<p>We are looking for an experienced Business/Financial Analyst to support financial and operational performance in Haverhilll, Massachusetts. This role focuses on product costing, inventory analysis, and month-end activities within a manufacturing environment, while partnering closely with sourcing, warehouse, and production teams. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, communicates financial insights clearly, and helps turn complex data into practical business actions.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead monthly cost simulation activities and annual standard cost updates with a strong focus on accuracy, timing, and issue resolution.</p><p>• Research costing exceptions and work with cross-functional partners to correct discrepancies and address underlying causes.</p><p>• Monitor cost improvement initiatives, measure their financial effect, and provide regular updates that keep stakeholders aligned on progress.</p><p>• Support inventory close processes by reconciling records, posting required entries, and analyzing differences between subledger and general ledger balances.</p><p>• Review inventory-related costs, including adjustments, scrap, and revaluation impacts, and explain notable variances.</p><p>• Prepare recurring inventory analyses covering reserves, restricted stock, goods receipts, last-time-buy materials, and month-over-month balance movements.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to reduce inventory levels through data-driven insight, and contribute to forecasting inventory values and related cost impacts.</p><p>• Perform standard cost variance analysis, record required accounting entries, and assist with audit requests tied to inventory and costing matters.</p>
We are looking for a Business Analyst to join a Long-term Contract assignment in Woburn, Massachusetts. This role supports high-priority digital and systems initiatives by combining business analysis, data-focused problem solving, and project coordination in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The position works closely with technical and operational stakeholders to define requirements, improve data flow, and help move implementation efforts forward. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys working across multiple systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and turning business needs into practical technology solutions.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead business analysis activities for data discovery, data mapping, and requirements definition across key IT and operational initiatives.<br>• Coordinate project execution by organizing action items, assigning ownership, tracking progress, and helping drive work from initiation through implementation.<br>• Partner with development teams, enterprise IT, vendors, cybersecurity, networking, and internal business groups to align technical solutions with business objectives.<br>• Analyze how information moves between systems, identify process gaps, and recommend improvements that support reliable integration and digitization efforts.<br>• Prepare and deliver recurring project updates, facilitate status meetings, and maintain clear documentation for stakeholders and leadership.<br>• Support solution design by translating operational needs into detailed business and functional requirements for implementation teams.<br>• Assist with troubleshooting applications and data-related issues to help resolve process interruptions and improve system performance.<br>• Contribute to the successful delivery of a major implementation project by balancing analytical tasks with project management responsibilities.
<p>My client, a Real Estate company in Boston is looking to hire a Development Accounting Manager to join the company. The Development Accounting Manager will report to the Director and handle all things related to development accounting for the company. Compensation is $110-130K + Bonus. This company offers nice growth potential, a great hybrid schedule that can be very flexible, great benefits including 401K match & alot of time off. </p><p><br></p><p>If interested in hearing more, please email matthew.katz@roberthalf or message me on Linkedin ASAP. Thank you.</p>
We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to support a long-term contract opportunity based on site in Lexington, Massachusetts. This role will lead core accounting operations, maintain accurate financial records, and provide dependable reporting to the VP of Accounting and Finance. The ideal candidate brings strong close and reconciliation experience, works comfortably in project-based environments with time tracking, and can help ensure reliable financial oversight across daily and month-end activities.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the monthly close process, ensuring entries are recorded accurately and reporting deadlines are met.<br>• Manage general ledger activity and review journal entries to maintain complete and well-supported financial records.<br>• Perform detailed reconciliations for key accounts and balance sheet areas, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.<br>• Coordinate audit support by preparing schedules, documentation, and responses needed for financial statement review activities.<br>• Oversee the accounts payable function through guidance and supervision of the AP Specialist.<br>• Monitor payroll processing for approximately 60 employees in partnership with an external payroll provider to ensure accuracy and proper posting.<br>• Prepare and analyze accounting data for leadership, delivering clear financial information to the VP of Accounting and Finance.<br>• Support accounting operations within a project-driven, time-and-billing business model, including alignment of costs, labor tracking, and related financial records.
