We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to support core accounting operations for a multi-entity environment in Johnston, Iowa. This role is ideal for someone in finance who can manage monthly close activities, strengthen reporting accuracy, and contribute to budgeting and financial analysis. The position also partners closely with internal stakeholders to improve processes, maintain strong controls, and support key compliance and audit-related activities.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the month-end close process across four entities, including preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and ensuring financial records are completed accurately and on schedule.<br>• Oversee cash activity by monitoring daily balances, supporting payroll and accounts payable funding needs, and helping manage disbursement-related tax obligations.<br>• Produce internal financial reports for leadership that highlight operating results, trends, and other key performance insights.<br>• Analyze margin performance and research meaningful variances between budgeted and actual results to support informed decision-making.<br>• Partner with department leadership on the annual budgeting process and contribute to broader forecasting efforts within the finance team.<br>• Gather and organize financial information needed for annual tax filings, insurance renewals, and other recurring compliance requirements.<br>• Maintain fixed asset, construction in progress, depreciation, prepaid, and amortization schedules while ensuring related records remain current and accurate.<br>• Evaluate internal controls, recommend process improvements, and support the implementation of more effective accounting policies and procedures.<br>• Coordinate with accounts payable on invoice review and approval workflows and assist with preparation for external and state audit activities when needed.<br>• Serve as a knowledgeable resource on the financial reporting system by supporting current staff and helping train new team members.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to support external reporting and complex financial accounting activities in Iowa. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting specialist with a strong background in public accounting and public company reporting who can manage technical accounting matters while meeting strict filing deadlines. The role will work closely with internal teams and corporate stakeholders to deliver accurate financial statements, regulatory filings, and audit support.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Prepare and review quarterly and annual external reporting filings, including Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, to ensure timely and accurate submission<br>• Execute technical accounting evaluations and translate accounting conclusions into clear, compliant financial statement reporting<br>• Oversee consolidated financial reporting activities, including intercompany eliminations, variable interest entity considerations, and cash flow statement preparation<br>• Interpret and apply U.S. GAAP and external reporting disclosure requirements, including the adoption of newly issued accounting standards<br>• Investigate reporting fluctuations and account variances by performing detailed financial analysis and documenting key conclusions<br>• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners and parent company contacts to gather information and meet reporting timelines<br>• Develop financial statement analytics and maintain compliance with disclosure checklists and supporting documentation requirements<br>• Support external audit and regulatory review processes by preparing workpapers, responding to inquiries, and providing analysis as needed
<p>Our client, a growing manufacturing company in West Des Moines, is looking to add a Senior Accountant to their team. This is a great opportunity for someone with 3–4 years of experience who wants to build on a strong accounting foundation while gaining exposure to reporting, analysis, and process improvement in a collaborative environment.</p><p><br></p><p>In this role, you’ll be involved in core accounting functions like general ledger work, reconciliations, month-end close, and journal entries, while also partnering with the team on financial reporting and ad hoc analysis. It’s a strong fit for someone coming from manufacturing, construction, or public accounting who enjoys digging into the details, working in Excel, and finding ways to improve processes.</p><p><br></p><p>Key responsibilities include: • Supporting month-end and year-end close, including reconciliations and variance analysis</p><p>• Preparing journal entries and maintaining accurate supporting documentation</p><p>• Assisting with financial reporting, data analysis, and ad hoc requests from leadership</p><p>• Entering and maintaining financial and operational data within accounting and ERP systems</p><p>• Helping support AP and AR processes as needed</p><p>• Building and maintaining Excel files used for reporting, tracking, and reconciliations (including pivot tables)</p><p>• Following internal controls and accounting procedures while helping identify efficiencies and process improvements</p><p><br></p><p>This role offers the chance to join a growing company where you can contribute right away, continue developing your technical skills, and gain broader exposure within a dynamic accounting team.</p>
