Top Finance Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Lead finance and accounting for a multi-entity, private equity-backed ERP services business. Responsibilities include team leadership, consolidation, month-end close oversight, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, dashboard and reporting development, KPI analysis, and presenting performance insights to leadership and investors. The role also architects Acumatica reporting structures and helps shape the future finance organization.

Manages budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, analysis, close activities, grants management, donor reporting, compliance, controls, and project budgets for an assigned finance portfolio. Provides decision-support insights, maintains financial data integrity, supports process improvements, approves expenses and invoices, prepares journal entries, and advises stakeholders in a complex nonprofit environment.

Partners with Sales, Ecosystem, and Revenue Operations to develop financial forecasts, models, recurring reports, variance analyses, and actionable recommendations. The role supports investment decisions, target attainment, efficient growth, and day-to-day business planning while using AI-powered workflows to improve financial analysis and reporting.

Leads FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and shared-cost allocation across corporate functions. Partners with senior executives, improves financial processes, builds scalable models and automation, and develops a team of two finance professionals. The role manages over $200 million in expense budgets and allocates more than $160 million in shared services costs across game teams while driving financial transparency and strategic decision-making.

Own forecasting, budgeting, reporting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and month-end close support for assigned business areas. Partner with Accounting and business leaders, build scenario analyses, identify risks and opportunities, and present recommendations. Use AI tools such as Claude to automate finance workflows and improve reporting efficiency. Support executive, board, and investor analyses while managing planning and close deadlines.

Serves as the embedded finance partner to a business division CEO and leadership team. Leads budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, reporting, SaaS metric consistency, risk identification, cost savings, and operational efficiency initiatives. Supports monthly and quarterly close, board and lender reporting, cross-functional finance operations, and M&A synergy tracking and integration.

Manages a team of finance professionals while ensuring quality delivery of outsourced accounting services to independent school clients. Responsibilities include coaching and performance management, quality control, project coordination, full-cycle accounting oversight, financial statement preparation, grants administration, audits, budgeting, compliance, process improvement, and client support. The role also contributes to recruitment and people operations initiatives.

Own budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, financial reporting, project costing, and margin analysis. Lead finance transformation by consolidating systems, designing controls and procedures, and building scalable reporting frameworks. Manage financial relationships for assigned clients, support project engagements, and partner with operations and senior leadership on business decisions and growth initiatives.

Leads financial integration for acquired businesses, including M&A diligence, pre-close planning, financial data and reporting transitions, purchase accounting coordination, synergy tracking, performance management, earn-out analysis, and executive reporting. Partners with Finance, Accounting, IT, Data, Operations, and external advisors to integrate acquisitions, improve processes, and develop repeatable integration methodologies.

Supervises financial activities for assigned collegiate chapters, supporting budgeting, approvals, financial analysis, IRS Form 990 filing, and financial goal setting. Trains and mentors chapter financial advisors, identifies chapters needing additional support, collaborates with regional and finance teams, and leads chapter finance visits. This volunteer role requires four to six hours weekly, with peak activity in April and May, and travel of up to five days annually.

Own the company-wide budget, forecasts, board financials, operating model, and financial reporting. Lead OKR and business review cadences, define company metrics, perform hands-on analysis, and manage acquisition, capital allocation, pricing, and regulated-entity capital planning. Partner with senior leaders on strategy, sales capacity, organization design, and cross-functional programs while leading the FinOps, RevOps, and Finance Systems manager.

The Finance Data Analyst manages finance ETL processes, reconciles enterprise data warehouse outputs, investigates discrepancies, and validates insurance financial data. Responsibilities include SQL-based analysis of premiums, commissions, taxes, fees, and payments; building automated controls and exception reports; supporting Finance reporting and close activities; documenting data processes; and partnering with Finance and data engineering teams to improve data quality and reliability.

Partners with business leaders to build financial models, forecasts, budgets, business cases, and scenario analyses. Evaluates partnerships, investments, fundraising, M&A, and capital allocation decisions; leads performance reviews and explains variances. Prepares executive, board, and investor materials while using SQL, BigQuery, and AI tools to automate reporting and generate strategic insights.

