DevOps Engineer

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50782

SkyWater Search has partnered with a leading Chicago-based financial technology firm seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their growing team.

In this role, you’ll work closely with engineering leadership, development, and client support teams to drive automation, monitoring, and deployment initiatives across a highly available, secure trading platform. This is a full-time onsite role in downtown Chicago.

Compensation: $110K–$125K + bonus
Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
Sponsorship not available

React Software Engineer

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50781

SkyWater Search has partnered with a leading Chicago-based technology firm seeking a mid-level React Software Engineer to join their UI/UX development team.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with business stakeholders and designers to build highly performant web applications that handle complex data flows. This is a full-time onsite position in downtown Chicago, offering the chance to work closely with top-tier engineers in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Compensation: $115K–$135K + bonus
Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
Sponsorship not available

Senior FP&A Analyst

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50760

We are partnering exclusively with a PE-backed, tech enabled mental health organization to help them build out their new finance team as they continue to grow. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor to define and build process, be creative, and work for a strong CFO and CEO who are supportive, growth-minded, and love to mentor.  

Senior Analyst – Tax Accounting and Reporting

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50636
We are partnering with one of Chicago’s most well respected Fortune 500 companies on a high-impact opportunity to find their next Senior Tax Analyst. This company has a track record of retention and advancing high performers throughout the organization and currently investing in their accounting and finance functions.

We are targeting someone with strong Big 4 Tax roots with at least 3 years of experience (or 3 busy seasons) or Fortune 500 experience. Must have experience with ASC 740 and a working knowledge of internal controls.

If you’re looking for a company with excellent products, great culture, hybrid work environment, and one where you can grow your career I’d like to hear from you!

Director – SEC Reporting

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50594

We are working with a multi-billion dollar global public company with and impressive growth trend, both organically and through acquisitions. Hybrid environment 2-3x/week with an office in the heart of the city!

We are looking for a someone who enjoys high visibility, process improvements, developing a team and helping to build a world class controllership function.

Ideally targeting someone with Big 4 roots – either heavy Senior Manager/Director in public accounting or someone in a similar role but ready for more progression. 

Senior Associate, Financial Due Diligence

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50540

Join a leading middle-market platform that is growing their financial due diligence practice! Are you in Big 4/Tier-1 deals advisory but find yourself tired of the bureaucracy, red tape, and sub-par bonuses? Keep reading.

This firm has a phenomenal track record of being on the front-lines of deal activity — with a strong network, long-standing leaders and a best-in-class reputation in the market, it’s one of the best places to get exposure across middle market M&A. The FDD group is entrepreneurial, agile, and provides a clear path to leadership that larger firms can’t offer.

We are seeking 3-6 year FDD professionals, ideally with 3+ years in FDD experience from a top audit or consulting firm. CPA Strongly prefered.

Senior Finance Associate – Hedge Fund

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50457

Are you a Big 4 CPA with financial services clients that wants to pivot into a more analytical and data-centric role? This is for you!

A leading Chicago hedge fund is looking to hire an experienced Senior Associate for their fund finance team. The focus of this role will be analytics/reporting for their various funds while working cross-functionally across the broader organization on performance and process initiatives. This role covers sophisticated asset classes and we are looking for an A-player that can dive deep in the weeds and understand the business from day one.

With over $20bn AUM (and quickly growing) there is ample opportunity to grow and expand your career. Don’t wait for another busy season — this one will go fast.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3-6 years of experience at a leading public accounting firm with financial institution client-base.
  • CPA, or actively pursuing
  • Strong communicator with the executive polish to work closely with C-suite and delegate tasks effectively. 

Patent Litigation Associate – CHI/MN

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50283

SkyWater Search Partners is assisting a top 50 law firm client with their search for a Patent Litigation Associate to join the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group in Chicago. 

An ideal candidate will have 3-4 years of litigation experience, including patent, trademark, and copyright matters. This position includes handling all aspects of litigation, including drafting complaints, managing discovery, preparing contentions, taking depositions, and preparing dispositive motions and settlement agreements. Must be eligible for the patent bar.

Please apply or reach out to Rylie Niebuhr at rniebuhr@skywatersearch.com with questions.

Finance Manager

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50238

We are partnering with an industry-leading organization to help them identify a talented Finance Manager to join their growing team. This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on the financial success of the Company by providing critical financial decision support, performance analysis, and strategic insights. This is a hybrid role based in the Chicago area, offering a mix of in-office collaboration and remote flexibility.

The ideal candidate will bring strong financial acumen, business partnership skills, and experience working in dynamic environments – We’d love to hear from you!

External Reporting, Senior/Staff

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50137

We are working with a large public company in the city known for developing talent and promoting people from their SEC team into the business. They are looking to add a Staff and Senior to their team due to internal promotions. The last two people in this group moved into finance and operations focused roles.

You’ll report to a sharp leader who has climbed the ranks so well networked internally and a great advocate for their team. Hybrid environment and mostly remote during reporting deadlines to give people flexibility. 

If you’re looking to build a career with a profitable and stable/growing business while adding value and working with sharp people who are collaborative and help each other out we’d like to hear from you!

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