Senior Tax Accountant

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52429

We are excited to be partnering with a highly stable, family office-backed organization to hire a Senior Tax Accountant to join their in-house tax team. This is a unique opportunity to step out of traditional public accounting while still working on complex, interesting tax matters across a diverse portfolio.

This team supports a wide range of entities including real estate, investment partnerships, operating businesses, trusts, and foundations. The environment is collaborative, steady, and focused on long-term growth.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Prepare federal, state, and local tax returns across partnerships, S-corps, trusts, and individuals
  • Support tax projections, estimates, and planning initiatives
  • Assist with tax research and documentation
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business activity and tax implications
  • Contribute to process improvements and ongoing team initiatives

What they’re looking for:

  • 2+ years of tax experience
  • Strong exposure to pass-through entities (partnerships, S-corps)
  • Public accounting background preferred
  • Solid understanding of tax compliance and willingness to grow into planning and research
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines

What sets this apart:

  • In-house tax role with better work-life balance than public accounting
  • Exposure to a wide variety of entities and complex structures
  • Stable, team-oriented environment with long-term growth potential
  • Hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 remote)

If you’re looking to take your public accounting foundation into an in-house role without sacrificing interesting work, this is a great opportunity to explore and I want to talk to you!

CRabon@skywatersearch.com | 952.767.9025

Staff Accountant

  • Location: Golden Valley, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52418

I’m excited to be partnering with a hiring manager I’ve known for over 15 years (!!!) to add a Staff Accountant to his team at a privately held manufacturing company in the Twin Cities.

This is not a “plug-and-play” accounting role.

He’s actively rebuilding the function and is looking for someone who wants to roll up their sleeves, take ownership, and be part of elevating the team. I’ve worked with him both personally and professionally, and he’s someone who will invest in the right person while also pushing them to grow.

If interested in hearing more, please reach out! CRabon@skywatersearch.com | 952.767.9025

Senior Business Analyst (Manufacturing)

  • Location: Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52408

I’m partnered with a midsize manufacturing client that’s based in the Twin Cities to help them hire a seasoned Business Analyst with deep manufacturing operations experience.

This role will report to the Applications Manager and be seen as a senior resource that will help mentor a small team. In this highly visible role you will partner with operations, engineering, and IT teams to support digital manufacturing initiatives, enhance MES capabilities, and drive operational efficiency across multiple production sites. Ideal candidates bring strong experience in manufacturing environments, plant floor operations, process mapping, and working across enterprise systems (ERP, MES, SCADA, etc.).

Workday Platform Manager

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52402

A prominent Minnesota-based retail organization seeks a strategic Technology Manager to own its Workday HCM ecosystem and supporting platform. This is a platform-ownership role—not people leadership—responsible for post-split tenant stabilization, roadmap execution, process optimization, analytics, and delivering an exceptional employee experience across a dynamic, high-growth organization.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart
• Direct ownership of the full HR technology roadmap during a pivotal split and transformation
• Workday Success Plans + dedicated IT/Payroll partners for support
• Unlimited PTO, bonus eligibility, and a culture that values authenticity, community, and impact
• Hybrid role (3 days/week onsite)

Must be local to the Twin Cities, and we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

Start-Up Accounts Payable Associate

  • Location: Chicago
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52397

Unique opportunity to join an early-stage logistics start-up in Chicago to lead their billing and accounts payable processes and implement best practices. This will work directly with operational leadership to build and define how this corner of the business operates, and they are ideally looking for someone who can act as a strategic advisor as they scale and grow.

This is an incredibly unique opportunity to build something and get in at the ground floor of a growing business — There is tons of headroom to take on more responsibility as the company expands and will accelerate your career quickly if you are motivated to do so.

Ideal candidates have multiple years of logisitcs AP/AR/Billing experience.
 

Director of Strategic Analytics

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52363

What if your analytics work directly drove $100M+ business decisions?

If you are looking for a role that operates at the intersection of strategy, operations, and data where you’ll partner directly with executive leadership to help shape business decisions, this is the opportunity for you!

SkyWater is thrilled to be partnering with a rapidly scaling, data-driven services company as they look to hire a Director of Strategic Analytics. This is a fully remote position focused on building and leading a high-impact analytics function. It’s a true “build + influence” opportunity reporting directly to the President, not a reporting role. As the head of this department, you will define KPI’s, build dashboards, and drive strategy across the full business lifecycle (marketing ? operations ? case outcomes).

This organization has grown to $400M in revenue with strong profitability and is on a trajectory towards multi-billion-dollar scale, and analytics will sit at the center of that growth. 

What Sets This Apart:

  • Direct influence on company-wide strategy
  • Fully remote, high-performance culture
  • Opportunity to build analytics from the ground up
  • Significant growth trajectory and executive visibility

Sales Recruiting Associate

  • Location: Minnetonka, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52356

Due to our continued growth, SkyWater Search Partners is looking to add to our Sales Team!

As a Sales Associate Recruiter, you will play a key role in driving the continued growth of our Sales practice. This will be achieved through developing recruiting strategies, utilizing proven sourcing methods, and bringing new, creative ideas to identify and attract top talent. Because of SkyWater’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are especially interested in connecting with recruiters from diverse backgrounds who want to grow their careers with us.

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 a strong base salary and 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 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 PTO, 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.

Sales Engineer- Flow Control Products

  • Location: Des Moines, Iowa
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52354

We are seeking a driven, technically knowledgeable Outside Sales Engineer to join our Flow Control team. In this role, you will identify and develop new business opportunities, maintain and grow relationships with existing customers, and serve as a key technical resource for industrial process control solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong sales skills with technical expertise in engineered products such as valves, actuators, instrumentation, and automation systems.

Director of Operations Finance

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52352

Skywater has partnered with this long-standing client for years, successfully placing more than 20 people across the business. We are now helping them find a Director of Finance Operations to lead plant-level financial management. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on accounting and operational finance. You will drive month-end close, variance analysis, forecasting, and AOP while partnering closely with plant operations to ensure financial discipline, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.

As the company grows, this role will evolve. You will pivot from hands-on accounting to broader oversight and leadership while still staying connected to the day-to-day financial operations.

Local candidates in Minnesota will only be considered.
 

Senior Financial Analyst

  • Location: St. Paul , Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52351

Are you a data-driven problem solver who loves turning complex operational challenges into clear, actionable insights? We’re looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to drive workforce strategy and operational analytics across customer service and operational teams.

In this role, you’ll connect finance, operations, and workforce planning to help leaders answer questions like: Where are the bottlenecks? Are staffing, process, or productivity issues slowing us down? How can we optimize resources to improve service and revenue?

Only candidates located in Minnesota will be considered.

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