Position: MULTIPLE OPEN - PERM OPPORTUNITIES - Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers<br>Location: Des Moines, IA - Hybrid Weekly<br>Salary: Depending on experience, $100,000 - 160,000 base + bonus + EXCEPTIONAL 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>Software Engineers Wanted – Build, Innovate, Influence<br>A high-growth, technology company is making a major investment in product development and engineering, adding multiple Software Engineers across multiple teams.<br><br>We are seeking MULTIPLE:<br> • Senior Software Engineers ($130K–$160K + bonus)<br> • Software Engineer ($100K–$120K + bonus)<br><br>This is a rare opportunity to join a company at a pivotal growth stage where your work will directly influence products, customers, and the future direction of the business.<br><br>Why This Opportunity Stands Out<br> • Newly created positions driven by significant product and R&D investment<br> • Engineering organization doubling in size<br> • Modern technology stack focused on React, TypeScript, AWS, and CI/CD<br> • End-to-end product ownership and meaningful influence on technical decisions<br> • Fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment where engineers have visibility and impact<br><br>What You'll Be Working On<br>You'll help build and enhance a suite of SaaS and data-driven products used by customers across a large, established industry. Engineers work closely with product and business leaders to solve real-world challenges through scalable software, cloud technologies, and modern web applications.<br><br>Key Technologies<br> • React<br> • TypeScript<br> • JavaScript<br> • AWS (EC2, Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, RDS)<br> • CI/CD Pipelines<br> • GitHub Actions<br> • Modern SaaS Architecture<br><br>What We're Looking For<br>Software Engineer <br> • 2+ years of software development experience<br> • React, TypeScript, JavaScript experience<br> • AWS exposure<br>Senior Software Engineer<br> • 5+ years of software development experience<br> • Deep React, TypeScript, and AWS expertise<br> • Experience building scalable, high-performance applications<br> • <br>If you're looking for a role where you can remain hands-on, help shape products from concept to deployment, and join a growing engineering team with significant momentum, 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. ***
<p>Position: Software Engineer (MULTIPLE open permanent positions, VARYING LEVELS)</p><p>Location: Des Moines, IA -- HYBRID weekly (NO REMOTE candidates)</p><p>Salary: $100,000 - $150,000 base + exceptional benefits</p><p><br></p><p>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please APPLY and EMAIL YOUR RESUME to MEREDITH CARLE . My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***</p><p><br></p><p>Multiple Openings | Hybrid | High-Growth Product Technology Company | Des Moines, IA</p><p>This isn't another corporate software engineering job.</p><p>If you're looking for endless meetings, layers of approvals, rigid processes, and years of waiting for your ideas to matter, this probably isn't for you.</p><p>If you're looking for the opportunity to build, influence, innovate, and directly impact customers while working alongside other high-caliber engineers, keep reading.</p><p>We're partnering with a rapidly growing technology company entering its next major phase of expansion. With a strong foundation, proven market success, and ambitious product roadmap, the company is adding multiple Software Engineers to its product and engineering organization.</p><p>This is a rare opportunity to join a company that blends the energy and autonomy of a startup with the stability, customer adoption, and momentum of an established software business.</p><p>Why Engineers Are Excited About This Opportunity</p><p> • Build products that customers actually use and depend on</p><p> • Work alongside smart, driven, entrepreneurial engineers</p><p> • Have a voice in architecture, design, and technical decisions</p><p> • Work in a culture that values ownership over bureaucracy</p><p> • Contribute directly to product strategy and innovation</p><p> • Collaborate with leaders who genuinely care about engineering excellence</p><p> • Help shape the future of a rapidly scaling software platform</p><p> • Be recognized and rewarded for ideas, impact, and results</p><p><br></p><p>This organization believes great engineers should be empowered to solve problems, challenge assumptions, and help drive the business forward.