<p>Join our insurance client’s dynamic team in Des Moines, Iowa as a Senior Investment Accounting Analyst and play a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s financial landscape! This is your opportunity to step into a fast-paced environment where your expertise in investment accounting will directly impact business decisions and financial reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>As a Senior Investment Accounting Analyst, you'll manage and analyze investment-related financial data, deliver critical reports for internal and external stakeholders, and ensure compliance with accounting standards. You'll collaborate with professionals across departments, drive process improvements, and contribute to the organization's ongoing success.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare accurate, timely annual, quarterly, and monthly investment reports for both internal leadership and external stakeholders.</li><li>Manage and maintain the organization’s investment accounting system, safeguarding data integrity and reliability.</li><li>Analyze and project cash flows to support financial planning and strategic decisions.</li><li>Update and maintain the investment database, ensuring information is both precise and accessible.</li><li>Be a subject matter expert on investment accounting, offering insights and guidance within your department.</li><li>Tackle complex assignments with professionalism and uphold compliance with statutory accounting principles and GAAP.</li><li>Collaborate effectively across all levels to achieve department and company goals.</li><li>Ensure adherence to regulatory and organizational standards in investment-related reporting.</li><li>Monitor and evaluate investment portfolios, including derivatives and fixed income assets.</li><li>Lead process improvements and contribute to enhancing reporting systems.</li></ul><p>If you thrive in a collaborative environment, are passionate about investment accounting, and want to take your career to the next level, our client wants to hear from you!</p>
We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to oversee and optimize financial operations within our organization. This role requires a detail-oriented individual adept at managing accounting processes and ensuring compliance with applicable standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial management and leadership.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead and manage the month-end closing process to ensure timely and accurate reporting.<br>• Oversee the maintenance and accuracy of the general ledger, ensuring proper documentation and reconciliations.<br>• Conduct and coordinate financial statement audits, addressing any issues and ensuring compliance.<br>• Review and approve account reconciliations to maintain financial integrity.<br>• Prepare, analyze, and post journal entries, ensuring accuracy and completeness.<br>• Monitor and improve accounting procedures and workflows to enhance efficiency.<br>• Provide leadership and guidance to the accounting team, fostering growth and development.<br>• Collaborate with other departments to align financial operations with organizational goals.<br>• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting regulations and standards.<br>• Generate and present financial reports to management for strategic decision-making.
<p>- Opportunity to help build a Finance Center of Excellence for a historic, 100-year-old insurance company expanding in Des Moines</p><p>- Join a small local team with plans to double in size and shape the growth from the ground up</p><p>- Be part of creating new processes and a collaborative culture—put your personal stamp on how things are done</p><p>- Unique chance to influence office expansion and not just be a cog in the wheel</p><p><br></p><p>Roles we are sourcing for:</p><p>- Director of Investment Accounting</p><p>- GAAP Senior Accountant</p><p>- Treasury Operations Analyst</p><p>- Senior Investment Accountant</p><p>- FP& A</p><p>(Must have insurance accounting experience)</p><p><br></p><p>Curious and open to a quick conversation to understand what is in it for you, reach out now!! Client is meeting candidates later this week (2/19 & 2/20)</p><p>If you are currently working with one of my business partners (Jessica Gianulis, Jill Smith or Malinda Hostetler) – please reach out to them immediately as we are a team all working on the roles!</p>
<p>Robert Half is partnering with a local Iowa organization seeking an experienced Controller to lead and oversee accounting operations. This is a key leadership position responsible for managing a team, ensuring financial accuracy, and driving compliance with organizational policies. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in auditing, budgeting, and inventory management, with a proven background in public accounting from a Big 4 or regional firm.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Supervise and lead team of accounting staff, championing attention to detail and collaboration.</li><li>Manage month-end financial close activities and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.</li><li>Oversee the development and execution of annual budgets, aligning financial goals with company objectives.</li><li>Conduct detailed financial audits and ensure compliance with regulatory and internal policies.</li><li>Implement and maintain strong financial controls to safeguard the organization’s assets and improve efficiency.</li><li>Monitor inventory processes, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of inventory levels.</li><li>Drive financial planning initiatives to support both short-term and long-term business strategies.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams, offering financial insights to support critical decision-making.</li><li>Identify, address, and resolve discrepancies or issues related to financial reporting and processes.</li><li>Ensure all financial operations support and align with our strategic objectives.</li></ul>
<p>As a Business Systems Analyst / Scrum Master, you’ll play a pivotal role at the intersection of agile delivery, business processes, and technology implementation. You’ll guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions while ensuring business requirements are clearly defined, traceable, and aligned with strategic goals.</p><p>Our technology ecosystem spans multiple platforms, business lines, and integration points — success in this role means balancing structured analysis with agile adaptability. You’ll partner with product owners, technology leaders, application developers, quality assurance testers, and other stakeholders to ensure solutions deliver meaningful, measurable value.</p><p>This is a hands-on, high-impact role in a fast-paced environment where curiosity, communication, and ownership drive results.</p><p><br></p><p>Accountabilities</p><p>• Drive clarity and documentation — capture detailed functional and technical requirements, workflows, and process and technology dependencies across systems and integration points.</p><p>• Translate business strategy into execution — work with business and technology leaders to define clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint goals aligned to enterprise priorities.</p><p>• Facilitate agile delivery — lead sprint ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives) and coach teams in Agile principles to promote continuous improvement and accountability.</p><p>• Bridge communication across functions — ensure seamless collaboration between products owners, technology leaders, project managers, developers, QA, and other roles and teams as needed.</p><p>• Balance agility and structure — manage iterative delivery in an Agile/Scrum framework while applying structured analysis where appropriate for compliance and traceability.</p><p>• Enable transparency and decision-making — track metrics and report on sprint progress to stakeholders.</p><p>• Champion alignment — communicate complex business or technical concepts in simple, actionable terms for diverse audiences.</p><p>• Promote continuous improvement — identify opportunities to enhance team performance, process efficiency, and product quality.</p><p>• Remove impediments to team progress by proactively identifying, tracking, and resolving blockers that hinder delivery.</p><p>• Drive on-time delivery by ensuring the team meets committed sprint and project dates, facilitating alignment across stakeholders, and escalating risks when necessary.</p>
