<p>We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Data Analyst to join our team in Maple Grove, Minnesota. This role is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting complex data sets to support business decision-making, operational performance, and strategic planning. The ideal candidate will have advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel and proven experience in market forecasting, trend analysis, and reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Analyze large data sets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable business insights.</li><li>Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and models to support leadership decision-making.</li><li>Use advanced Excel functions to manipulate, summarize, and analyze data, including:</li><li>PivotTables and PivotCharts</li><li>XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS</li><li>Nested IF statements</li><li>Power Query</li><li>Data validation</li><li>Conditional formatting</li><li>Advanced formulas and financial/statistical functions</li><li>Build and refine market forecasting models to project sales, demand, revenue, and business trends.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams to gather reporting requirements and deliver meaningful analysis.</li><li>Monitor key performance indicators and provide recommendations based on findings.</li><li>Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across reporting systems.</li><li>Present analytical findings to stakeholders in a clear, concise, and business-friendly manner.</li><li>Support budgeting, planning, and strategic initiatives through data-driven forecasting and scenario analysis.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and increase efficiency through automation and best practices.</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for a Financial Analyst to support planning, reporting, and performance analysis for a growing organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This role combines financial modeling, systems ownership, and cross-functional partnership to improve visibility into business performance and support timely decision-making. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, experience with budgeting and forecasting, and the ability to turn complex data into practical financial insights.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage the Vena platform as the primary functional owner, including configuration, model structure, reporting logic, data hierarchies, and AI-enabled planning capabilities.<br>• Lead the financial onboarding of acquired businesses by organizing source data, validating accuracy, and building reliable reporting pipelines from operational systems and NetSuite.<br>• Create and enhance management reports, dashboards, and automated analyses that provide leadership with clear and timely financial insight.<br>• Maintain a rolling three-statement forecast along with a 13-week cash flow model to support liquidity planning, profitability analysis, and debt capacity evaluation.<br>• Work closely with department leaders to develop, consolidate, and monitor functional budgets and support company-wide planning activities.<br>• Build and maintain allocation methodologies for service-related functions and embed them into budgeting and forecast models to improve consistency across reporting.<br>• Update long-range financial models to reflect evolving growth assumptions, utilization expectations, and capital planning priorities.<br>• Track post-acquisition earn-out metrics and prepare accurate calculations and reporting to support performance-based payment obligations.<br>• Prepare recurring financial packages, variance explanations, lender deliverables, and covenant reporting for external stakeholders, including investors and financing partners.
<p><strong>Help drive decisions that shape the future of the business.</strong></p><p>We're looking for a Financial Analyst who enjoys solving problems, uncovering trends, and helping leaders make smarter business decisions. If you enjoy working with data and influencing strategy, this could be the role for you.</p><p>In this role, you'll move beyond simply reporting numbers and become a valued business partner to leaders throughout the organization.</p><p>What You'll Be Doing</p><ul><li>Build financial models to support operational and strategic decisions</li><li>Analyze revenue, expenses, profitability, and key performance metrics</li><li>Prepare monthly reporting packages and management presentations</li><li>Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities</li><li>Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements</li><li>Partner with accounting and operational teams to improve financial visibility</li><li>Transform complex data into actionable insights</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Our client in the Southwest metro is looking for a Financial Analyst with strong business partnering who has worked with large data sets and has done strategic analytics. This company is privately owned and has great leadership and is growing. Please reach out on LinkedIn @JenniferExsted.</p>
We are looking for a detail-oriented Financial Analyst to join our team in Newport, Minnesota. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to analyze financial data and provide insights that drive strategic decisions within our sales and marketing departments. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to the company’s growth through informed financial planning and reporting.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Analyze sales and marketing data to identify performance trends and provide actionable insights.<br>• Build and maintain financial models to support strategic planning and decision-making processes.<br>• Create and deliver reports on critical metrics such as customer acquisition costs and sales pipeline efficiency.<br>• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to assess campaign effectiveness and recommend optimal budget allocations.<br>• Track expenses and variances, ensuring alignment with financial goals while identifying opportunities for cost savings.<br>• Assist in the development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for sales and marketing departments.<br>• Conduct pricing and margin analyses to support decision-making, including customer profitability and segmentation.<br>• Manage and evaluate royalty rates, profitability of licensed products, and costing data to enhance financial outcomes.<br>• Present financial findings and recommendations to senior leadership in a clear and actionable format.<br>• Perform ad hoc financial analyses to support business strategies, pricing decisions, and organizational assessments.
