19 retail jobs found in Des Moines

What You'll Do: Serving as a Retirement Specialist in our PSI Distribution division, you will contribute to the growth of retirement sales by working alongside financial advisors and the sales team. You will apply your knowledge to generate leads, advise clients, and offer guidance on retirement products and solutions. Positioned at the crossroads of financial services and technology, Principal develops financial tools that help our customers live better lives.   Develop and foster partnerships with financial professionals to recommend and support retirement-related services and options. Educate advisors on retirement products and provide marketing and sales support via inbound and outbound telephone communication. Identify financial professionals’ needs, offer sales ideas, answer product questions, and launch new products. Offer proactive retirement sales recommendations related to multiple retirement products, including qualified and non-qualified, individual and...

What You'll Do: Join Principal Financial Group as an Analyst, Investment Operations , where you'll play a key role in supporting the end-to-end lifecycle of global investment activity. You’ll work across trading, settlement, reporting, and operational controls—partnering closely with teams across operations, legal, relationship management, IT, brokers, custodians, portfolio managers, and traders.   What you’ll do Execute recurring procedures, analysis, and reporting that support global investment transactions. Prepare for and execute post-trade activities, including confirmations, settlements, and trade reporting. Build strong relationships with internal and external partners to obtain information, resolve issues, and keep processes running smoothly. Contribute to global investment initiatives by supporting projects, process reviews, system enhancements, and new capabilities. Collaborate with key stakeholders to educate, problem-solve, and drive operational...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an AVP to join our Corporate Finance team. In this role, you'll be responsible for overseeing financial activities of the Shared Services and partner across Enterprise Finance. This role requires strong leadership skills as it will oversee a team of finance professionals and collaborate with other departments to ensure the financial health of the organization.     You'll have the opportunity to: Provide strategic direction and oversight for the continued maturation of the SCBU FP&A capability, including standardization of processes and deliverables, enhancement of consultative practices, and advancement of visualization and communication techniques to improve decision quality.   This will also include oversight of the SCBU FP&A operating model, including workforce strategy, role clarity, and deployment of global delivery resources, to ensure efficient, scalable, and high‑quality delivery of FP&A services.  Provide...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Managing Director, Head of Product to join our Individual Solutions leadership team! In this role you'll lead the end-to-end next generation product platform strategy and implementation for Individual Solutions, including Workplace Personal Investing and Principal Advised Services, setting and execution of the long‑term vision, priorities, and roadmap across advisor‑delivered solutions, platforms, and capabilities. This role will architect Individual Solutions product experiences to compete, scale, integrate, and evolve, balancing client outcomes, advisor enablement, commercial performance, and regulatory expectations to drive sustainable growth.     You'll have the opportunity to: Owns the end‑to‑end product strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap for Individual Solutions (IS), with single‑point accountability for priorities aligned to firm objectives, client needs, and market dynamics. Oversees the full lifecycle of the IS product...

What You'll Do: As an Underwriter at Principal Financial Group, you will be at the forefront of evaluating risks and underwriting standard group insurance cases. This outstanding opportunity allows you to apply your expertise in rating and risk analysis of prospects, new cases, amendments, and renewals. You will gather and review appropriate information to ensure that all data is reasonable, complete, and accurate. Additionally, you will analyze data, make corrections, and perform necessary calculations. Serving as a technical resource for processes, operations, and systems, your role will be pivotal in driving our mission to make financial security accessible to all! Assess risk/liability and calculate/negotiate rates on cases by analyzing industry, demographics, claim history, and plan build. Obtain and assess necessary information for support functions to verify that all data is logical, comprehensive, and exact. Inspect data, adjust errors, and conduct calculations....

What You'll Do: We are looking for a Senior Associate- Investment Accountant (Reporting) to join our Principal Asset Management Team. In this role, you will be responsible for investment accounting and financial reporting across multiple investment strategies and asset classes. The position partners closely with Asset Management, Investment Operations, Risk, Compliance, Tax, Audit, and Technology teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant investment reporting supported by strong controls and documentation. Investment Reporting & Financial Statements Responsible for monthly and quarterly investment reporting, including SEC filings (10Q and 10K), ECP, and other regulatory reporting requirements, as well as audit support Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual investment reports, supporting internal management reporting as well as external and regulatory reporting deliverables. Apply U.S. GAAP to investment transactions and ensure compliance with...

