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14 results for Payroll Analyst in Janesville, WI

Payroll Manager

Waukesha, WI
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Temporary / Contract
51.4615 - 59.587 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an accomplished Payroll Manager to oversee a high-volume, highly regulated payroll operation supporting a diverse hourly workforce in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for a leader who brings deep experience with union payroll, prevailing wage requirements, and multi-state compliance in skilled trades or construction environments. The role will guide payroll strategy and day-to-day execution, strengthen processes for growth, and partner across teams to build a scalable and reliable payroll function. Responsibilities: • Direct weekly payroll operations for hourly employees across multiple business entities, ensuring every payroll cycle is completed accurately, on schedule, and in compliance with applicable regulations. • Lead and develop a payroll team, setting priorities, improving accountability, and creating efficient workflows that support a complex union and non-union workforce. • Oversee payroll administration tied to numerous collective bargaining agreements, including proper handling of union deductions, fringe benefit calculations, and required reporting. • Manage multi-state payroll compliance, including prevailing wage obligations and labor-related reporting requirements associated with construction and skilled trades employees. • Review and strengthen payroll procedures, controls, and documentation to improve accuracy, reduce risk, and support long-term operational scalability. • Serve as the primary owner of the payroll technology environment, helping optimize system performance, resolve process gaps, and support future enhancements or implementations. • Partner with HR, finance, operations, and compliance stakeholders to address payroll issues, interpret labor requirements, and align payroll practices with business needs. • Support organizational growth initiatives by contributing payroll expertise to acquisitions, onboarding of new entities, and expansion into additional geographic markets.
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sr. Financial Analyst

Madison, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
100000 - 115000 USD / Yearly
Join one of Robert Half’s top clients — a growing, well-respected organization known for investing in its people, driving innovation, and building a high-performing culture. This Sr. Financial Analyst role is an exciting opportunity to join a business that is expanding strategically and offers strong visibility, meaningful partnership, and long-term career growth. For immediate consideration and more detail, please call Aislynn at 608-716-5643! Responsibilities<ul><li>Assist with quarterly forecasting by maintaining financial models, evaluating risks and opportunities, and helping deliver accurate, high-quality forecasts. </li><li>Contribute to monthly close activities, reporting enhancements, process improvement initiatives, and priority projects such as system upgrades, business intelligence tools, and acquisition integrations. </li><li>Analyze business performance against budget and forecast and identify key variances and root causes.</li><li>Support the full planning cycle for annual operating plans, including process coordination, timeline management, scenario modeling, and financial consolidation. </li><li>Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Marketing, and Engineering, to develop plans, monitor results, and explain key business drivers.</li></ul>
2026-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sr. Financial Analyst

Waukesha, WI
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Temporary / Contract
47.5 - 55 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an interim Sr. Financial Analyst to join a construction and contractor-focused organization in Waukesha, Wisconsin on a Contract basis. This role is ideal for someone in finance who can turn complex data from multiple sources into clear, reliable reporting and meaningful business insights. The position will partner closely with commercial teams to support performance analysis, planning, and decision-making across revenue-driving activities. Responsibilities:• Lead recurring and on-demand reporting cycles by delivering timely financial and commercial insights for business stakeholders.• Build and enhance Power BI dashboards that present actionable performance metrics in a clear and usable format.• Gather information from multiple reporting environments, evaluate data integrity, and combine outputs into cohesive analysis.• Review, standardize, and reconcile datasets to improve consistency across revenue, bookings, billings, and backlog reporting.• Investigate reporting discrepancies, identify root causes of variances, and resolve data-related issues with accuracy and urgency.• Serve as a key finance partner to sales teams by providing analytical support for performance tracking and business decisions.• Assist with commission administration through calculation reviews, reporting support, payout validation, and related journal entry activities.• Contribute to sales, inventory, and operations planning as well as broader commercial planning efforts through financial analysis and scenario evaluation.• Prepare variance reporting against budget, forecast, and prior-year results while highlighting risks and opportunities for leadership review.• Support forecasting cycles, quarterly goal setting, annual planning activities, and development of financial models for decision support.
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Middleton, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
100000 - 160000 USD / Yearly
Are you a strategic finance professional ready to step into a broader leadership role? Our Robert Half Madison team is seeking a hands-on finance leader to drive cost accounting, forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis activities in a dynamic manufacturing environment. Candidates currently in a Senior Financial Analyst role who are looking for growth into a more expansive finance leadership opportunity could be an excellent fit and are also encouraged to apply. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys partnering across the business, improving processes, and turning financial data into meaningful business insight. Please apply with your most up to date resume and call 608-716-5643 for more detail and consideration! Key Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead, mentor, and develop team members while driving process improvements, reporting efficiencies, and stronger financial controls. </li><li>Manage budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning processes across multiple business areas. </li><li>Lead cost accounting activities, including standard costing, variance analysis, margin analysis, and cost control reporting. </li><li>Oversee inventory-related financial analysis, including aging, reserves, and manufacturing cost trends. </li><li>Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to support product costing, project accounting, and financial decision-making. </li><li>Collaborate with auditors and internal stakeholders to provide documentation, analysis, and support for audit and compliance needs. </li><li>Analyze budget-to-actual results and key financial trends, providing insights and recommendations to improve performance. </li><li>Support treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, debt management, and banking-related reporting. </li><li>Prepare and enhance financial models, dashboards, management reporting, and ad hoc analysis to support leadership decision-making. </li></ul>
2026-06-24T00:00:00Z