We are looking for a detail-oriented Business Analyst Coordinator to support member identity and eligibility data activities within a health insurance environment in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. This Long-term Contract opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys analyzing records, resolving data discrepancies, and contributing to operational accuracy across cross-functional teams. In this role, you will help maintain data integrity, assist with process support, and contribute to quality-focused improvements that strengthen member information management.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Review potential member identity matches in assigned work queues and determine the appropriate resolution based on established guidelines<br>• Investigate data discrepancies by analyzing records and comparing member information across systems and sources<br>• Reconcile member records to improve accuracy, consistency, and alignment of eligibility-related data<br>• Provide day-to-day operational and process support for the broader operations support team<br>• Identify recurring data patterns and recommend opportunities to refine matching logic and reduce manual workload<br>• Assist with quality reporting, audits, and documentation activities to support compliance and performance standards<br>• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by helping develop practical solutions that enhance data stewardship processes
<p>We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst to support business operations and strengthen the connection between functional teams and technology solutions in Bloomington, Minnesota. This role focuses on understanding business needs, improving processes, and helping resolve system-related issues that affect day-to-day performance. The ideal candidate brings a strong analytical mindset, experience with enterprise applications, and the ability to translate complex requirements into practical, effective solutions.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Partner with business teams and technical stakeholders to gather needs, clarify objectives, and convert operational challenges into well-defined system requirements.</p><p>• Investigate application and process issues by reviewing incidents, identifying patterns, and helping drive timely resolution of production support concerns.</p><p>• Facilitate root cause analysis efforts and contribute to problem resolution and controlled change activities related to enterprise systems.</p><p>• Create clear documentation such as process maps, workflow diagrams, use cases, and data flow materials to support solution design and implementation.</p><p>• Assist with the planning, validation, rollout, and post-launch support of business applications across multiple functional areas.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve system performance through automation and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools.</p><p>• Evaluate proposed solutions to ensure they align with business goals, preserve data accuracy, and support compliance and operational reliability</p>
<p>We are looking for a Logistics Analyst to support transportation, distribution, and supply chain activities for a growing operation in Arden Hills, Minnesota. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in logistics coordination who can help maintain efficient product movement across domestic and global channels. The role focuses on analyzing shipment activity, improving day-to-day logistics execution, and partnering with internal teams and external providers to keep supply chain operations running smoothly.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Monitor inbound and outbound shipments to help ensure timely delivery and accurate movement of goods across the supply chain.</p><p>• Coordinate with carriers, warehouses, and internal stakeholders to resolve transportation issues and maintain continuity in distribution activities.</p><p>• Review logistics data and shipment trends to identify delays, cost concerns, and opportunities to improve service performance.</p><p>• Support global and domestic logistics processes by helping manage documentation, scheduling, and communication related to freight movement.</p><p>• Track key supply chain metrics and prepare reports that help teams make informed decisions on logistics performance.</p><p>• Assist with inventory flow and distribution planning to align product availability with operational needs.</p><p>• Investigate delivery exceptions, shortages, or routing problems and recommend practical solutions to minimize disruption.</p><p>• Contribute to logistics process updates and operational changes, including support for internal system-related workflow adjustments when required.</p>
<p>We are looking for a Functional Business Analyst to support business process improvement initiatives for a construction-focused organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This Long-term Contract position will work closely with business stakeholders to evaluate workflows, define functional needs, and help shape practical automation solutions using modern Microsoft tools. The role is ideal for someone who can connect business objectives with technology capabilities, especially in areas involving AI-assisted productivity, process automation, and structured requirements documentation.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Analyze current business operations and identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation and streamlined processes.</p><p>• Partner with cross-functional teams to gather, clarify, and document functional requirements in detailed business requirements documents.</p><p>• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable solution recommendations using Microsoft Copilot, Power Apps, and Power Automate.</p><p>• Create and refine prompts that improve AI-assisted outputs for business users and support practical use cases.</p><p>• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure proposed solutions align with business rules, operational goals, and compliance expectations.</p><p>• Review business systems and workflows to recommend enhancements that strengthen accuracy, consistency, and user adoption.</p><p>• Support automation initiatives that may involve updates to existing tools, processes, or platform configurations.</p><p>• Contribute to accounting-related process analysis by considering internal controls and alignment with GAAP-based practices where applicable.</p>
We are looking for a Marketing AI Analyst to join a retail organization on a Contract basis in Bloomington, Minnesota. This position focuses on turning marketing and customer data into actionable insights through AI-driven analysis, predictive modeling, and performance reporting. The ideal candidate will blend strong analytical thinking with hands-on experience across marketing platforms, analytics tools, and modern AI technologies to support smarter business decisions.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Analyze marketing, customer, and campaign data to identify trends, opportunities, and performance insights that inform business strategy.<br>• Build and refine predictive models that help forecast customer behavior, campaign outcomes, and key retail marketing metrics.<br>• Connect and evaluate datasets from multiple business platforms to improve the quality, accessibility, and usefulness of AI-driven analysis.<br>• Create dashboards and visual reports in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker to communicate findings to stakeholders clearly and effectively.<br>• Use platforms including Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, and Google Ads data sources to assess digital marketing effectiveness and optimize spend.<br>• Partner with CRM and marketing teams to measure audience engagement, campaign performance, and customer lifecycle results.<br>• Apply Python and AI technologies to streamline analysis, enhance modeling approaches, and support advanced marketing use cases.<br>• Contribute to the use of emerging frameworks such as LangGraph and MCP-level tools where appropriate for analytical and AI workflow development.
