, transparency, responsible lending, and financial inclusion. OppFi is a top-rated financial platform with a 4.5/5.0-star rating on Trustpilot and has been recognized as a 2023 Crain’s Fast 50™ company and a 2024 Best Places to Work in Chicago. The role involves investigating and researching cases of fraud, providing consultation, and maintaining accurate records. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related discipline, 2+ years of work experience, and 1 year of fraud investigation experience. The total compensation package includes a minimum salary of $65,000, performance-based bonuses, and a 1-time equity grant. OppFi offers a flexible remote environment, 401(k) matching, generous paid time off, and additional benefits like medical plans, dental and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and lifestyle benefits through Fringe.

Client Partner, Data Insights practice

Company: Ollion

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

Ollion is a global company that connects businesses and capabilities worldwide to help organizations make the most of their transformation. They value innovation, diversity, and inclusion, and aim to make a world of difference. The company offers a competitive total rewards package, remote work opportunities, and a supportive work environment. They are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Client Partner with extensive experience in data consulting and professional services.

Principal Associate, Content Designer - CB.XD, Fraud & Disputes

Company: Capital One

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

Capital One is seeking a Content Designer for their Fraud & Disputes design team. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to create intuitive and engaging solutions, advocating for user needs, and ensuring content is clear, consistent, and inclusive. The ideal candidate should have at least 4 years of UX writing experience, familiarity with design systems, and strong presentation skills. Capital One offers competitive benefits and promotes a drug-free, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Global Head of Business Partners, People & Culture

Company: Morningstar

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

Morningstar, a leading provider of investment insights, is seeking a Global Head of Business Partners, People & Culture. The role involves leading the P&C Business Partner team, promoting an engaged and inclusive culture, and aligning people programs with business needs. The ideal candidate should have extensive HR experience, a global perspective, and a strong alignment with Morningstar's mission. Key responsibilities include influencing business partners, fostering a great work environment, and driving processes for talent development.

Engineering Manager

Company: ActiveCampaign

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 13, 2024

ActiveCampaign is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager with 5+ years of hands-on technical leadership experience. The role involves contributing to the organization's vision, leading a team of engineers, collaborating with various departments, maintaining high code quality, and continuously improving the team's ability to meet customer needs. The ideal candidate should have experience in cloud application architecture, database management, and solving complex technical problems. ActiveCampaign values diversity and offers comprehensive benefits including health and wellness, open paid time off, generous 401(k) matching, and quarterly Path Perks.

Senior Manager, Chief of Staff

Company: Capital One

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

The Chief of Staff role at Card Tech is a critical position supporting senior leadership, focusing on strategy, operational excellence, communications, and organizational capability. The ideal candidate should have a passion for technology, strong communication skills, and expertise in relationship-building. They will be responsible for Organizational Change Management (OCM) for a ~1,000-person organization, driving innovation, creating executive-ready presentations, and leading special projects. The role requires multitasking, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to balance strategy and tactical delivery. Basic qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, at least 7 years of experience in Project Management, Process Management, Agile Delivery, or as a Team Lead, and at least 3 years of experience working with senior stakeholders across different business functions.

BI Analyst, Product Management

Company: Heritage-Crystal Clean

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

The Business Intelligence Analyst role in Crystal Cleans' Product Management Team involves using data to drive strategic financial decisions. The successful candidate will analyze trends, create financial models, and deliver insights to management. Requirements include a relevant degree, 5+ years of experience in business/financial planning, proficiency in NetSuite, SQL, and business intelligence tools like Tableau or Power BI, and strong Excel skills. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential.

Senior Project Manager

Company: Grantek Systems Integration

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

Grantek is a leading provider of integrated automation, smart manufacturing, and industrial information solutions. They offer a competitive compensation package, retirement plan, and education/career development program. The Project Manager, ePMO role involves managing projects associated with Smart Manufacturing principles, IIoT initiatives, and Systems Integration processes. The ideal candidate should have 3-5 years of full life-cycle project experience, be flexible with travel and overtime, and possess a degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.