What You'll Do: We're looking for a Strategic Portfolio Manager to join our enterprise IT management area leading the Architecture & Enablement portfolio. In this role, you'll partner with portfolio leaders, IT teams, and enterprise stakeholders to influence and ensure the Architecture & Enablement portfolio is in alignment with enterprise strategy. This includes setting clear priorities, manage dependencies, and lead effective trade-off decisions to optimize business outcomes within resource constraints.  You will also partner with business and technology stakeholders to support Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) processes, including exploring opportunities to leverage AI capabilities to enhance portfolio insights, prioritization, and decision‑making. You'll serve as a trusted collaborator and advisor to the portfolio leadership team, share, communicate and promote the portfolio vision to ensure visibility of products/services across the enterprise, foster...

What You'll Do: As an Analyst - Investment Analytics at Principal Financial Group, you will immerse yourself in a dynamic environment, providing critical insights and analytics to improve our sales strategies. This role is outstanding in its focus on delivering flawless investment analysis, enabling our team to strictly compete in the market. You will collaborate closely with our sales teams, offering vital support and expertise to ensure our investment products are exceptionally positioned. Key responsibilities include:   Conducting detailed analysis on performance, risk, style, holdings, and qualitative attributes of funds available through Principal’s investment platform. Preparing detailed performance and analytical reports, sharing insights and recommendations to ensure alignment with our world-class standards. Proactively educating and updating business partners within the sales distribution channel. Conducting training sessions for both new and existing...

What You'll Do: We're seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture: Data and Analytics to drive our organization's data vision and technical strategy. This role will be instrumental in leading and establishing a consistent, efficient, and comprehensive foundation for data and analytics capabilities within our Retirement and Income Solutions division. Here are some examples of the kinds of things you’ll do: Work with business and IT leaders : help formulate enterprise data architecture strategies to align with company’s business strategies and priorities. Lead Strategy to Execution : of enterprise-wide data architecture strategies aligned with business objectives Engage in Enterprise Architecture Practice:  Partner with enterprise architect peers to build and lead the execution of enterprise architecture strategy with focus on the Data Domain. Deliver Enterprise Data Architecture : Create strategic architecture data standards, guidelines, principles, and...

What You'll Do: In this multifaceted role, you will assist with internal sales efforts for Principal Securities by developing and implementing sales plans, activity reports, and rotation schedules. You’ll collaborate with marketing, product, and communications teams to align campaigns and support financial professional relationships while meeting internal sales targets. Key responsibilities include providing intermediaries with sales ideas, handling product inquiries, sharing performance data, identifying new opportunities, and supporting external wholesalers with territory management.    Initiate and follow up on sales calls to develop relationships with financial professionals, representing a diverse range of products including Mutual Funds, model portfolios, ETFs, SMAs, Index Funds, alternative investments, and retirement solutions. Determine client requirements and offer sales suggestions, respond to product inquiries, deliver performance information, and introduce new...

What You'll Do: We are looking for a Senior Accounting Analyst to join our External Financial Reporting Team .  This is a hands‑on, individual contributor role responsible for complex accounting analysis, financial reporting support, month‑end close activities, and process improvement. This role partners closely with Finance, FP&A, Operations, IT, and business stakeholders. Ideal candidates will be able to lead and  participate  in multiple projects as well as bring strong technical accounting knowledge, solid data analysis skills, and the ability to communicate clearly across functions.   Financial Analysis & Reporting   Drive projects focused on designing and implementing system and process changes, particularly those related to internal controls.   Lead complex accounting analysis and reporting in alignment with GAAP, SAP, tax regulations, and other regulatory guidance.   Review and interpret unusual or complex...

What You'll Do: We’re   looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. In this role,   you'll   play a key role in financial reporting for the company on both a U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and U.S. Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) basis by being a part of our metadata and validation team that ensures all metadata is appropriately set up to   facilitate   reporting and data is processed correctly in our consolidation and reporting tools!   Key   member   of   metadata   team, working with business units to understand requested metadata changes and impacts on   reporting;   will need to obtain an understanding of the equitization process and all external reporting .    Will need to learn current metadata structure and new metadata structure being implemented with Finance Journey project as well as how to use Oracle cloud Enterprise Data Management (EDM).   Involvement with Finance Journey...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Sr Information Security Engineering leader to join our Identity & Access Management (IAM) team. In this role, you’ll formally lead and develop a team of security specialists, owning both people leadership and technical outcomes. You’ll help set the direction for modern IAM capabilities, elevate standards, and drive scalable, automated solutions that enable secure and efficient operations across the enterprise. You’ll have the opportunity to: Lead, coach, and mentor a team of information security specialists, supporting their technical growth, performance, and career development Be accountable for team delivery, operational outcomes, and continuous improvement across IAM services Build and inspire a capable support and engineering team. Drive purposeful automation initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve auditability, and strengthen security posture Make technical and architectural decisions that thoughtfully balance...

