We are looking for a business-focused IT Analyst who can bridge operational planning, finance, and technology in a fast-paced Oil and Gas environment. This Long-term Contract position is based in Houston, Texas, and will support critical planning applications, data processes, and reporting solutions used for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, hands-on systems support experience, and the ability to work across business and technical teams to resolve issues and improve planning operations.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage and support planning platforms such as Anaplan and Pod2, including model setup, access controls, business rules, hierarchies, and workflow configuration.<br>• Partner with finance, operations, and IT stakeholders to support budget cycles, forecasting activities, and long-range planning through accurate data preparation and model updates.<br>• Convert business needs into clear functional documentation by defining data inputs, calculation methods, dependencies, and testing criteria for system enhancements.<br>• Investigate and resolve system issues related to application behavior, user access, calculation outputs, and performance, escalating to external vendors when needed.<br>• Oversee and troubleshoot data movement across source systems, planning tools, Snowflake, and reporting environments to maintain reliable information flow.<br>• Create and maintain Snowflake queries, views, and related data assets to support reconciliation, analysis, reporting, and planning activities.<br>• Trace and validate data across systems to identify missing, duplicated, delayed, or inaccurate records and ensure consistency in financial and operational reporting.<br>• Develop and enhance Streamlit applications and Sigma dashboards that enable business users to analyze data, validate results, and support planning workflows.<br>• Work with technical teams and application owners to address integration failures, document corrective actions, and implement tested improvements to reporting and analytics solutions.
We are looking for an experienced Digital Business Analyst to support enterprise initiatives in Houston, Texas. This Long-term Contract position will partner closely with business leaders and technical teams to shape practical, scalable solutions that improve processes and support strategic goals. The role is well suited for someone who can turn complex needs into clear requirements, guide collaboration across stakeholders, and help deliver high-quality outcomes in a structured project environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead discovery efforts to capture business needs, analyze current workflows, and translate findings into clear functional and system requirements.<br>• Define project boundaries, business objectives, process maps, use cases, and detailed specifications to support solution design and delivery.<br>• Assess existing operations, identify gaps or inefficiencies, and recommend technology-focused improvements backed by business value analysis.<br>• Act as the central point of coordination between business partners, project stakeholders, and technical teams throughout the initiative lifecycle.<br>• Facilitate workshops, review sessions, and working meetings to align priorities, clarify expectations, and resolve open questions.<br>• Convert stakeholder needs into user stories and structured requirement documents that support Agile delivery teams during development.<br>• Work alongside quality assurance and business users to prepare test scenarios, support system validation, and coordinate user acceptance testing.<br>• Maintain organized project documentation, monitor requirement changes and dependencies, and contribute to continuous improvement after implementation.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to support customer-focused operational initiatives in Houston, Texas. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who can translate business needs into practical solutions, evaluate documentation with precision, and collaborate effectively within Agile Scrum teams. The role will work closely with stakeholders to identify process gaps, improve service workflows, and help drive well-informed business decisions.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Gather and interpret business needs from stakeholders to define clear, actionable requirements for projects and operational improvements.<br>• Analyze call center and customer service processes to uncover inefficiencies, clarify pain points, and recommend practical enhancements.<br>• Review business and operational documents for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with established objectives and standards.<br>• Partner with cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment to support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and solution delivery.<br>• Conduct gap analysis to compare current operations with desired outcomes and outline opportunities for process improvement.<br>• Create organized business analysis artifacts such as requirement documents, workflows, and status updates to support decision-making.<br>• Facilitate communication between business users and project teams to ensure expectations, priorities, and deliverables remain aligned.
<p> Follow Shad on LinkedIn at #chalkboardtalk for videos on his open roles. Shad and his team at Robert Half is working with a privately held client with a significant PE commitment is looking for a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant. Senior Leadership team looks to hire this position and role is critical for the growth of the accounting infrastructure. Client would like to see a candidate out of public accounting with 3 plus year’s public accounting experience with current SEC filings working knowledge and thorough understanding of Technical accounting. Candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, a CPA or parts in passed and have previous experience in public accounting. Company's compensation make up is base salary, bonus potential, equity potential and benefits. For confidential consideration for this opportunity please e-mail Shad at [email protected] with your Microsoft Word Resume with Senior Financial Reporting Accounting in the subject line.</p>