We are looking for a Business Intelligence (BI) Manager to guide the development of a modern enterprise analytics environment for a contract opportunity with permanent potential based in West Des Moines, Iowa. In this role, you will shape data strategy, strengthen governance practices, and expand reporting capabilities that help leaders make informed decisions across the organization. The position focuses on building scalable analytics solutions, connecting data from multiple business platforms, and leading a team that turns complex information into practical business insight.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Create and carry out a long-range BI and analytics roadmap that supports organizational priorities and future technology direction.<br>• Direct the advancement of enterprise reporting and analytics platforms, including cloud-based data environments and legacy BI systems, to improve scalability and usability.<br>• Establish strong data governance, quality controls, and master data practices so reporting remains reliable and consistent across business functions.<br>• Lead the design and delivery of dashboards, KPI frameworks, self-service reporting tools, and advanced analytics capabilities such as predictive insights and anomaly monitoring.<br>• Oversee the BI technology ecosystem, including platform integrations, system performance, and connectivity with ERP applications, cloud services, databases, and external data sources.<br>• Collaborate with executives, business partners, architects, and IT teams to prioritize initiatives and identify opportunities to improve operations through analytics.<br>• Guide organizational adoption of modern analytics practices by driving communication, stakeholder alignment, and change management efforts.<br>• Build and mentor a high-performing BI team by setting clear expectations, encouraging skill development, and promoting accountability and innovation.<br>• Manage budgets, vendor relationships, delivery metrics, and operational performance to ensure stable, cost-effective analytics services.<br>• Support enterprise data modernization efforts, including transitions from traditional SAP BW environments to newer SAP data and analytics platforms when applicable.
Position: Enterprise IT Applications Analyst<br> Location: West Des Moines, IA - Hybrid<br> Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 base + bonus + excellent benefits<br> <br> *** For immediate and confidential consideration, please APPLY and EMAIL YOUR RESUME to MEREDITH CARLE . My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***<br> <br> Ready to move beyond tickets and truly own business-critical technology?<br> We're partnering with a growing, mission-driven organization seeking an Enterprise Applications Analyst to serve as a key member of a collaborative IT team. This is a highly visible role where you'll lead application initiatives, support Microsoft technologies, drive system integrations, and partner directly with users across the organization.<br> <br> This position offers the opportunity to become the subject matter expert for critical business applications while helping shape technology strategy during a period of significant growth and transformation.<br> What You'll Do<br> • Own and support enterprise applications including SharePoint, ADP, LMS, and other key business systems<br> • Serve as needed, as Tier III support for Microsoft 365, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint<br> • Lead projects involving application integrations, workflows, and process improvements<br> • Support role-based access, user provisioning, and identity management initiatives<br> • Partner directly with employees to solve business and technology challenges<br> • Assist with Zoom and Teams webinars, collaboration tools, and end-user productivity solutions<br> • Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders to optimize technology investments<br> What We're Looking For<br> • 5+ years of experience in Applications Support, Systems Administration, Business Systems, or Technology Analyst roles<br> • Strong Microsoft 365 and SharePoint experience<br> • Experience supporting enterprise business applications<br> • Familiarity with Active Directory, access management, user provisioning, or system integrations<br> • Excellent communication, customer service, and problem-solving skills<br> • Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment<br> Why This Opportunity?<br> • Lead meaningful, organization-wide technology initiatives<br> • Broad exposure to Microsoft technologies, business applications, integrations, and project work<br> • High visibility within a growing organization<br> • Hybrid work schedule<br> • Excellent benefits, PTO, 401(k) match, and bonus opportunity<br> • Opportunity to make a real impact while continuing to grow your career<br> <br> If you're looking for a role that blends technology, business systems, end-user partnership, and project leadership, we'd love to connect.<br> <br> *** For immediate and confidential consideration, please APPLY and EMAIL YOUR RESUME to MEREDITH CARLE . My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. Also, you may contact me at 515-303-4654. Or one click apply on our Robert Half website. No third party inquiries please. Our client cannot provide sponsorship and cannot hire C2C. ***
We are looking for an Analytics Engineer to join a business services team in Urbandale, Iowa on a contract basis with the potential for a permanent role. This role focuses on building scalable data models and business intelligence solutions that turn complex information into clear, reliable insights. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in data warehousing concepts, BI semantic modeling, and modern analytics platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Design and maintain dimensional data models that support reporting needs, including star and snowflake structures, fact tables, dimension tables, and slowly changing dimensions.<br>• Develop relational models using sound database design principles, ensuring appropriate use of keys, entity relationships, and data integrity standards.<br>• Create and enhance semantic layers for reporting and analytics in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and tabular modeling environments.<br>• Build calculations, measures, and reusable logic that improve reporting consistency and support trusted business definitions.<br>• Partner with stakeholders to translate business questions into scalable BI models and actionable analytical solutions.<br>• Apply data governance practices to improve model quality, consistency, and alignment with enterprise reporting standards.<br>• Use DAX and Power Query to prepare, model, and optimize data for dashboards, reporting, and self-service analytics.<br>• Contribute to analytics solutions that connect on-premises data environments with cloud-based platforms such as Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, or similar technologies.
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a collaborative team supporting annuity-focused new product initiatives in Iowa. This contract opportunity has the potential to become permanent and will work closely with business, product, technology, and operations partners to shape practical solutions that meet user needs and business objectives. The role offers broad exposure across planning, delivery, testing, and ongoing optimization within a fast-moving Agile environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Partner with stakeholders across product, operations, and technology to uncover business needs and convert them into well-defined user stories and functional documentation.<br>• Contribute to Agile delivery activities by supporting sprint planning, daily collaboration, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives to keep work aligned with priorities.<br>• Work alongside technical teams to help define scalable solutions, support early concept development, and influence product planning decisions.<br>• Evaluate existing workflows to identify inefficiencies and recommend process improvements through automation or better use of technology.<br>• Assist with production support efforts by investigating issues, helping coordinate fixes, and promoting system reliability for business users.<br>• Track operational incidents, maintain clear documentation, and support resolution activities while identifying patterns that can reduce future disruptions.<br>• Serve as a connector between business and technical teams by clarifying expectations, communicating progress, and helping manage delivery timelines.<br>• Develop and execute validation approaches such as test scenarios and requirement checks to confirm solutions meet intended business outcomes.<br>• Review system and user data to uncover trends, support decision-making, and inform enhancements to annuity-related products.<br>• Support new product development efforts by helping refine requirements, align cross-functional teams, and maintain momentum from concept through release.