Manager of Cybersecurity Service Engineering - Endpoint Security

Company: McDonald's Global Technology

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

McDonald's is seeking a Manager of Cybersecurity Service Engineering - Endpoint Security to develop and enhance Endpoint Cybersecurity services. The role involves working with global teams to ensure high availability and resiliency of services, leading strategic direction for McDonald's Endpoint Cybersecurity products, and collaborating with various teams to improve Cybersecurity systems. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience, and 5+ years of Service Manager experience with a background in building and/or operating Endpoint security services.

Senior Director, Finance

Company: Intersport

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

The Association of Pickleball Players (APP) is seeking a Senior Director of Finance for its Finance and Accounting team. The role involves overseeing financial planning, analysis, reporting, and strategy. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, CPA preferred, and at least seven years of FP&A experience. They should also have experience in a start-up environment, interfacing with the investor community, and a strong technical accounting background. The role requires managing a team of junior accountants, collaborating with the President, and ensuring all financial reporting requirements are met.

Kodiak Senior Manager Leader

Company: Crowe Global

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

<p><b>Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here<b> <p> <p>At Crowe you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to todays complex business issues Crowes accounting consulting and technology personnel are widely recognized for their indepth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a Best Place to Work We are 75 years strong and still growing Come grow with us <p> <p><b>Job Description<b> <p> <p><b>About the opportunity<b> <p> <p>Kodiak seeks a dynamic Chief Information Security Officer to provide leadership vision across diverse teams and direction for information security security initiatives regulations compliance and privacy This role will report to the General Counsel + Chief Risk Officer and work closely to reduce the risk and impact of cyberattacks as well as increasing product security <p> <p>The CISO is expected to be a master communicator who is confident but humble and capable of interfacing effectively with other Clevel executives as well as members of the board of directors and audit committees Additionally the CISO must possess a strong handson technical and security practitioner background and the ability to effectively collaborate with technical staff understand threats risk mitigation and technical controls The ideal CISO is a people person who focuses on building a synergistic team where employees are valued challenged to achieve excellence and enjoy working for the company As the leader of the information security program the CISO establishes highly effective policies corporate protocols and appropriate collaboration among teams <p> <p><b>About Kodiak<b> <p> <p>Kodiak Solutions Kodiak provides software and techenabled services to the Office of the CFO within health systems provider groups and other healthcare organizations The Companys flagship software product Revenue Cycle Analytics RCA is the only outsourced solution that automates accrualbased net revenue analysis standardizing the monthend close process for 1800+ hospitals and 200K+ practicebased physicians <p> <p>Headquartered in Indianapolis IN Kodiak was founded in 2005 by the current CEO Derek Bang as the healthcare division of multinational accounting firm Crowe LLP Leveraging the direct access to the CFO and the strong customer advocacy of the RCA product the Company has expanded to offer a suite of software and services across finance revenue cycle and risk and compliance driving a 15+ organic revenue growth CAGR over the past three years <p> <p>Kodiak was recently acquired by TPG Growth TPG Growths longstanding health system relationships provided differentiated insight into the mission critical nature of Kodiaks solutions and allowed them to gain conviction in our underwriting While the business has seen strong traction in its Office of the CFO product portfolio over the last decade the leadership team believes they can inflect growth as a standalone Company and with TPG as a strategic partner <p> <p><b>About TPG Growth<b> <p> <p>TPG Growth has been actively investing in high quality companies since 2007 The Firm specializes in growth equity and middlemarket buyout opportunities TPG Growth works in partnership with its management teams and its network of operating executives and strategic advisors to transform its portfolio companies into industryleading businesses <p> <p>TPG Growth currently manages over $24B in assets across the globe focused in media software business services and healthcare industries TPG Growth <p> <p>assists at all stages of a companys growth from its inception to its international expansion They have become <p> <p>the partner of choice for companies and executives and a highly regarded private equity firm in North America <p> <p>Team <p> <p>Who youll work with <p> <p>Reports to Chief Operating Officer <p> <p>Where youll be based <p> <p>Location Open for ideal candidate <p> <p><b>How youll make an impact<b> <p> <p><b>Key Responsibilities<b> <p> <p><b>Cybersecurity Strategy<b> <p> <ul><li>Standup build and develop a cohesive information security strategy as well as a roadmap for strategy implementation that is integrated and tied into technology and aligned to business strategy<li> <li>Develop implement and monitor a strategic comprehensive enterprise information security and cyber risk management program to ensure the integrity confidentiality and availability of information owned controlled or processed by the organization while balancing risk tolerance and financial budget<li> <li>Partner closely with and guide technology business owners across all functions to leverage the right mix of security controls and capabilities into the tools and technologies they directly oversee<li> <li>Provide technical leadership for all information security platforms Serve as the escalation point for technical issues related to information security platforms<li> <li>Develop a participatory culture that promotes principles and adopts practices of information security into the work habits and work products of each business unit<li> <ul><p><b>Governance and Risk Measurement<b> <p> <ul><li>Establish and oversee the development of a frameworkoriented risk measurement reporting and communication practice that continuously assesses various levels of cyber risk and its impact to business operations regulatory obligations and customer commitments<li> <li>Develop a risk management process that derives the appropriate investment plans and strategies and drive transparency and accountability for offsetting risk across all functional areas and executive management<li> <li>Establish a process to assess measure and manage 3rd party vendor risk in close partnership with business owners and legal office to ensure that baselines are developed and requirements are included in contracts<li> <li>Conduct regular technical risk assessmentsaudits of Kodiak and its key IT suppliers systems and infrastructure<li> <li>Communicate routinely with business unit leaders and TPG cyber field operations as