Wealth Management Operations Specialist

  • Location: Edina, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52203

A long-standing wealth management client is seeking a Operations Specialist to join its collaborative team. This individual will play a critical role in delivering an exceptional client experience by supporting advisors and clients across onboarding, account administration, and operational processes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who enjoys working in a client-focused environment and wants to build a long-term career within wealth management operations.

The Client Service Associate serves as a key operational and service partner to advisors and clients, ensuring accuracy, responsiveness, and efficiency across client accounts and internal processes. The role combines client interaction, custodial operations, reporting support, and administrative coordination within a highly team-oriented environment.
 

Senior Director, Internal Audit & Controls

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52130

I’m working with a publicly traded company in the city to help them find their next internal controls leader. This is open due to internal promotion and ideal for someone looking for an entry point in a company with a track record of developing talent and moving people from this role into Controllership. 

We are targeting a sitting Director/Managing Director in Big 4 audit or someone who is now a Director of Internal Audit for a public company 1-2 years removed from public accounting looking to join a company focused on building out world-class processes, strong in cross functional collaboration and driving transformational change.

This is a role best for someone looking for career growth and advancement as it will be a feeder into other parts of the business. Strong cash/equity compensation. Contact me for details!

Financial Analyst

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52125

Financial Analyst  – Technology Organization– Hybrid

A rapidly growing technology organization is seeking a Financial Analyst to support strategic decision-making across technology and infrastructure functions. This role offers strong visibility to cross-functional leaders and the opportunity to drive insights around spend, financial modeling, and operational performance. The Financial Analyst will partner closely with IT, Product, Sales, and Operations to deliver data-driven analysis that improves forecasting accuracy, cost optimization, and overall business performance.

***If this is something you would be interested in learning more about, please apply today!

Why Join:

Play a key role in shaping financial insights and cost optimization strategies within an innovative, mission-driven organization.

Partner directly with cross-functional leaders to influence planning, forecasting, and operational decision-making.

Opportunity to build expertise in cloud financial operations (FinOps) and advanced analytics tools.

Competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus potential, strong 401(k), and comprehensive benefits.

Hybrid work model: 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.

The ideal candidate for this role has:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

2+ years of FP&A or related finance experience, including exposure to budgeting and forecasting.

Experience with financial modeling, variance analysis, and data visualization tools..

Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities:

Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning through financial modeling and scenario analysis.

Deliver monthly reporting and variance analysis, highlighting key trends, risks, and opportunities.

Partner cross-functionally to provide financial insights that inform operational and strategic decisions.

Monitor and analyze spend to improve cost transparency and forecast accuracy.

Support business cases, KPI tracking, and continuous improvements to financial processes and reporting.

Chief Financial Officer

  • Location: Gardena, California
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52115

Title: Chief Financial Officer (retirement succession plan)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $300,000 – $350,000 + 25%

We are a rapidly growing privately held food manufacturing company looking for a Chief Financial Officer to partner directly with the CEO during our next phase of operational expansion.

With approximately $150M in annual revenue and multiple operating entities, our organization combines entrepreneurial culture with established production infrastructure, including bakery and protein processing operations.

As CFO, you will serve as a hands-on business partner across finance and operations, leading a lean accounting team while driving profitability through operational insight – not just reporting! As the department leader, you will work closely with plant leadership to develop KPIs, improve cost visibility, and guide strategic investments supporting growth.

Key priorities include ERP expansion, inventory optimization, and advancing planning and reporting sophistication across manufacturing operations.

Our Ideal Background:

  • CFO or senior finance leader within manufacturing or CPG

  • Deep cost accounting and operational finance experience

  • Player-coach leadership style

  • Experience in founder-led or privately held environments

  • Comfortable working onsite and embedded in operations

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

  • Direct CEO partnership

  • Highly visible impact role

  • Stable, profitable company investing for growth

  • Authentic, high-trust leadership culture

Controller

  • Location: Plymouth, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52106

We’re excited to be partnering with a long-standing SkyWater client to help them identify their next Controller. Our client is a growing, private-equity-backed manufacturing organization to identify a Controller who will lead the accounting and finance function for a high-volume production facility. This role will serve as the senior finance partner to site leadership and play a key role in strengthening financial processes, reporting, and cost visibility as the business continues to scale. This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with operations in a manufacturing environment.

