<p>We are looking for a Sr Cost Analyst to strengthen financial planning and cost visibility for our retail operations in Sauk County, Wisconsin. This position plays a key role in evaluating product and operational expenses, translating data into practical insights, and helping business partners make informed decisions. The ideal candidate will combine strong analytical ability with sound cost accounting knowledge to improve forecasting accuracy, support profitability, and identify opportunities for greater operational efficiency.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Build and manage annual cost budgets and recurring forecasts for products and operational cost centers, ensuring assumptions are aligned with business performance.</p><p>• Examine standard, budgeted, and actual cost results to uncover significant variances, determine underlying causes, and present actionable findings.</p><p>• Prepare cost estimates for new items and assess the financial effect of changes in design, raw materials, sourcing, and distribution across existing products.</p><p>• Collaborate with Operations to evaluate cost risks and savings opportunities, then monitor initiatives aimed at improving margins and reducing spend.</p><p>• Maintain product costing data by reviewing standard costs, validating bill of materials accuracy, and supporting consistent cost structures.</p><p>• Review monthly purchase price fluctuations, explain their impact on product costs, and recommend corrective actions when needed.</p><p>• Contribute to monthly planning activities by supplying cost analysis that supports sales, operations, and inventory decision-making.</p><p>• Assist with month-end and year-end close activities, including inventory analysis, expense review, reconciliations, audit support, and related accounting entries.</p><p>• Oversee inventory valuation matters, support physical inventory counts, and evaluate the cost impact of capital expenditures and supplier-related charges.</p><p>• Identify and implement improvements to costing and reporting processes while providing ad hoc analysis and guidance to internal stakeholders.</p>
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>What You'll Be Doing</p><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><p>Technical Environment</p><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><p>Why Consider This Opportunity?</p><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><p>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.</p>
<p>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 <strong><em>Sr. Financial Analyst </em></strong>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!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><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><p><br></p>
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.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the reporting workstream for assigned initiatives, keeping activities aligned with timelines, priorities, and business goals.<br>• Partner with senior stakeholders across business and IT to uncover needs, define expectations, and convert requests into clear functional requirements.<br>• Facilitate key planning and delivery meetings, or coordinate appropriate team representation, to maintain momentum across Agile ceremonies and reporting discussions.<br>• Translate reporting and business needs into actionable guidance for developers and project teams to support accurate solution design and execution.<br>• Maintain a prioritized inventory of report requirements and monitor progress to ensure transparent delivery tracking.<br>• Review draft reports and related outputs before user validation to improve quality and readiness for formal testing.<br>• Oversee completion of reporting documentation, including version control practices and organized records for future reference.<br>• Support business users through demonstrations, training activities, issue follow-up, and resolution of reporting-related questions.<br>• Encourage a self-service reporting approach while helping establish solutions that are sustainable and easy to transition to support teams.<br>• Identify opportunities to reuse existing reporting assets or automations where appropriate to improve efficiency and consistency.