We are looking for a skilled Senior Financial Analyst to join our team in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In this role, you will play a key part in analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and supporting strategic initiatives to drive business growth. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in financial analysis and modeling, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across different departments.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Conduct detailed analyses of financial results to identify trends and explain variances compared to prior periods, budgets, and forecasts.<br>• Contribute to the development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, including assessments of working capital requirements.<br>• Compile and present consolidated reports on actual financial performance, budgets, and forecasts.<br>• Assist in preparing monthly operations review materials, ensuring accurate and insightful reporting.<br>• Validate cost-saving initiatives within the value creation plan to ensure their alignment with financial goals.<br>• Create and manage compliance documentation related to federal grant requirements.<br>• Provide financial guidance and support to business leaders across enabling functions.<br>• Participate in month-end close processes, including reclassification of expenses and other adjustments.
<p>We are looking for a Pricing Manager for a growing manufacturing company.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p>Price Calculation & Execution</p><p>• Calculate customer and item level pricing based on pricing direction established by executive leadership, including list prices, customer specific prices, and contractual pricing.</p><p>• Build and maintain pricing models that incorporate: </p><p>o Raw material and input cost changes</p><p>o Manufacturing and logistics costs</p><p>o Target contribution margins, gross margins, and EBIT objectives</p><p>o Volume, mix, and customer profitability considerations</p><p>• Support pricing actions such as price increases, surcharges, cost pass throughs, and customer specific adjustments.</p><p>2. Margin & Profitability Analysis</p><p>• Analyze contribution margin, gross margin, and customer profitability by SKU, customer, and segment.</p><p>• Quantify financial impact of pricing scenarios (e.g., requested price reductions, volume trade offs, reformulations).</p><p>• Partner with Finance to ensure pricing outputs align with budget, forecast, and long range plan assumptions.</p><p>• Support leadership discussions with clear “what if” analyses and financial sensitivity views.</p><p>3. Pricing Governance & Discipline</p><p>• Help enforce pricing discipline by: </p><p>o Ensuring pricing decisions are consistent with approved strategy</p><p>o Reducing unnecessary price leakage and ad hoc discounting</p><p>o Documenting assumptions, approvals, and rationale for pricing actions</p><p>• Maintain pricing documentation, approval workflows, and audit trails.</p><p>• Serve as a neutral analytical counterweight between Sales, R&D, Operations, and Finance.</p><p>4. Cross Functional Collaboration</p><p>• Work closely with Sales to support customer negotiations with data backed insights.</p><p>• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to understand cost drivers and capacity implications.</p><p>• Support executive leadership with concise, decision ready pricing summaries for key customers and initiatives.</p><p>• Coordinate with ERP, Product Vision, and Finance systems to ensure pricing accuracy and data integrity.</p><p>5. Continuous Improvement & Tools</p><p>• Improve pricing models, templates, and dashboards over time.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to standardize pricing logic and reduce manual effort.</p><p>• Support the evolution toward more structured, scalable pricing processes as the business grows.</p><p>________________________________________</p><p>Key Deliverables</p><p>• Customer and SKU level pricing calculations</p><p>• Margin impact and sensitivity analyses</p><p>• Pricing support materials for customer negotiations</p><p>• Executive level pricing summaries and dashboards</p><p>• Ongoing monitoring of pricing realization vs. plan</p>
<p>We are looking for a strategic finance leader to support operations and supply chain performance for a growing architectural metals business based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This role partners closely with cross-functional leaders to guide planning, improve visibility into financial results, and turn complex data into practical business recommendations. The position offers the opportunity to influence decision-making across multiple sites and brands within a well-established public company environment.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct annual budgeting, recurring forecasting, and long-range financial planning activities for operations and supply chain functions across a multi-site organization.</p><p>• Deliver timely analysis of spending, productivity, and business performance to help leaders make informed decisions and improve financial outcomes.</p><p>• Build and refine reporting tools, dashboards, and data models using Power BI and related systems to strengthen insight into key operational and financial trends.</p><p>• Partner with manufacturing, supply chain, and finance leadership to identify cost improvement opportunities, monitor performance drivers, and support operational efficiency initiatives.</p><p>• Lead monthly and quarterly financial reviews, highlighting variances, risks, and opportunities with clear recommendations for action.</p><p>• Oversee and develop a small team that includes finance managers and controllers, fostering accountability, collaboration, and strong analytical execution.</p><p>• Support system and reporting integration efforts, including the use of SAP and related planning platforms, to improve consistency, accuracy, and accessibility of financial information.</p><p>• Contribute financial leadership to strategic projects such as business assessments, process improvement efforts, and potential acquisition-related analysis when needed.</p>
<p>Robert Half is partnering with a professional services client in the recruiting for a detail-oriented Accounting Specialist to support day-to-day transactional accounting and play a key part in maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, assisting with month-end close, and preparing internal reports for leadership. The ideal candidate is organized, analytical, and comfortable working with financial data in a fast-paced environment.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a permanent placement opportunity offering a <strong>hybrid work schedule</strong>, flexible core hours, 3+ weeks vacation, 401k match, profit sharing, annual bonus eligibility and competitive health insurance package.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Process and record daily financial transactions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable,</li><li>Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness</li><li>Assist with month-end and year-end close processes, including accruals, reclassifications, and account analysis</li><li>Prepare and distribute internal financial reports for management, highlighting key trends and variances</li><li>Support account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather financial data and ensure proper coding and documentation</li><li>Assist in maintaining accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls</li><li>Support audits by providing requested documentation and schedules</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency within the accounting function</li></ul>
We are looking for an Accounting Specialist to join a finance team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a Long-term Contract position. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing day-to-day transaction processing with account analysis, documentation, and collaboration across departments. The role will support core accounting operations by helping maintain accurate financial records, timely payments, receivables activity, and audit-ready reporting.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage the full accounts payable cycle by entering invoice details, confirming approvals, assigning proper accounting codes, and coordinating payment processing through checks, electronic payments, and wire transactions.<br>• Track disbursement activity by updating payment logs, balancing check registers, and ensuring supporting records remain complete and accurate.<br>• Compile payment reporting for approval, verifying that outstanding items and completed payments align with internal records before release.<br>• Record incoming funds from cash, checks, and electronic sources, and post receipts accurately to the appropriate accounts, including transactions received at the front desk.<br>• Prepare journal entries and post them to the general ledger with correct account, department, and program coding.<br>• Create and send customer or departmental invoices based on billing requests and established recurring schedules, while monitoring related receivable activity.<br>• Maintain spreadsheets and internal tracking tools that support departmental reporting, transaction monitoring, and financial follow-up.<br>• Reconcile bank accounts, ledger balances, and vendor-related billings to identify discrepancies and keep financial data current.<br>• Provide support for payroll-related administration, respond to routine questions from employees or vendors, and assist with audit documentation, reporting requests, and other finance projects as needed.