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3 results for Business Analysis Manager in Ankeny, IA
- Des Moines, IA
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 140000 - 160000 USD / Yearly
- We are looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join a services organization in Des Moines, Iowa. This role will lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis while providing financial insight that supports strategic decision-making across the business. The ideal candidate brings strong modeling and planning expertise, along with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear recommendations for senior leadership.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the annual budget process and oversee periodic forecasts to ensure financial plans align with business goals.<br>• Build and maintain financial models that evaluate performance trends, operational drivers, and future growth scenarios.<br>• Partner with department leaders to review results, identify variances, and recommend actions to improve financial outcomes.<br>• Prepare recurring and ad hoc management reports that present key metrics, risks, and opportunities in a concise manner.<br>• Analyze revenue, expenses, and profitability to support strategic planning and resource allocation decisions.<br>• Use planning tools, including Adaptive Insights, to enhance reporting accuracy and streamline forecasting activities.<br>• Support leadership with business cases, scenario analysis, and financial guidance for new initiatives and investments.<br>• Strengthen financial planning processes and reporting frameworks to improve visibility and decision support across the organization.
- 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z
- Urbandale, IA
- remote
- Temporary to Hire
- 0 - 0 USD / Yearly
- <p>We are looking for an experienced Senior Annuity Business Analyst/Consultant to join a contract opportunity with permanent potential based in Iowa. This role is 100% remote. This role will guide annuity product implementations by turning product and actuarial concepts into practical business and system requirements that support successful delivery. The position works closely with cross-functional teams to align product intent, operational needs, testing expectations, and technical execution across the full annuity lifecycle.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Act as the lead annuity subject matter expert, advising teams on product setup, implementation planning, and operational preparedness for new offerings and enhancements.</p><p>• Collaborate with actuarial, product, operations, technology, and vendor partners to convert annuity designs into detailed business rules, workflows, calculation logic, and data requirements.</p><p>• Define end-to-end requirements covering illustrations, application processing, suitability review, policy issuance, administration, billing, commissions, servicing, withdrawals, claims, correspondence, and reporting.</p><p>• Evaluate product variations, state-specific rules, premium structures, rider selections, value calculations, surrender activity, beneficiary events, and compliance considerations to ensure complete requirement coverage.</p><p>• Provide direction to IT business analysts, developers, and quality teams so user stories, specifications, mappings, and acceptance criteria accurately reflect annuity product intent.</p><p>• Develop and review business validation scenarios, expected outcomes, calculation checks, exception handling cases, and regression considerations to strengthen testing quality.</p><p>• Participate in planning sessions, design discussions, backlog refinement, sprint activities, demos, defect reviews, and release readiness efforts to support timely and accurate delivery.</p><p>• Review configuration documents, product rules, data mappings, conversion assumptions, and third-party deliverables to confirm alignment with business objectives and implementation standards.</p><p>• Identify process gaps, operational risks, dependency issues, and control needs that could affect launch success, and recommend solutions before release.</p><p>• Support product validation and implementation activities related to system changes or organizational transition efforts when needed.</p>
- 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- West Des Moines, IA
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 85000 - 110000 USD / Yearly
- <p>Robert Half is looking for an Investment Data & Operations Analyst to support the integrity, control, and oversight of investment data and related accounting operations in Des Moines. This role plays a key part in maintaining dependable data, investigating exceptions, and helping ensure accurate financial reporting and regulatory alignment for investment portfolios. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in investment accounting or operations, works confidently across systems and stakeholders, and thrives in a detail-oriented environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Review new security and purchase yield data and resolve discrepancies with internal teams and external managers</li><li>Maintain security master records to ensure complete, accurate, and well-governed investment data</li><li>Research and resolve breaks involving security attributes, accruals, and amortization/accretion schedules</li><li>Partner with accounting, reporting, technology, policy, and portfolio teams to support reconciliations and downstream processing</li><li>Research accounting and reporting treatment for specialized investment topics</li><li>Serve as a resource for investment data, reporting classifications, and system functionality</li><li>Support testing for system updates, data feeds, and reconciliation tools</li><li>Prepare summaries of reconciliation activity, trends, and open issues for leadership</li><li>Assist with additional operational and cross-functional projects as needed</li></ul>
- 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z