Senior Financial Analyst- FP&A-Operations

Waukesha, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
0 - 0 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst- FP&A-Operations to support financial planning, performance analysis, and reporting for operations and supply chain activities in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This position works closely with plant and business leaders to turn financial data into practical recommendations that improve cost efficiency, productivity, and working capital results. The role also contributes to budgeting, forecasting, month-end close activities, and the development of reporting tools that strengthen visibility into operational performance. Responsibilities: • Partner with operations, supply chain, and plant leadership to evaluate financial results and identify opportunities to improve margins, efficiency, and cash flow. • Contribute to annual budgets, periodic forecasts, and longer-term planning by compiling inputs, reviewing assumptions, and aligning financial targets with operational priorities. • Assess plant performance through analysis of labor, overhead, productivity, inventory, freight, and cost of goods sold, then communicate meaningful drivers behind results. • Prepare clear variance reporting against budget, forecast, and prior-period performance, offering actionable insights to support business decisions. • Build and maintain dashboards and reporting tools in Power BI to give leaders timely visibility into key operational and financial metrics. • Support month-end close by extracting data from enterprise systems and subledgers, preparing schedules, and recording journal entries related to manufacturing and operations activity. • Review cost-reduction initiatives and capital-related analyses to help quantify business impact and distinguish realized savings from estimated opportunities. • Assist with reconciliations, compliance-related activities, and process reviews to improve reporting accuracy and financial control. • Work with cross-functional teams to strengthen data quality, standardize reporting practices, and improve consistency across business units and plants.
2026-06-17T00:00:00Z

Business Analyst IV

Sun Prairie, WI
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Temporary / Contract
55 - 65 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst IV to join a long-term contract opportunity in Wisconsin. In this role, you will partner with business leaders and technology teams to shape reporting solutions, clarify requirements, and support delivery that strengthens operational and strategic outcomes. This position is well suited for someone who can work independently, guide cross-functional teams, and bring structure to complex initiatives in an Agile environment. Responsibilities: • Direct the reporting workstream for assigned initiatives, keeping activities aligned with timelines, priorities, and business goals. • Partner with senior stakeholders across business and IT to uncover needs, define expectations, and convert requests into clear functional requirements. • Facilitate key planning and delivery meetings, or coordinate appropriate team representation, to maintain momentum across Agile ceremonies and reporting discussions. • Translate reporting and business needs into actionable guidance for developers and project teams to support accurate solution design and execution. • Maintain a prioritized inventory of report requirements and monitor progress to ensure transparent delivery tracking. • Review draft reports and related outputs before user validation to improve quality and readiness for formal testing. • Oversee completion of reporting documentation, including version control practices and organized records for future reference. • Support business users through demonstrations, training activities, issue follow-up, and resolution of reporting-related questions. • Encourage a self-service reporting approach while helping establish solutions that are sustainable and easy to transition to support teams. • Identify opportunities to reuse existing reporting assets or automations where appropriate to improve efficiency and consistency.
2026-06-29T00:00:00Z

Business Intelligence Analyst

Middleton, WI
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Temporary to Hire
45 - 57 USD / Hourly
We are partnering with a well-established organization that is investing heavily in its enterprise data platform and analytics capabilities. As they continue to expand their data ecosystem, they are seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to join a collaborative team responsible for building, maintaining, and enhancing enterprise data models that support critical business operations and decision-making.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on the technical side of business intelligence, creating scalable data solutions, developing enterprise data models, and ensuring reliable data is available for reporting and analytics across the organization.What You'll Be Doing<ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data models that support reporting and analytics initiatives across the organization.</li><li>Build and enhance data pipelines that integrate multiple business systems and data sources.</li><li>Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to understand data requirements and implement scalable solutions.</li><li>Support and administer Power BI environments, including semantic models, refresh schedules, capacity management, and performance optimization.</li><li>Develop and maintain SQL and Python-based solutions for data transformation, automation, and data quality initiatives.</li><li>Troubleshoot data issues, resolve defects, and support ongoing enhancements to enterprise data assets.</li><li>Participate in an on-call rotation supporting critical enterprise data platforms and reporting environments.</li><li>Contribute to Agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with team members on backlog prioritization and project delivery.</li></ul>Technical Environment<ul><li>Snowflake</li><li>dbt</li><li>SQL</li><li>Python</li><li>Power BI</li><li>Terraform</li><li>GitHub Copilot</li></ul>Why Consider This Opportunity?<ul><li>Join a highly collaborative and technically focused data team.</li><li>Work on enterprise-scale data models that support critical business functions across the organization.</li><li>Contribute to a growing data platform with significant investment and leadership support.</li><li>Influence the future direction of business intelligence, analytics, and data engineering initiatives.</li><li>Opportunity to work with modern cloud data technologies and emerging AI capabilities.</li></ul>This position is best suited for a BI professional who enjoys building and maintaining the data foundation behind reporting and analytics rather than focusing solely on dashboard creation and business-facing analysis.
2026-06-23T00:00:00Z