<p><br></p><p>We are seeking a detail-oriented Data Entry Specialist to support business operations through accurate and efficient data management. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with information, maintaining organized records, and ensuring accuracy across multiple systems. The successful candidate will have strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage a high volume of data with minimal errors.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Enter, update, and maintain data in company databases and internal systems.</li><li>Review documents for accuracy and completeness before data entry.</li><li>Verify, correct, and reconcile information as needed.</li><li>Process confidential information while maintaining data security standards.</li><li>Organize and manage electronic records and files.</li><li>Perform quality checks to ensure data integrity.</li><li>Generate reports and assist with administrative projects as assigned.</li><li>Communicate with internal departments to resolve data discrepancies.</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for an experienced technology leader to guide software engineering and analytics initiatives for a healthcare organization in Minnetonka, Minnesota. This role will lead a multidisciplinary team of developers and data professionals, shaping scalable digital solutions that support operational and business goals. The ideal candidate brings a strong mix of hands-on technical knowledge, people leadership, and the ability to align technology investments with measurable outcomes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead and develop a team of software developers and data analysts, fostering accountability, collaboration, and strong performance.<br>• Set the direction for application development, analytics, reporting, integrations, and automation efforts across the organization.<br>• Build and manage a technology roadmap that balances business priorities, risk, resource planning, and long-term value.<br>• Partner with stakeholders across operational, clinical, administrative, and support functions to turn business needs into practical technical solutions.<br>• Oversee delivery practices for modern software development, including Agile execution, release planning, quality standards, and operational support.<br>• Drive the design and improvement of dashboards, reporting tools, and data solutions that enhance decision-making and accessibility.<br>• Guide the use of cloud platforms, APIs, and enterprise architecture approaches to support scalable and reliable systems.<br>• Communicate progress, priorities, investment needs, and outcomes clearly to senior leadership and other key partners.
<p>We are looking for an experienced AI Business Analyst/Consultant. This opportunity centers on turning business challenges into practical AI solutions within a Microsoft-based environment, with a strong emphasis on hands-on delivery and stakeholder partnership. The role offers the chance to help advance a broad pipeline of initiatives by shaping concepts, building usable tools, and supporting successful adoption across the business.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Engage with department leaders and end users to identify opportunities, clarify objectives, and define solution requirements for AI initiatives.</p><p>• Convert operational and finance-related business needs into workable solution designs, proof of concepts, and scalable implementation plans.</p><p>• Create, configure, test, and launch AI-powered tools, prompts, workflows, and digital assistants using Microsoft-centered technologies.</p><p>• Work closely with internal AI team members to improve solution quality, prepare deployments, and move projects into production use.</p><p>• Manage multiple initiatives from early discovery through release while maintaining momentum across a growing project pipeline.</p><p>• Support rollout activities by guiding users, explaining functionality, and encouraging adoption of newly delivered tools.</p><p>• Recommend priorities across competing requests by evaluating business impact, feasibility, and readiness for execution.</p><p>• Contribute to workflow automation efforts using platforms such as Microsoft Copilot and Power Automate where appropriate.</p>
We are looking for a Digital Strategist to support digital communications and content execution for a legal organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This Long-term Contract position focuses on maintaining web content, shaping clear and compelling messaging, and strengthening the organization’s presence across digital channels. The ideal candidate brings a strong grasp of website organization, social media content development, and branded asset coordination, along with strong writing skills for digital audiences.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage and update website content to keep pages accurate, organized, and aligned with the overall digital experience.<br>• Structure online information in a way that supports clear navigation, logical page relationships, and effective content tagging.<br>• Create written content for digital platforms, including website copy, email messaging, and audience-focused campaign materials.<br>• Develop and refine LinkedIn posts that reflect brand standards and engage targeted audiences.<br>• Adapt branded social media templates using design tools such as Visme to produce consistent visuals.<br>• Coordinate the selection, formatting, and placement of image files to support web pages and social media content.<br>• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure digital materials are timely, compliant, and aligned with communication goals.