What You'll Do: The  Strategic Client Group (SCG) Analyst  plays a critical role in supporting the firm’s national accounts strategy and expanding our presence across key DCIO distribution partners and platforms. This role works closely with SCG Relationship Managers and collaborates across sales, marketing, product, data, and investment teams to strengthen our relationships and drive platform‑level growth. Work alongside SCG Relationship Managers and coordinate with internal groups—including Sales, Marketing, Product, Investments, Operations, Principal Trust Company, and other Principal business lines—to assist national account initiatives, platform strategy, and enterprise coordination. Produce, analyze, and maintain monthly and quarterly sales, platform, and distribution reporting for SCG firms and Relationship Managers, providing insights that support platform positioning, model access, and strategic opportunity identification. Manage and update investment-related...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Investment Manager - Capital Markets to join our Commercial Real Estate Private Equity Real Estate team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for sourcing, coordinating and implementing secured and unsecured financing arrangements in real estate investments managed by Principal Real Estate Investors!   Relationship management of external lending relationships and execution of these financing arrangements Strategy consultant with Portfolio Management in determining the best financing execution for their properties and portfolio Execute the determined financing strategy (including preparation, sourcing, negotiation and documentation of various debt structures). Conduct ongoing research of pricing trends, loan documentation and related developments with lenders and institutional investors About Principal Asset Management   Principal Real Estate, a top-10 global real estate manager with approximately $100B in assets under...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Senior Associate Investment Accountant to join our Investment Accounting team. In this role, you'll be responsible for performing investment accounting and reporting activities across various investment strategies and asset classes. This position collaborates with asset management and servicing, portfolio managers, investment operations, risk, compliance, tax, internal/external auditors, and technology teams to support robust reporting and control practices.   Investment Accounting & Financial Reporting Perform intermediate-level investment accounting activities, including analytics on property financials, trade capture, income accruals, valuation, and basic consolidations for various asset types including equities, fixed income, and basic structured products Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports Contribute to internal management reporting and assist with external reporting requirements May apply U.S. GAAP and...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Associate Actuary to join our Variable Annuities team. In this role, you’ll work collaboratively to drive forward pricing and product development efforts related to our VA and RILA products! We're looking for someone who will:   Work collaboratively with actuarial and product teams to deliver on our growth strategy. Lead efforts of analysis and recommendations for actuarial assumption review on our VA block. Collaborate with the RIS Modeling Team in providing critical review and modeling assistance for the variable annuities forecast model and cash flow testing models. Contribute to generation of strategic metrics across the variable annuity line of business, including profit and growth metrics that go to the board. Provide analysis and support for a variety of potential cross-team initiatives such as claims management, large case sales, data analysis, and more.   Operating at the intersection of financial services and...

What You'll Do: We are looking for a Senior Associate, Trust Administration and Operations to join our PGI Trust Company Operations and Governance team. You will support the daily administration, oversight, and operational integrity of the Trust Company. It operates independently to ensure timely and accurate execution of key functions, including regulatory reporting, compliance monitoring, monthly reconciliations, document management, SharePoint administration, and process improvement. You will enhance operational efficiency while ensuring adherence to trust documents, ERISA requirements, policies, and regulatory standards. Key Responsibilities Regulatory Reporting & Compliance Assist with regulatory filings, committee materials, internal audits, state exams, and annual CIT reporting, including audits and Form 5500s. Conduct ongoing compliance monitoring in line with policies and regulations. Omnibus Account Oversight & Reconciliation Coordinate...

What You'll Do: We’re seeking a Director, Private Credit – Asset-Backed Finance (ABF) to play a senior role within our Investment Grade Private Credit platform. This individual will be a key contributor to the execution, structuring, and ongoing management of investment-grade private asset-backed finance investments across a broad range of industries and asset types. This role is execution-focused, not origination-driven. You’ll be responsible for implementing sourced opportunities into capital-efficient, regulatory-aligned structured investments, including ABS, ABL, ABF, CLO, and other structured credit strategies—primarily for insurance and long-duration capital.   Additional Responsibilities: You will work across both new and existing transactions spanning sectors such as fund finance, consumer and commercial ABF, mortgage and CRE, and emerging esoteric asset classes.   Key responsibilities include: Leading due diligence and credit underwriting for structured...