Sr. Financial Analyst

Robert Half is partnering on a Sr. Financial Analyst opportunity near Clear Lakes, Iowa. This role supports informed business decisions by turning complex financial information into clear reporting, meaningful insights, and forward-looking plans. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, collaborates effectively across departments, and helps maintain high standards for financial accuracy and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Review trial balances and financial statements to confirm accuracy, proper account treatment, and completeness of reported results.

• Create and deliver recurring and ad hoc financial reports, executive summaries, and dashboards that highlight performance trends and key business insights.

• Drive the annual budgeting process and build long-range forecasts that support operational goals and strategic planning.

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to collect, validate, and interpret financial data for reporting and analysis needs.

• Provide guidance to business teams on financial results and reporting concepts to improve understanding and consistency across the organization.

• Prepare and record journal entries in a timely manner while maintaining organized support for audit and compliance purposes.

• Perform variance analysis to explain differences between actual results, budgets, and forecasts, and communicate findings to leadership.

• Support special initiatives that strengthen financial reporting, analytical capabilities, and overall decision support processes.

• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting within a corporate finance or accounting environment. • Strong ability to build financial models and translate data into actionable recommendations for business leaders. • Experience preparing monthly financial reporting packages, dashboards, and performance summaries. • Proficiency in variance analysis and ad hoc reporting to evaluate financial performance and business trends. • Working knowledge of journal entry preparation, financial statement review, and audit support documentation. • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present financial information clearly to varied audiences. • Experience using business intelligence tools and reporting systems to organize, analyze, and visualize financial data.

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.