Senior Financial Analyst-Sales/Commercial

Waukesha, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
0 - 0 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst-Sales/Commercial to strengthen commercial finance operations for a construction-focused organization in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This position combines reporting, performance analysis, commission support, and cross-functional financial partnership to help leaders make informed business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong technical skills, sound financial judgment, and the ability to organize complex data while balancing recurring deliverables and urgent requests. This role also offers the opportunity to grow into broader commercial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis responsibilities over time. Responsibilities: • Lead recurring commercial reporting activities across daily, weekly, monthly, and on-demand cycles, ensuring deliverables are accurate and timely. • Administer and improve business intelligence reporting tools by managing user access, resolving reporting issues, and enhancing reliability of financial data. • Combine, reconcile, and standardize information from multiple platforms to create consistent reporting views for sales and finance stakeholders. • Analyze data irregularities, investigate reporting variances, and implement process improvements that reduce manual work and strengthen data quality. • Partner closely with sales leadership to provide insight into revenue, bookings, billings, backlog, and overall commercial performance. • Support commission operations through calculation reviews, payout validation, reporting, inquiry resolution, and related journal entry preparation. • Contribute to forecasting, target-setting, annual planning, and sales variance analysis by comparing results against plan, forecast, and prior periods. • Build financial models and scenario analyses that identify risks, uncover opportunities, and support commercial decision-making. • Assist with incorporating newly acquired businesses into standardized reporting structures and scalable finance processes.
2026-06-17T00:00:00Z

Senior ERP Functional Analyst

Madison, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
100000 - 120000 USD / Yearly
We are seeking a Senior ERP Functional Analyst to support and enhance a client's Infor M3 environment in Madison, Wisconsin. This role is responsible for providing functional expertise, system configuration support, troubleshooting, and implementation assistance while partnering closely with business and technical stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines deep ERP knowledge with a hands-on approach to improving system performance, streamlining business processes, and ensuring the long-term success of the platform in an onsite consulting environment. Responsibilities:• Provide functional and technical support for the Infor M3 platform, ensuring the system effectively supports business operations and evolving organizational needs.• Troubleshoot application issues, identify root causes of recurring problems, and implement practical solutions to maintain system stability and performance.• Support ERP implementation initiatives through solution design, system configuration, testing, user acceptance activities, and post-go-live support.• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate enhancement requests, and recommend system improvements that align with operational goals.• Configure and optimize ERP functionality to improve business processes, user experience, and overall system effectiveness.• Coordinate with technical teams to support integrations between the ERP platform and other enterprise applications.• Develop and maintain system documentation, configuration standards, support procedures, and user guidance to promote consistency and long-term maintainability.• Work onsite with client teams four days per week to provide hands-on support, gather feedback, and contribute to ongoing ERP initiatives.• Partner with infrastructure and operations teams to ensure the ERP environment remains reliable, secure, and aligned with broader technology initiatives.
2026-06-29T00:00:00Z

Senior Accountant

Waukesha, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
100000 - 110000 USD / Yearly
Robert Half is partnering with a growing construction company in the Waukesha County area to identify an experienced Senior Accountant for a key role on their corporate accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented accounting professional who combines strong technical accounting skills with a proactive, improvement-focused mindset. For immediate consideration call Bill Johannes at 414-662-3416 or connect on Linked-In . All conversations will be confidential. If you or someone you know would qualify for any of the positions listed below feel free to have them call me as well. Thanks for any consideration and I look forward to helping you. God Bless. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of public accounting foundation and 3+ years of industry experience, along with an interest in change management, process improvement, and long-term growth within a private equity-backed organization. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys partnering with operations, strengthening accounting processes, and helping support a business through continued expansion.Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Partner with operational teams to review contract activity and apply appropriate revenue recognition treatment in accordance with ASC 606</li><li>Prepare and post monthly journal entries and complete reconciliations for key balance sheet and income statement accounts</li><li>Oversee fixed asset accounting, including asset setup, depreciation, retirements, and supporting schedules</li><li>Manage lease accounting activities under ASC 842 and identify opportunities to enhance processes, controls, and supporting systems</li><li>Coordinate documentation and schedules for external audits, tax filings, regulatory reviews, and other compliance-related requests</li><li>Assist in developing and maintaining accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls</li><li>Support preparation and review of financial statements, management reporting, budgets, and forecasts</li><li>Monitor cash activity and assist with cash flow forecasting</li><li>Analyze monthly financial results against budget and forecast, and communicate key variances and trends to leadership</li><li>Participate in special projects and recommend process improvements that drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability</li></ul>
2026-06-24T00:00:00Z

