SkyWater Search Partners is partnering with a fast-growing, privately held Midwest food manufacturer on a confidential Senior Finance Manager search.
This isn’t just another finance leadership role. It’s an opportunity to join a company that has built an incredibly loyal customer following, is expanding across major retail channels, and is investing heavily in its systems, processes, and financial infrastructure to support its next phase of growth.
The Senior Finance Manager will serve as a key business partner across accounting, FP&A, and operations, leading month-end close, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, KPI development, pricing analysis, and operational decision support. This role will have the opportunity to influence how the business scales over the coming years.
We’re looking for someone with 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within manufacturing. Food manufacturing or CPG experience is highly preferred, along with a hands-on leadership style and a passion for partnering with operations to drive better business decisions.
SkyWater is partnering with a thriving plastics manufacturing company backed by a private investment firm renowned for significantly boosting companies’ revenue and long-term stable ownership. They are seeking a Business Development Manager that offers remote work, local travel, a competitive compensation package, and ample room for professional advancement.
As the Business Development Manager, you will drive business growth, lead outreach efforts, and expand the existing territory and customers while collaborating with the internal team and peers. Reporting directly to the President, this position calls for a candidate with a background in industrial manufacturing, plastics, or contract manufacturing.
If you are seeking a dynamic role in sales with room for growth, this could be the great fit for you!
Our client is a growing industrial services company serving customers throughout North America. Following a recent acquisition and significant investment in growth initiatives, the organization is expanding its sales team to capitalize on strong market demand across multiple industrial sectors.
This is an opportunity to join a stable, profitable business that serves large industrial and manufacturing customers while providing employees with the resources, support, and autonomy needed to succeed.
The Industrial Sales Representative will be responsible for developing new business opportunities while expanding existing customer relationships within an assigned territory. This consultative sales role focuses on helping industrial customers improve asset longevity, facility performance, compliance, and operational efficiency through specialized service solutions.
The successful candidate will inherit existing customer relationships and active opportunities while being expected to generate new business and expand strategic accounts.
If you’re looking for an opportunity to sell value-added solutions, build long-term customer relationships, and join a company positioned for substantial growth, we encourage you to apply.
SkyWater Search Partners in Minnetonka is hiring a Technical Recruiter within our well-established and growing Information Technology practice. This is a great opportunity for someone highly motivated, curious and passionate about learning more about the technology field and high-demand roles within that space.
SkyWater Search Partners is consistently ranked the #1 Executive Search firm in Minnesota by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and Forbes. We place more professionals in full-time positions than any other Minnesota-based search firm and continue to differentiate ourselves through performance, culture, and opportunity.
We have also earned multiple Best Place to Work awards, as voted by our employees, and pride ourselves on offering an engaging, high-performance culture. Our office environment includes top-tier amenities, and every individual runs a full desk with a focus on results—not activity metrics. We believe in building meaningful relationships and being true talent partners to our clients.
What Sets Us Apart
Unlimited Earning Potential: We offer one of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission—giving you the opportunity to earn as much as you’re driven to achieve.
Technology & Marketing Tools: Every recruiter is equipped with a AI tools, LinkedIn Recruiter license and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS. Our in-house marketing team supports personal branding and provides professional-grade pitch materials to elevate your outreach.
Training & Mentorship: We invest heavily in your success through hands-on training with your manager and team, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
Referred Revenue Opportunities: Collaboration is core to our success. You’ll be eligible to earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited vacation, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
Culture: Our culture is authentic, collaborative, and fun. From quarterly meetings and happy hours to holiday parties, summer boat cruises, and family events, we prioritize connection. We also give back through community initiatives such as Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.
We are partnering with a mission-driven, nationally chartered financial institution who is seeking a Vice President, Fintech Lending Partnerships to drive growth across a high-impact portfolio of lending programs.
This is a unique opportunity to join a values-led organization well known in the fintech space that partners with innovative fintechs to deliver responsible, scalable lending solutions nationwide.
The Opportunity:
This individual contributor will be responsible for originating, structuring, and expanding fintech lending partnerships. The role sits at the intersection of business development, strategy, and execution—owning deals from ideation through launch and optimization.
Why This Role
Direct impact on national fintech lending programs
Highly visible role with ownership of revenue-driving partnerships
Collaborative, mission-oriented culture focused on financial inclusion and innovation
Remote flexibility (U.S.-based; certain location restrictions apply)
If you’re a builder who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys turning partnerships into scalable growth engines, we’d welcome a confidential conversation.
If you’re interested in hearing more, please contact Jamende@skywatersearch.com or eishol@skywatersearch.com
Accounting Manager Salary up to $120,000 + bonus Hybrid – onsite 2-3 days a week
We are partnering with a PE-backed waste and recycling company in North Mankato, MN to hire an Accounting Manager to lead the accounting function across a growing, multi-location platform.
This role is a great fit for an experienced accounting professional who wants to lead a team, stay close to the work, and have real influence over how finance runs across a complex, operationally driven business.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in the grey and is excited about building and improving processes in a dynamic environment. There is a clear growth path to Controller as the platform continues to grow and acquire.
Our client, a well-established and growing manufacturing organization in Central Minnesota, is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its corporate finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career accounting professional looking to gain broad exposure across financial reporting, manufacturing accounting, process improvement, and cross-functional business support within a collaborative environment.
Reporting directly to accounting leadership, this individual will play a key role in month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, financial reporting, audit support, budgeting activities, and finance transformation initiatives.
The organization is continuing to invest heavily in its accounting infrastructure and is specifically looking for someone who embraces technology and enjoys finding smarter, more efficient ways to work — including leveraging automation and AI tools to improve accounting processes and reporting visibility.
We are thrilled to be partnering with a long-time client of ours on a key addition to their Executive Leadership Team! This is a unique Cost Accounting leadership opportunity with a well-established manufacturing business here in the Twin Cities.
This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill cost accounting role. The position sits on the executive leadership team and offers significant visibility across the organization, with heavy crossover into operations and the opportunity to serve as a true business partner to manufacturing and operational leadership.
They are looking for someone who can not only own costing, inventory, and manufacturing accounting, but also help drive operational efficiencies, improve processes, and support stronger decision-making across the plant environment.
If you’re someone who enjoys having a seat at the table, partnering cross-functionally, and making a tangible impact on how a business operates rather than simply maintaining the status quo, this could be a really exciting opportunity.
SkyWater is partnering with a growing medical device company seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Marketing Manager with expertise in downstream marketing and in marketing to strategic accounts.
A leading Midwest-based agribusiness is seeking an IT Manager to lead infrastructure operations, cybersecurity, cloud modernization, and enterprise technology services during a large-scale digital transformation initiative.
This is a high-impact leadership role overseeing IT operations across a geographically distributed environment supporting manufacturing, logistics, operational technology (OT), and enterprise business systems. The organization is investing heavily in Oracle Fusion, multicloud infrastructure, cybersecurity maturity, data governance, and operational modernization.
This opportunity is ideal for a hands-on technology leader who thrives in complex environments and enjoys building scalable, resilient systems while mentoring teams and influencing enterprise strategy.
What sets this apart:
Executive visibility and direct partnership with senior IT leadership