required to build bridges and create risk awareness including overseeing periodic audits and riskfocused reporting as required<li> <li>Establish an industry and as required ie HIPAA CCPA etc regulatory certification capability aligned to business strategy that includes audit requirements plans investments and audit engagement execution<li> <li>Conduct cyber diligence while evaluating potential MampA targets and help the management team understand potential security problems that might arise from acquisitions or other strategic business moves<li> <ul><p><b>Cybersecurity Operations<b> <p> <ul><li>Implement wellaligned process technology and organizational controls within risk tolerance thresholds and drive userminded adoption across the enterprise<li> <ul><ul><li>Develop maintain and publish uptodate security policies standards and guidelines and oversee training and dissemination of security policies and practices<li> <li>Oversee the administration of all information security technology platforms ensuring that technologies are optimally configured and maintained to provide maximum uptime and protection to the organizations information systems<li> <li>Develop and own the disaster recovery plan in conjunction with technology operations leadership and partner to exercise tabletops on a periodic basis<li> <li>Implement companywide cybersecurity training to reduce opportunities for and impact of any cyber incidents This training should be conducted and tested regularly<li> <li>Collaborate across departments and communicate to ensure appropriate security processes procedures and tools are installed monitored and effectively operating and alerting<li> <li>Define implement amp oversee vulnerability management tooling process amp remediation processes<li> <li>Partner with IT and other technology owners to ensure a routine patch management process and approach is operationalized for all systems applications and infrastructure<li> <li>Manage service levels control effectiveness control failure remediation operational automation and oversight of information security team<li> <li>Coordinate the development of implementation of incident response plans and procedures to ensure that businesscritical services are recovered in the event of a security event Take the lead on security incident response measures<li> <ul><p><b>Product Security amp Trust<b> <p> <ul><li>Provide guidance to ensure Kodiak products are built to be secure in our customers environments including architectural and independent cyber reviews of products<li> <li>In collaboration with the technology and product development leaders build a DevSecOps function that integrates security early and routinely into the software development lifecycle<li> <li>Establish a Trust Center that enables a processoriented method for the company to effectively respond to cyberrelated customer public and regulatory inquiriesaudits that is both integrated into the sales process and based on reasonable and accepted practices<li> <ul><p><b>About the right person<b> <p> <p><b>What makes you qualified<b> <p> <ul><li>The ideal candidate will come from the software or data management industry and have experience with cloud security and SaaS Prior experience in software development andor a detailed understanding of the software development lifecycle would be very helpful plus experience in a high growth acquisition heavy environment and proven experience assessing risk in such an environment<li> <li>Several years of experience in a combination of risk management information security or related IT leadership roles within a high growth acquisition heavy environment Ideally 5+ years gained in rapidly growing fast moving and changing environments within a software or technology company of $100M+<li> <li>Commercially minded with the ability to be customer facing as part of the companys communications and GTM strategy<li> <li>Significant experience in managing MSSPs to outsource multiple security functions while maturing the program<li> <li>The ideal candidate will have experience in handling and mitigating one or more significant cyber events<li> <li>Handson leader and team player who will roll up hisher sleeves and serve as a playercoach when necessary Moves with agility Team builder able to establish a strong internal following and to hire additional talent to build out the security organization and drive accountability<li> <li>Indepth knowledge of applications systems network and data security telecommunications security operations and associated hardware software and protocols<li> <li>Professional security management certification is required such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Certified Information Security Manager CISM Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA or other similar credentials<li> <li>Knowledge and experience initiating implementing andor maintaining common information security management frameworks such as ISOIEC 27001 ITIL COBIT as well as those from NIST including 800 53 and Cybersecurity Framework<li> <li>Strong knowledge of security implications involving a variety of security technologies<li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills interpersonal and collaborative skills and the ability to communicate information security and riskrelated concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences at various hierarchical levels ranging from board members to technical specialists<li> <ul><p><b>What makes you extra qualified<b> <p> <ul><li>Proven leader in the healthcare industry with 10+ years of strong healthcare experience<li> <li>Ability to motivate by clearly communicating vision and strategy and creating a shared purpose<li> <li>Educationalexperiential requirements<li> <li>Strong consensus building skills Champions leads and supports change takes appropriate chances<li> <li>Achieves business results by taking action achieving quality and focusing on the future<li> <li>Demonstrates integrity and ethics sets a personal example<li> <li>Knowledge of budgeting processes and performance reporting<li> <ul><p><b>What working here offers<b> <p> <ul><li>Our client is offering a highly competitive compensation package with an attractive base salary as well as short and longterm incentive programs<li> <ul><p><b>Our Benefits<b> <p> <p>At Crowe we know that great people are what makes a great firm We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you <p> <p><b>How You Can Grow<b> <p> <p>We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations Learn more about where talent can prosper <p> <p><b>More about Crowe<b> <p> <p>Crowe wwwcrowecom is one of the largest public accounting consulting and technology firms in the United States Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax advisory risk and performance services Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the countrys best places to work Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global one of the largest global accounting networks in the world The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world <p> <p>Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws <p> <p>Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates referrals or resumes from any staffing agency recruiting service sourcing entity or any other thirdparty paid service at any time Any referrals resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe or any employee or owner of Crowe without a preexisting agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe and free of charge<p>