</p><p>They're looking for engineers who think like builders.</p><p><br></p><p>What They're Looking For</p><p> • Experience developing modern software applications using technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, .NET, AWS, APIs, and cloud-native architectures</p><p> • Passion for building products and solving customer problems</p><p> • Strong problem-solving and engineering fundamentals</p><p> • Experience or interest in modern development practices including CI/CD, observability, testing, and AI-assisted development</p><p> • Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-moving environment</p><p> • Engineers who take ownership and accountability for outcomes</p><p> • Curious learners who enjoy exploring new technologies and approaches</p><p><br></p><p>Most importantly, you want your work to matter.</p><p>You want to build software, influence decisions, learn from strong teammates, and help create products that customers love.</p><p>If you've been waiting for a chance to join a successful technology company at exactly the right stage of growth, this may be the opportunity you've been looking for.</p><p><br></p><p>***</p>
<p>We are looking for an experienced Sr. Program Manager to guide the creation and launch of a new voluntary benefits offering in Iowa. This contract position has the potential to become permanent and will lead a complex, cross-functional initiative that brings together business strategy, product readiness, regulatory coordination, distribution support, marketing execution, and technology delivery. The ideal candidate is comfortable building structure in evolving environments and can turn high-level objectives into a practical roadmap for launch.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct the full program lifecycle for a new voluntary benefits business, moving the initiative from early planning through market launch and operational readiness.</p><p>• Align cross-functional teams across product development, sales and distribution readiness, marketing, legal, compliance, and technology to keep priorities, timelines, and deliverables on track.</p><p>• Create and maintain program governance practices, including milestone planning, status reporting, risk monitoring, issue escalation, and decision management.</p><p>• Oversee implementation activities tied to core technology solutions, including benefits or policy administration platforms, mobile enrollment and claims capabilities, and system integrations.</p><p>• Translate strategic business goals into coordinated execution plans with clear ownership, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.</p><p>• Manage internal and external contributors across multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring resources, schedules, and budgets are used effectively.</p><p>• Partner with stakeholders to support product launch preparation, including readiness activities related to regulatory filings, broker or distribution enablement, and go-to-market execution.</p>
We are looking for a Business Analyst 2 to join a high-visibility digital portal team. This long-term contract opportunity is ideal for a detail-oriented individual who can translate business objectives into detailed requirements while partnering closely with stakeholders, product owners, developers, and UX/UI teams. The role supports agile delivery across client- and agent-facing web experiences and calls for someone who is organized, collaborative, and confident in working through complex stakeholder feedback.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Partner with internal stakeholders and product teams to uncover business needs and convert them into clear functional and technical requirements for digital portal initiatives.<br>• Create and maintain process flows, business documentation, system records, and other artifacts that support analysis, design, and delivery activities.<br>• Contribute to agile ceremonies by refining stories, preparing backlog items, and helping the team maintain strong software development practices throughout each sprint.<br>• Coordinate project activities across business and technical groups to keep deliverables moving forward on small- to mid-sized efforts.<br>• Work closely with UX/UI partners to support portal enhancements, review design concepts, and help align user experience decisions with business goals.<br>• Communicate updates, questions, and decisions across multiple stakeholder groups, ensuring information is precise, actionable, and well understood.<br>• Use problem-solving skills to identify issues, evaluate options, and help drive timely resolution in a fast-paced project environment.<br>• Apply generative AI tools to improve requirement development, documentation quality, and analysis efficiency where appropriate.