<p>We are looking for an Accounting Manager to lead core financial operations and provide accurate, timely insight into business performance in Needham, Massachusetts. This role oversees day-to-day accounting activities, supports strong financial controls, and partners with leadership to strengthen reporting, planning, and operational decision-making. The ideal candidate combines technical accounting expertise with a practical, detail-oriented approach and the ability to work effectively across functions.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct daily accounting operations, including oversight of the general ledger and the integrity of financial records.</p><p>• Guide the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycle to ensure complete and timely reporting.</p><p>• Produce and review financial statements and related reports, highlighting trends, risks, and notable variances for leadership.</p><p>• Manage reconciliations, journal postings, accruals, prepaid balances, and fixed asset accounting to maintain accurate books.</p><p>• Oversee inventory and cost accounting activities, including valuation, adjustments, and analysis of production-related costs and cost of goods sold.</p><p>• Work closely with operations and production teams to improve inventory accuracy, strengthen controls, and increase visibility into manufacturing costs.</p><p>• Supervise accounts payable, accounts receivable, collections, vendor disbursements, and cash flow tracking to support healthy working capital.</p><p>• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting efforts while maintaining effective accounting procedures, internal controls, and compliance with reporting and tax requirements.</p><p>• Coordinate with external accounting partners on year-end reviews, audit support, and required filings, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and reporting efficiency.</p>
<p>For consideration, please reach out to<strong> Jennifer Lavoie </strong>as soon as possible, ensure to include your most current resume when you apply. <strong><em>Connect with me on LinkedIn</em></strong> at Jennifer Lavoie!</p><p><br></p><p>If you currently work with a recruiter from Robert Half Finance & Accounting recruiter, please contact them directly.</p><p><br></p><p>We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to lead core financial operations and support sound business decision-making for a client in Bedford, New Hampshire. This Accounting Manager role will guide reporting, budgeting, cash management, payroll oversight, and compliance activities while strengthening internal processes and controls. The ideal Accounting Manager candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge, leadership experience, and the ability to partner effectively with senior leadership across the organization.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>• Direct the creation and review of financial reports, ensuring timely and reliable presentation of income statements, balance sheets, cash flow reporting, and related analyses.</p><p>• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including general ledger oversight, journal entry review, and account reconciliation processes.</p><p>• Lead the AP, AR, and Payroll processes for the company.</p><p>• Manage a team of AP, Billers, and Payroll individuals. </p><p>• System implementation experience is a plus</p><p>• Strengthen accounting operations by evaluating internal controls, refining policies and procedures.</p><p>• Supervise and develop accounting and finance staff, including payroll oversight, while ensuring multi-state payroll practices remain compliant.</p><p>• Must have Multistate payroll experience, will be overseeing payroll.</p><p>• Administer financial systems and tools, supporting effective system use and ongoing process improvements across accounting functions.</p>
<p>Excellent opportunity to join a Global Medical Device Manufacturer in the Woburn area in need of a Financial Analyst due to growth. This is a newly created position reporting into the Director of FP&A and will be part of 3-person team. Responsibilities include assist with preparation of board slides and KPI dashboards, support consolidation of monthly business review, involvement with annual operating plan, expense analysis and developing operating expense budgets and financial statement review. This role will also get involved in financial system improvement projects partnering with IT. This is a very data driven role supporting multiple locations, ERP systems and will be partnering with Business Unit leaders. BS Degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA a plus with 2+ years of relevant work experience ideally in a Manufacturing environment. Strong systems skills required, Power BI, Hyperion and advanced Excel. Must have strong communication skills, attention to detail along with strong analytical experience. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing company experiencing rapid growth offering future growth opportunities. Strong leadership team in place, team collaborative friendly environment with strong overall benefit plan. This is mostly onsite role but tons of flexibility when needed. Email dino.valeri@roberthalf;com or message me thru LinkedIn for immediate consideration. </p><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for an experienced Director of Budget and Analysis to support financial planning and performance management for a multi-entity organization in Lawrence, Massachusetts. This role focuses on developing and managing budgets, analyzing financial results, and providing clear guidance that helps leaders make well-informed decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong budgeting expertise, advanced reporting skills, and hands-on experience with Sage Intacct in a nonprofit accounting environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the development, administration, and monitoring of annual budgets across multiple entities, departments, divisions, and programs.</p><p>• Maintain accurate budget structures and financial data within Sage Intacct, ensuring alignment across reports and internal records.</p><p>• Perform recurring comparisons of actual results against budget and forecast expectations, highlighting variances, patterns, and financial exposure.</p><p>• Advise finance leadership on anticipated funding gaps, cost pressures, and changes in revenue performance that may affect operating plans.</p><p>• Support monthly close and reporting activities, including rolling projections and preparation of financial statements.</p><p>• Improve budgeting workflows, forecasting methods, financial models, and reporting practices to strengthen planning and policy compliance.</p><p>• Prepare detailed financial summaries, forecast updates, and performance reports for executives, managers, board stakeholders, and external audiences.</p><p>• Partner with organizational leaders to assess budget proposals, review spending activity, and guide effective allocation of resources.</p><p>• Translate complex financial information into practical recommendations and build executive dashboards in Sage Intacct to enhance visibility into performance.</p><p>• Contribute to ad hoc financial analysis and special projects that support broader planning and decision-making needs</p>
We are looking for a Data Analyst to join an education-focused organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts on a contract basis with the potential to become permanent. This role will help bring structure and visibility to contract and vendor information by turning fragmented data into clear, actionable insights. The person in this position will work closely with sourcing, software asset management, procurement, finance, and vendor partners to support renewal planning, vendor oversight, and operational decision-making.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Consolidate contract, procurement, finance, and usage information from multiple systems into a reliable dataset that supports informed planning and reporting.<br>• Review and cleanse vendor and contract records to improve data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility across the contract lifecycle.<br>• Analyze upcoming renewal activity and build tracking methods that help the team manage deadlines, priorities, and follow-up actions more proactively.<br>• Partner with sourcing leads, software asset management specialists, and vendor management stakeholders to support governance reviews and vendor segmentation efforts.<br>• Extract and organize information from platforms such as Coupa, ServiceNow, finance applications, and spreadsheet-based workbooks for operational analysis.<br>• Develop reports, summaries, and Excel-based analyses that highlight renewal status, spend patterns, contract risks, and vendor trends.<br>• Support procure-to-pay and vendor lifecycle processes by identifying gaps in documentation, data alignment, and process visibility.<br>• Collaborate with external vendors and internal business partners to validate contract details, resolve discrepancies, and improve record completeness.
