Senior Manager/ Director, M&A

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51427

Senior Manager / Director, M&A 
A rapidly expanding, multi-billion-dollar public company is seeking a Senior Manager/Director of M&A to lead post-acquisition integration efforts across its growing portfolio. This newly created role offers high visibility, direct collaboration with the C-Suite, and the opportunity to shape the organization’s long-term M&A strategy. You’ll partner closely with Corporate Development and Accounting leadership to ensure seamless integration, strong financial controls, and alignment with enterprise objectives.

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


Why Join:

Play a key leadership role in the integration of newly acquired businesses across a rapidly growing organization.

Work directly with the C-Suite, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Development teams on high-impact M&A initiatives.

Join a company with strong financial performance, continuous acquisitive activity, and long-term growth opportunities.

Competitive compensation package including base salary, performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, and hybrid schedule.


The ideal candidate has…

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

Significant experience in post-acquisition integration, ideally within a large, complex corporate environment.

Strong project management capabilities and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving setting.

Executive presence with the confidence to partner directly with senior leadership.

High initiative, strong communication skills, and a track record of driving results.

Product Engineer

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51283

Skywater is hiring a Product Engineer to support a powertrain/drivetrain manufacturing division at a manufacturer in Chicago. 

The Product Engineer will be overseeing testing & validation, assembly processes, quality control measures, and manufacturing scoping functions for manufacturing processes. This role will support the launch and modification of new and existing product lines relating to powertrain and drivetrain processes

This is a vital role for this business unit, and will encompass engineering principles related to continuous improvement and lean, quality control, experimentation and testing, process optimization, applications, and manufacturing. 

Salary Range: 90,000-105,000 + bonus.

This is an on-site position. 
 

System Engineer

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50964

SkyWater Search has partnered with a growing trading technology firm that is looking to add a mid-level Systems Engineer to their team in downtown Chicago.

This role will work closely with senior engineers and leadership to build and scale the core infrastructure powering a high-performance trading platform. The environment is fast-paced, highly technical, and collaborative, with plenty of opportunities to solve complex challenges.

Compensation: $130K–$170K + bonus
Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
Sponsorship not available

Senior Accounting Manager

  • Location: Chicago
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #50953

I’m partnering with a good client of mine to fill a Senior Manager of Accounting role. It’s open due to an internal promotion, as is customary in this org as their entire accounting org is rotational in nature. We’ve done a ton of work with this CAO, having placed 10 people here in the last couple years. This role will report to someone who we placed earlier this year, and will have a primary M&A focus. This global organization has doubled in size the last decade and continues to grow organically and through acquisition. They are located downtown and offer an extremely flexible schedule.

Senior React Software Engineer

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

SkyWater Search has partnered with a leading Chicago-based technology firm seeking a senior-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: $135K–$155K + 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 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.

Lead Manufacturing Consultant- Rapid Plant Optimization

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #49963

Work with key business stakeholders and the global continuous improvement team to build processes and an operational environment focused on creating value. You will identify and deliver service improvement activity across all inputs/outputs into the operational business through employing process improvement methodologies and the application of innovative thinking.
 

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