The VP, Finance will lead financial strategy, planning, performance management, and capital allocation across the group. Responsibilities include owning P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, budgeting, financial modeling, treasury, tax, audit, controls, reporting, financing, investments, acquisitions, and transaction support. The role will evaluate business performance, margins, unit economics, and capital needs while building finance systems and teams to support growth across businesses, entities, and countries.

Provides clerical and reporting support to the Finance Department aboard a cruise ship. Responsibilities include credit card and gift order reconciliation, food cost reporting, transaction documentation, vendor invoice administration, inventory and bar counts, end-of-voyage reporting, guest statement processing, and maintaining onboard guest records. The role requires hospitality finance experience, accounting knowledge, strong communication and planning skills, computer proficiency, physical ability to work aboard a vessel, and availability seven days per week.

Own monthly close, journal entries, reconciliations, revenue recognition, billing, financial reporting, audit readiness, and internal controls. Support forecasting, budgeting, unit economics, margin analysis, M&A diligence, and scalable finance infrastructure. The role emphasizes automating repetitive processes and using AI tools to improve reporting and analysis while maintaining financial accuracy and accountability.

Leads financial operations for a federal healthcare portfolio, overseeing financial performance, forecasting, contract financial management, reporting, proposals, pricing, risk assessment, and business growth support. Advises program and division leaders, manages financial planning and EAC reviews, improves processes, and develops a high-performing finance team.

Leads Thunderbird’s finance function, overseeing accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, reporting, revenue recognition, controls, budgeting, forecasting, and finance operations. Manages the finance team, strengthens systems and workflows, supports international and partner-led commercial arrangements, and advises organizational leaders on financial risks, tradeoffs, and decisions. The role is fully remote and requires substantial North American working-hour overlap, with periodic domestic or international travel.

Leads Thunderbird’s accounting and finance function, including financial reporting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, tax, treasury, revenue recognition, controls, and finance operations. Manages the finance team, strengthens systems and workflows, oversees international and partner-led financial arrangements, and advises senior leaders on risks, performance, and strategic decisions. The role is fully remote with required time-zone overlap and periodic domestic or international travel.

Supports accounting and finance operations across record-to-report, accounts payable, procurement, and treasury. Responsibilities include bank and balance sheet reconciliations, journal posting, invoice processing, staff claims, vendor master data, supplier enablement, contract documentation, cash-flow forecasting, liquidity reporting, variance analysis, and audit support. The intern will work with SAP, Ariba, ServiceNow, and cross-functional stakeholders while developing practical business and industry knowledge.

Own marketing FP&A, including headcount planning, budgeting, actuals tracking, channel allocation, ROI reporting, purchase orders, and vendor commitments. Partner with marketing, sales, RevOps, data, and corporate finance to connect marketing spend with pipeline and revenue outcomes. Lead pipeline forecasting, reporting definitions, risk identification, and AI-enabled automation of finance processes and forecasting cycles.

Own end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, operating models, cash flow projections, budget reviews, reporting, and Board materials. Lead finance automation by replacing spreadsheet workflows with system integrations, improving ledger structure, and evaluating finance tools. Conduct cohort, retention, unit economics, and sales payback analysis, using SQL to query and reconcile production data. Translate analysis into recommendations for executives and investors while independently building the finance function.

Manage accounting sub-functions including payables, journal entries, P&L processes, reconciliations, fixed assets, accruals, and month-end close. Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and company policies. Review financial results, support audits, partner with FP&A, maintain accounting procedures, and identify process improvements through automation and system implementations.

Analyze financial and donor data, produce reports for leadership and stakeholders, track fundraising and spending trends, support dashboard development, and ensure accurate, documented, reproducible analysis. The role also involves maintaining clean financial data and collaborating with finance team members. This is a remote, part-time volunteer position requiring at least 2–3 hours weekly.

Leads financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, dashboards, and performance improvement for Medicare Advantage markets. Partners with Corporate Finance and cross-functional teams on accruals, variance analysis, financial close, bid strategy, plan design, and competitive analysis. Translates complex data into actionable recommendations for regional operations leaders, improves reporting automation and scalability, presents insights to diverse audiences, and coaches one direct report.