We are looking for a Data Analyst to join an education-focused organization on a contract-to-permanent basis. This role will bring structure and visibility to contract and vendor data by turning scattered information into reliable insights that support renewal planning and procurement decisions. The person in this position will work closely with sourcing, software asset management, finance, and vendor management stakeholders to improve oversight of agreements and help the team operate more proactively. This opportunity is well suited for someone who combines strong analytical ability with hands-on experience in vendor contracts, renewals, and procure-to-pay environments.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Consolidate contract, procurement, finance, and usage information from multiple systems into organized datasets that support accurate tracking and reporting.<br>• Review and cleanse existing records to improve data quality, identify gaps, and create a dependable foundation for renewal and vendor oversight activities.<br>• Analyze upcoming contract expirations and renewal timelines to help the team prioritize actions and reduce reactive management of agreements.<br>• Partner with sourcing leads, software asset management professionals, and vendor management stakeholders to evaluate vendor portfolios and support governance reviews.<br>• Generate reports and spreadsheets that highlight contract status, vendor tiering, financial considerations, and lifecycle activity for decision-makers.<br>• Extract and interpret information from platforms such as Coupa, ServiceNow, finance tools, and other contract repositories to build useful business insights.<br>• Support vendor lifecycle and procure-to-pay analysis by identifying trends, tracking obligations, and improving visibility across active agreements.<br>• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to validate contract details, resolve discrepancies, and maintain consistent records across systems.
We are looking for a Data Analyst to support a financial services organization in Boston, Massachusetts through a Long-term Contract engagement. This position focuses on portfolio and investment data within a private equity setting, helping teams improve reporting accuracy, streamline data processes, and turn complex business needs into reliable technical solutions. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, hands-on experience with Chronograph, and the ability to work closely with investment, finance, operations, and technology partners.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage the collection, organization, and maintenance of portfolio-company data to support reporting and analysis across private equity and alternative investment activities.<br>• Translate business objectives into clear data definitions, rules, and technical requirements for reporting and workflow improvements.<br>• Perform data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation activities to ensure consistency and accuracy across multiple data sources.<br>• Partner with investment professionals, finance teams, portfolio operations, and technology stakeholders to deliver dependable data solutions aligned with business priorities.<br>• Monitor data quality, investigate inconsistencies, and drive issue resolution through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.<br>• Support reporting processes by preparing and validating financial, operational, and investment-related datasets and key performance indicators.<br>• Use tools such as Snowflake and Microsoft Azure to assist with data processing, storage, and analysis in a controlled environment.<br>• Contribute to data migration and workflow enhancement initiatives where portfolio and investment data must be integrated or restructured.