Why this one stands out!
– Senior finance leadership role at the site level
– Exposure to private-equity ownership and growth initiatives
– Opportunity to improve processes and build structure
– High visibility with leadership
– Stable and growing manufacturing environment

**ONLY CONSIDERING LOCAL TWIN CITIES CANDIDATES**

Director of Accounting

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52101

Have you ever wanted to be right-hand to help lead 100x growth over the next 5 years? This is an opportunity to work directly under a CFO with a track-record of scaling/building businesses and be a strategic advisor across the organization.

This hire will be responsible for building and operating a top-class accounting function for a growing organization. It will partner closely with the CFO and leadership to optimize processes, systems, and workflows for the entire organization, and lead a small team. This hire will also lead month-end close, financial reporting, and be a subject-matter expert on complex accounting issues.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of accounting experience, ideally in financial services or wealth management, and strong technical skillset in lease accounting, equity compensation, and purchase accounting. CPA preferred but not required.

This role is hybrid, 2-3x per week on site in Downtown Chicago.

Director Technical Accounting

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52098

Fortune 500 company looking to bolster their already strong technical accounting team. You’ll join an industry leader as they continue to invest in products, infrastructure and scale and work with incredible leaders who are people first and mission focused. 

Market rate cash compensation and above market benefits with a great focus on people and balance. This is a newly created position due to increased investment in back office and to strengthen partnerships across operations.  

Accounting Manager

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52093

Accounting Manager – Manufacturing (Track to Controller)

Work Schedule: Onsite 4 days a week

We are partnering with a growing manufacturing company in Minneapolis to hire an Accounting Manager who will serve as the financial backbone of the organization.

This role leads day-to-day accounting operations while partnering directly with executive leadership. The Accounting Manager will oversee month-end close, cost accounting, and budgeting support while focusing on buildingscalable financial processes as the business grows.

Responsibilities: 

  • Month end close and financial statement preparation
  • Cost accounting structure: BOMs, routings, labor/overhead rates, job costing
  • AP/AR oversight and internal controls
  • Process improvement
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and operational variance analysis
  • Mentoring and training of the accounting team 

Experience: 

  • 5+ years experience in manufacturing
  • Strong cost accounting expertise
  • Ownership mindset with strong communication skills
  • No task too small mentality, willing to jump in and help out wherever is needed

Why this role stands out

  • Direct mentorship from CEO and CFO
  • Clear path toward Controller- level and beyond as the company grows! 
  • Strong systems in place and investment in growth
  • Excellent culture, where everyone knows your name

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply today! 

Plant Controller

  • Location: Belle Plaine, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52057

SkyWater is partnering with a global manufacturer that has experienced double-digit growth over the past several years and continues to expand. This is a great opportunity to join a growing organization as a Plant Controller supporting one of their seven U.S. locations. In this role, you will lead on-site financial operations for the manufacturing facility and partner closely with corporate accounting and finance teams. The position is responsible for production and financial reporting, operational analysis, budgeting, and driving profitability and cost improvement initiatives, while serving as the primary finance partner to plant leadership. They are looking for a strong, engaging communicator who can act as the “mini CFO” of the facility.

This is an onsite role with some flexibility. Only local Minnesota candidates will be considered.

Site Controller

  • Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51985

We are partnering with a profitable, privately backed manufacturing company in the Milwaukee area to hire a Controller to lead plant-level finance and accounting operations.

This is a critical newly created position due to the growth at this site. The business is stable, well-established, and entering a phase that requires stronger financial ownership, tighter reporting cadence, and closer partnership between finance and operations.

This role will serve as the senior financial leader onsite, owning the numbers and acting as a true business partner to plant leadership and corporate finance.

Why This position?

  • Profitable, stable manufacturing operation

  • High-visibility role with real ownership and influence

  • Direct partnership with senior finance leadership and exposure to PE partners

  • Opportunity to improve processes and reporting, not just maintain them

Compensation & Work Model

  • Base salary up to $140K

  • Bonus potential up to 15% 

  • Onsite preferred to start, ability to go hybrid after initial training period 

This role is ideal for a plant-level controller who wants meaningful ownership, operational impact, and visibility in a growing manufacturing business.

Interested candidates may apply directly or reach out for a confidential conversation.

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