PT Ops Associate: Rent the Runway (Pop Up)

Company: Leap Services Inc.

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Apr 12, 2024

Leap is seeking Part-Time Ops Associates for a pop-up store at Northbridge Mall from May 2024. The role involves back-of-house organization, inventory processing, and sales floor recovery. Leap supports e-commerce brands in establishing brick-and-mortar stores. Key responsibilities include executing operational functions, maintaining store cleanliness, and supporting other business areas. The ideal candidate is customer-obsessed, collaborative, professional, brand-knowledgeable, adaptable, and detail-oriented. Leap offers perks like employee discounts, 401k, and bonus eligibility. The salary range is $16/hr to $18/hr.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the typical salary ranges for Background Investigation roles at different seniority levels?
Entry‑Level Investigators earn $50k–$70k; Mid‑Level Investigators $70k–$95k; Senior Investigators $95k–$130k; Lead/Director roles range $120k–$160k, depending on industry and clearance level.
What skills and certifications are essential for a Background Investigation professional?
Key skills include OSINT, forensic analysis, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance. Certifications such as Certified Background Investigator (CBI), Certified Security Professional (CSP), CISSP, ACIC, and ISO 27001 credential the candidate for advanced roles.
Are Background Investigation roles available for remote work?
Yes—many digital investigation, compliance, and risk analysis positions support fully remote work. On‑site roles typically require access to secure facilities and clearance, but remote work is common for data‑driven investigations.
What career progression paths exist within Background Investigation?
Typical progression: Investigator → Senior Investigator → Lead Investigator → Program Manager → Director of Investigations → VP of Security & Investigations. Each step adds leadership, policy‑setting, and cross‑agency coordination responsibilities.
What are the current industry trends impacting Background Investigation?
AI and machine‑learning platforms are automating evidence triage; blockchain is being used for tamper‑proof credential verification; regulatory shifts like GDPR, CCPA, and defense‑specific security directives are expanding compliance scopes; and fintech, healthcare, and defense sectors are driving higher demand for vetted talent.

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