We are looking for a Payroll Analyst to support payroll and benefits operations for a growing organization based in Minnesota. This Long-term Contract opportunity offers a flexible, fully remote schedule with part-time hours and a stronger focus on standard availability during payroll processing periods. The person in this role will help maintain accurate employee pay, assist with benefits-related updates, and provide dependable support for multi-state payroll activities.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage employee payroll updates throughout each pay cycle, ensuring changes are entered accurately in the HRIS/payroll system.<br>• Run end-to-end payroll processing, including reviewing time records, issuing payments, preparing related payment requests, and resolving processing issues.<br>• Perform manual payroll calculations when exceptions arise, such as prorated earnings, retroactive adjustments, split-period corrections, and other off-cycle updates.<br>• Investigate and address payroll tax discrepancies, filing issues, and refund items identified through the automated payroll platform.<br>• Support leave administration by coordinating Minnesota paid leave cases, calculating wage replacement amounts, and maintaining contribution records tied to payroll.<br>• Update benefit deductions and employee benefit elections so payroll records remain aligned with current enrollment information.<br>• Provide payroll support for employees working across multiple states, helping maintain compliance and accurate pay treatment.<br>• Partner with HR and internal stakeholders to respond to payroll and benefits questions in a timely and thorough manner.
<p>A highly respected and entrepreneurial financial services organization is seeking a <strong>Senior Due Diligence Analyst</strong> to join its collaborative team. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney or analytical professional looking to pursue a non-traditional career path outside of private practice while leveraging their legal, research, writing, and analytical skills in the alternative investments industry.</p><p>The organization provides independent research and due diligence on a broad range of alternative investment offerings and works closely with wealth management professionals to help them make informed investment decisions.</p><p><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></p><p>This role offers exposure to a variety of complex investment structures and alternative asset classes, including commercial real estate, private equity, private credit, energy investments, and other private market strategies. The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals and will play a key role in evaluating investment offerings, identifying risks, and communicating findings through detailed written analysis.</p><p><br></p><p>This position offers the opportunity to develop deep expertise in alternative investments while working in a collegial, business-focused environment that provides an alternative to the traditional law firm career track.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a unique opportunity for attorneys and other analytical professionals seeking to apply their skills in a sophisticated business environment focused on investment due diligence, research, and risk analysis.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Conduct comprehensive due diligence reviews of alternative investment offerings.</li><li>Analyze offering memoranda, organizational documents, governance materials, financial information, third-party reports, and industry research.</li><li>Evaluate investment structures, underwriting assumptions, asset performance, and key transaction terms.</li><li>Identify, assess, and communicate material risks and other significant considerations.</li><li>Prepare detailed due diligence reports and written analyses for wealth management clients.</li><li>Manage multiple review projects simultaneously and oversee review timelines.</li><li>Perform quality control reviews of work completed by other team members.</li><li>Participate in client meetings, industry events, and other external-facing initiatives as needed.</li><li>Collaborate with colleagues across a variety of disciplines to support investment review efforts.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a sharp, detail-driven Investment Operations Analyst to support an investment loan portfolio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this role, you will help maintain accurate reporting, evaluate loan and portfolio performance, and strengthen day-to-day operational controls across investment activity. This position is well suited for someone who enjoys working with financial data, improving processes, and partnering with internal teams and external service providers to keep operations running smoothly.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead recurring financial reporting activities for the investment portfolio, ensuring information is complete, accurate, and delivered on schedule.</p><p>• Review monthly investor remittance activity and reconcile loan-level data, including interest accruals, payoff activity, and delinquency reporting.</p><p>• Compile month-end portfolio metrics for lending partners and validate key balances such as principal, and interest reserve positions.</p><p>• Verify the accuracy and consistency of data tied to newly acquired assets before it is incorporated into reporting and monitoring processes.</p><p>• Support loan funding administration by assessing draw requests against project progress and facilitating timely disbursements to contractors.</p><p>• Coordinate data gathering and reconciliation efforts across internal records, servicers, fund administrators, and other external providers.</p><p>• Produce and maintain portfolio performance reports and track records to support ongoing analysis and management oversight.</p><p>• Monitor cash activity across the portfolio and assist with capital calls, drawdowns, and investor distribution processing.</p><p>• Respond to investor information requests and contribute to due diligence materials, ad hoc analyses, and special projects as needed.</p>