We are looking for a Data Engineer/Modeler to join a long-term contract opportunity in West Des Moines, Iowa. This position focuses on shaping enterprise semantic models and ontology frameworks that make business information consistent, governed, and usable across analytics, reporting, AI, and advanced data initiatives. The ideal candidate will combine strong data modeling expertise with hands-on semantic and knowledge graph experience, along with a solid understanding of insurance data domains. Working closely with technical teams and business partners, this role will help create a trusted data foundation that supports enterprise decision-making.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build and enhance enterprise ontologies, semantic structures, taxonomies, and knowledge graph models to represent core business concepts in a machine-readable format.<br>• Define entities, attributes, hierarchies, relationships, business rules, and performance metrics across multiple data domains to support a consistent semantic layer.<br>• Develop models for insurance-focused subject areas such as policy, claims, underwriting, customer, product, sales, and producer or agency data.<br>• Translate logic captured in reports, dashboards, operational workflows, stored procedures, and stakeholder knowledge into governed semantic and data models.<br>• Apply both business-led and source-system-driven modeling approaches to align conceptual designs with underlying data structures.<br>• Assess and improve AI-assisted ontology outputs to ensure semantic accuracy, usability, and alignment with enterprise standards.<br>• Connect ontology concepts to physical source systems and confirm model integrity against trusted systems of record.<br>• Manage model promotion and version control across development, testing, and production environments using Git and established release practices.<br>• Partner with architects, engineers, BI teams, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable semantic solutions and support governance, lineage, metadata, and data quality efforts.
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.
<p>We are looking for an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis for our organization in Des Moines, Iowa. This role will partner closely with leadership to translate financial data into strategic recommendations, improve planning accuracy, and support sound business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, advanced modeling capability, and a proven background in corporate finance within a dynamic business environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities to support operational and strategic goals.</p><p>• Build and refine financial models that evaluate business performance, investment opportunities, and future growth scenarios.</p><p>• Deliver clear variance analysis and management reporting that highlights trends, risks, and opportunities across the organization.</p><p>• Collaborate with senior leaders to develop actionable financial insights that guide decision-making and resource allocation.</p><p>• Support corporate planning efforts by preparing annual financial plans and monitoring progress against established targets.</p><p>• Assess potential mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives through detailed financial analysis and scenario evaluation.</p><p>• Maintain and enhance planning processes and reporting tools, including the effective use of platforms such as Adaptive Insights.</p><p>• Partner with cross-functional teams to strengthen financial visibility, improve forecasting assumptions, and drive accountability for results.</p>
<p>We are looking for a detail-oriented Accountant to join our clients team in Des Moines, Iowa. In this role, you will play a key part in the preparation and review of financial statements, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and supporting quarterly and annual reporting processes. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with external auditors and contribute to process improvement initiatives within the financial reporting domain.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Support the quarterly financial statement close process by preparing and reviewing reconciliations and analysis files.</p><p>• Assist in the creation and review of financial statements and other regulatory filings, including Form 10-Q and Form 10-K.</p><p>• Collaborate with external auditors to facilitate audits and reviews effectively.</p><p>• Participate in the preparation of presentations and proxy statements for stakeholders.</p><p>• Contribute to the improvement of financial reporting processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.</p><p>• Maintain compliance with SEC reporting requirements and ensure accurate documentation.</p><p>• Engage in actuarial and related discussions to support financial decision-making.</p><p>• Perform additional tasks as assigned to support the financial reporting team.A</p>
Position: Principal Data Engineer | Direct Hire Permanent<br>Location: Remote<br>Salary: $225,000 - 300,000 base plus bonus potential<br>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***<br><br>Build the data foundation that powers analytics, AI, and enterprise decision-making.<br>We’re hiring a Principal Data Engineer to design and deliver a modern, scalable data platform from the ground up. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you’ll lead architecture decisions, build production-grade pipelines, and enable secure, multi-tenant data capabilities that support everything from reporting to advanced AI use cases.<br><br>What You’ll Own<br> • Design and build a modern data platform across ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption<br> • Develop scalable batch and real-time pipelines across diverse data sources (relational, event, document)<br> • Establish data architecture standards, modeling practices, and engineering frameworks<br> • Create secure, multi-tenant data environments with strong governance and access controls<br> • Build data models and serving layers for reporting, self-service analytics, and AI workloads<br> • Evaluate and implement cloud data technologies for performance, cost, and scalability<br> • Partner with engineering and business leaders to align data strategy with company priorities<br> • Guide vendors and external partners while enforcing internal data standards and quality<br><br>What You Bring<br> • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, including large-scale architecture ownership<br> • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, or similar<br> • Expertise building batch and streaming pipelines in cloud environments (AWS preferred)<br> • Deep knowledge of data modeling for both transactional and analytical systems<br> • Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Redshift, or modern data platforms<br> • Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, and secure data design<br> • Experience with ETL frameworks, testing, and CI/CD-driven data workflows<br> • Ability to clearly communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders<br><br>Why This Role<br> • Architect and build a next-generation data platform from foundational level<br> • Direct impact on analytics, product insights, and AI capabilities<br> • High ownership, visibility, and influence across engineering and leadership<br> • Opportunity to define standards, tooling, and long-term data strategy<br><br>If you’re a hands-on data engineer who enjoys building scalable platforms and shaping how data is leveraged across an organization, this is a high-impact opportunity to lead from the front.
Position: Principal Data Engineer | Direct Hire Permanent<br>Location: Remote<br>Salary: $180,000 - $225,000 base plus SIGNIFICANT bonus and or equity potential<br><br>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***<br><br>Build the data foundation that powers analytics, AI, and enterprise decision-making.<br>We’re hiring a Principal Data Engineer to design and deliver a modern, scalable data platform from the ground up. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you’ll lead architecture decisions, build production-grade pipelines, and enable secure, multi-tenant data capabilities that support everything from reporting to advanced AI use cases.<br><br>What You’ll Own<br> • Design and build a modern data platform across ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption<br> • Develop scalable batch and real-time pipelines across diverse data sources (relational, event, document)<br> • Establish data architecture standards, modeling practices, and engineering frameworks<br> • Create secure, multi-tenant data environments with strong governance and access controls<br> • Build data models and serving layers for reporting, self-service analytics, and AI workloads<br> • Evaluate and implement cloud data technologies for performance, cost, and scalability<br> • Partner with engineering and business leaders to align data strategy with company priorities<br> • Guide vendors and external partners while enforcing internal data standards and quality<br><br>What You Bring<br> • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, including large-scale architecture ownership<br> • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, or similar<br> • Expertise building batch and streaming pipelines in cloud environments (AWS preferred)<br> • Deep knowledge of data modeling for both transactional and analytical systems<br> • Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Redshift, or modern data platforms<br> • Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, and secure data design<br> • Experience with ETL frameworks, testing, and CI/CD-driven data workflows<br> • Ability to clearly communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders<br><br>Why This Role<br> • Architect and build a next-generation data platform from foundational level<br> • Direct impact on analytics, product insights, and AI capabilities<br> • High ownership, visibility, and influence across engineering and leadership<br> • Opportunity to define standards, tooling, and long-term data strategy<br><br>If you’re a hands-on data engineer who enjoys building scalable platforms and shaping how data is leveraged across an organization, this is a high-impact opportunity to lead from the front.<br><br><br>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. Also, you may contact me by office: 515-303-4654 or mobile: 515-771-8142. Or one click apply on our Robert Half website. No third party inquiries please. Our client cannot provide sponsorship and cannot hire C2C. ***