Position: Financial Systems Analyst / Blackline Systems Administrator<br> Location: HYBRID -- Des Moines, IA / Will also consider California or Conneticut<br> Salary: up to $90 - 120K base<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> BlackLine Systems Owner (Finance Transformation)<br> Hybrid | Multiple U.S. Locations<br> Most companies use tools.<br> Few truly own and optimize them.<br> This is your opportunity to take full ownership of a global BlackLine environment, driving real transformation at the intersection of finance and technology.<br> <br> Why this role stands out<br> • True ownership – sole owner of BlackLine enterprise-wide<br> • High impact – influence close, reconciliations, and financial accuracy<br> • Transformation-focused – drive automation and measurable efficiencies<br> • No ceiling – path into broader finance or systems strategy roles<br> • Executive visibility – partner with senior finance leadership<br> <br> What you’ll do<br> • Own BlackLine administration and optimization across all modules<br> • Partner with Finance + IT to improve workflows, integrations, and reporting<br> • Drive process improvements and automation initiatives<br> • Build dashboards and metrics to enhance close performance<br> • Train users and increase adoption across global teams<br> <br> What they’re looking for<br> • Hands-on BlackLine (or ARCS / Trintech / Cadency) ownership experience<br> • Strong technical + finance/process skillset<br> • Proven ability to drive efficiencies and continuous improvement<br> • Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders<br> <br> Compensation & Details<br> • Competitive base + bonus + equity<br> • Hybrid (4 days onsite) in multiple U.S. locations<br> • Relocation available | No sponsorship<br> <br> If you’re ready to move from supporting a system → owning and transforming it, this is that role.<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 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 experienced Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst to lead a Long-term Contract engagement based in West Des Moines, Iowa. In this hybrid role, you will guide delivery across a complex business intelligence initiative while also translating stakeholder needs into detailed, actionable specifications for technical teams. The position blends project leadership, Agile coordination, and hands-on business analysis to support high-quality reporting and analytics solutions in a multi-phase enterprise environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead planning and execution for a large-scale BI initiative, overseeing timelines, scope, budget considerations, interdependencies, and project risks from initiation through delivery.<br>• Direct Agile delivery activities in Jira by organizing the backlog, preparing sprint plans, monitoring team progress, and communicating performance trends and milestones to leadership.<br>• Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning sessions, daily stand-ups, backlog reviews, sprint demonstrations, and retrospective discussions.<br>• Partner with developers, data teams, platform support staff, quality assurance resources, and business stakeholders to keep work aligned across multiple parallel efforts.<br>• Monitor issues, constraints, and delivery obstacles, escalating concerns when needed and driving mitigation plans through resolution.<br>• Define and manage the sequencing strategy for report evaluation, retirement, redesign, or rebuild as part of the broader modernization roadmap.<br>• Gather, analyze, and confirm business needs with report owners and stakeholders, then convert those needs into precise functional documentation for technical implementation.<br>• Create detailed specifications covering data mappings, business rules, calculations, access requirements, and reporting layouts so development teams can build with clarity.<br>• Develop wireframes or visual mockups for reports and dashboards, using them to validate expectations with stakeholders before development begins.<br>• Support testing and governance activities by preparing validation scenarios, coordinating user approval, resolving requirement-related defects, and documenting report ownership and lineage.
We are looking for an experienced Power BI Analyst | Report & Dashboard Developer to support business intelligence initiatives in Des Moines, Iowa. This Long-term Contract position will focus on translating stakeholder needs into impactful dashboards, meaningful KPI frameworks, and scalable reporting solutions. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in Power BI development, requirements discovery, and data modeling, along with the ability to guide discussions that shape effective reporting strategies.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Facilitate planning sessions with business partners to define reporting goals, dashboard priorities, and success measures.<br>• Conduct detailed requirements gathering activities and convert business needs into clear reporting specifications.<br>• Create wireframes and mockups that outline dashboard layout, user flow, and data presentation standards.<br>• Establish and refine key performance indicators to ensure metrics align with operational and strategic objectives.<br>• Build and maintain semantic data models that support reliable, scalable, and user-friendly analytics.<br>• Develop interactive Power BI dashboards and reports that present complex information in a clear and actionable format.<br>• Apply DAX and other Power BI capabilities to create calculated measures, dynamic visualizations, and performance-focused reporting assets.<br>• Train end users and stakeholders on how to navigate dashboards, interpret insights, and communicate findings effectively.