<p>We are looking for a Financial Reporting Analyst to support investment fund reporting activities. This long-term contract in-office position in Boston, MA (Financial District) focuses on preparing regulatory filings, monitoring fund expenses, and helping ensure the accuracy of financial information for registered investment companies. The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with fund administration and reporting professionals while contributing to time-sensitive deliverables and process improvements.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Prepare draft annual, semiannual, and quarterly financial statements and related regulatory filings for registered investment companies, while managing reporting calendars and key deadlines.</p><p>• Build and update fund expense proformas, analyze expense activity and accrual balances, and coordinate required adjustments with clients and internal reporting teams.</p><p>• Create and submit fund expense invoices for review and authorization, ensuring supporting information is complete and accurate.</p><p>• Partner with leadership on the development of board materials and procedural documentation that support reporting and fund administration activities.</p><p>• Distribute performance information to fund management and external industry publications in a timely and accurate manner.</p><p>• Stay current on financial reporting and disclosure requirements affecting investment funds, including applicable regulatory and tax guidance, and apply updates to ongoing work.</p><p>• Maintain clear communication with supervisors and team members regarding workflow, priorities, and milestone dates to keep reporting obligations on track.</p><p>• Contribute to special assignments, assist in reviewing work completed by entry-level staff, and recommend enhancements to reporting tools and fund accounting processes to improve automation and compliance oversig</p>
We are looking for an experienced Financial Reporting Analyst to support regulatory and external reporting activities within a banking environment in Boston, Massachusetts. This Long-term Contract position will focus on preparing quarterly and annual financial reporting materials, validating information received from business partners, and helping ensure alignment with U.S. GAAP and other applicable reporting standards. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to work across accounting and finance functions to produce accurate, well-supported disclosures.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Prepare quarterly and annual financial reports by compiling data, organizing support materials, and ensuring submissions meet applicable reporting requirements.<br>• Review financial information provided by internal teams and external service partners to confirm completeness, consistency, and accuracy before inclusion in formal reports.<br>• Develop detailed schedules, workpapers, and related documentation that support reported balances and disclosure requirements.<br>• Draft and refine financial statement footnotes and other narrative disclosures for external reporting packages.<br>• Perform reconciliations for complex accounts and investigate variances to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.<br>• Support the adoption of new or revised accounting and reporting guidance by assessing impact and helping incorporate updated requirements into reporting processes.<br>• Analyze financial data and reporting outputs to identify trends, exceptions, and areas requiring follow-up with accounting or finance stakeholders.<br>• Maintain organized reporting records and databases to support audit readiness, traceability, and ongoing financial analysis.
We are looking for experienced Financial Reporting Analysts to support mutual fund reporting activities for a Long-term Contract position based in Boston, Massachusetts. In this role, you will help deliver accurate shareholder reports and regulatory filings while partnering with auditors, legal teams, fund leadership, and other key stakeholders. This opportunity is ideal for professionals who bring strong mutual fund reporting expertise, sound U.S. GAAP knowledge, and the ability to manage complex reporting deadlines in a highly regulated environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Prepare and review quarterly, semiannual, and annual shareholder reports for mutual fund portfolios in compliance with applicable U.S. regulatory standards.<br>• Analyze complex accounting activity and translate findings into clear financial statement disclosures, footnotes, and supporting schedules.<br>• Perform detailed reconciliations to validate reporting accuracy and resolve discrepancies before submission deadlines.<br>• Coordinate the completion and filing of required regulatory documents, including fund-related submissions, with a strong focus on timeliness and completeness.<br>• Partner with legal counsel, external auditors, fund management teams, and board representatives to support reporting deliverables and address reporting questions.<br>• Lead day-to-day financial reporting activities, provide guidance to team members, and help strengthen overall team performance.<br>• Respond to client, audit, and stakeholder inquiries by providing clear explanations and well-supported reporting documentation.<br>• Identify opportunities to enhance reporting workflows, strengthen controls, and improve the efficiency of reporting processes and systems.
<p>We are looking for a strategic data leader to shape and advance the enterprise approach to analytics, governance, and modern data platforms in Worcester, Massachusetts. This position will guide the development of scalable capabilities that support reporting, advanced analysis, and informed decision-making across the institution. The Director will work closely with senior leaders and campus partners to strengthen data operations, expand analytical maturity, and lead teams responsible for engineering and business intelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Create and lead a long-term data and analytics roadmap that supports institutional priorities and measurable business outcomes.</p><p>• Direct enterprise functions across data architecture, engineering, reporting, and analytics to deliver reliable and effective information services.</p><p>• Implement standards for data governance, quality, security, and master data practices to improve trust and consistency across systems.</p><p>• Oversee the design and growth of cloud-based data environments, including warehouses, lakes, and integration frameworks that scale with organizational needs.</p><p>• Collaborate with executive and operational stakeholders to deliver dashboards, performance reporting, and self-service tools that enable better decisions.</p><p>• Advance modernization efforts by identifying and applying opportunities in AI, machine learning, and other sophisticated analytics capabilities.</p><p>• Manage platform performance, vendor partnerships, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure sustainable operations and delivery.</p><p>• Recruit, coach, and develop data engineering, analytics, and BI professionals while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.</p><p>• Champion data literacy across the organization by encouraging evidence-based practices and broader adoption of analytical tools and insights.</p>