Accountant

Madison, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
65000 - 75000 USD / Yearly
Our Robert Half Madison team is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support core accounting functions and help ensure accurate, timely financial reporting. This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation in accounting, solid analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality. Reporting directly to the CFO, the ideal candidate will have 2+ years of accounting experience. Please call 608-716-5643 and apply with your most up to date resume for consideration and more detail! Key Responsibilities:<ul><li>Prepare and maintain accurate financial records and support monthly financial reporting.</li><li>Reconcile bank accounts, balance sheet accounts, and other key general ledger activity.</li><li>Assist with the preparation of financial statements and ensure transactions are recorded in accordance with GAAP. </li><li>Process payroll and maintain accurate payroll-related records and submissions. </li><li>Support benefits-related accounting activities, including applicable uploads and related reporting. </li><li>Contribute to the annual audit process by preparing schedules and providing required documentation. </li><li>Partner with internal teams to support budgeting, financial analysis, and day-to-day accounting operations. </li></ul>
2026-06-24T00:00:00Z

Sr. Accountant

McFarland, WI
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Permanent / Full Time
80000 - 90000 USD / Yearly
Sr. Accountant needed near McFarland! Our Madison Robert Half team has partnered on an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Accountant near McFarland. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, this role involves ensuring accurate financial transactions, assisting with research and analysis, and supporting month and year-end. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a full understanding of the accounting process. A CPA designation is preferred as well as experience within the manufacturing industry! 📞 Call 608-716-5643 today for consideration and more details! Responsibilities:<ul><li>Lead month-end and year-end close activities, including preparing journal entries, completing general ledger reconciliations, and coordinating across finance teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting</li><li>Perform account analysis and review financial statements, identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and improve reporting accuracy</li><li>Manage fixed asset accounting, including construction-in-progress oversight and support for international financial operations</li><li>Support external audits by preparing schedules, organizing documentation, and ensuring timely completion of audit requirements</li><li>Drive accounting process improvements, support budgeting and variance analysis, and serve as a key resource for ERP, reporting, and finance-related projects</li></ul>
2026-06-24T00:00:00Z

Sr. Accountant

Middleton, WI
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Temporary / Contract
22.1635 - 25.663 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an experienced Sr. Accountant to support key accounting operations for a Contract position based in Middleton, Wisconsin. This role will play an important part in maintaining accurate financial records, managing close activities, and ensuring balance sheet integrity. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge and a detail-oriented approach to reconciliations, journal processing, and ledger oversight. Responsibilities: • Lead monthly close activities by preparing schedules, reviewing financial activity, and helping ensure timely completion of reporting deadlines. • Maintain the accuracy of the general ledger through careful review of account activity and resolution of discrepancies. • Prepare and post journal entries with appropriate support, ensuring transactions are recorded completely and correctly. • Perform detailed reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and investigate variances to drive accurate financial reporting. • Complete bank reconciliations by matching cash activity, identifying exceptions, and resolving outstanding items promptly. • Analyze accounting data and supporting documentation to improve reliability of financial results and account balances.
2026-06-30T00:00:00Z

Accounting Assistant

Middleton, WI
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Temporary / Contract
0 - 0 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an Accounting Assistant to support accounts payable operations for an engineering organization in Madison, Wisconsin. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who is highly organized, accurate with financial details, and comfortable managing invoice and payment activity in a fast-paced environment. The role will focus on maintaining timely transaction processing, supporting expense and disbursement workflows, and helping keep accounting records current and reliable. **ON SITE ONLY** Responsibilities:• Review and process vendor invoices with careful attention to accuracy, approvals, and proper account assignment.• Apply correct general ledger coding to payable transactions and verify supporting documentation before entry.• Coordinate payment activities, including ACH transactions and scheduled check runs, to ensure obligations are paid on time.• Examine employee expense submissions for completeness, policy alignment, and accurate reimbursement processing.• Maintain organized accounts payable records and help resolve invoice, payment, or coding discrepancies with internal teams and vendors.• Use Microsoft Excel to track payment details, reconcile information, and support routine reporting needs.• Assist with day-to-day accounting administration to help ensure smooth and consistent payable operations.
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z