Commercial Lines Account Executive

  • Location: Los Angeles, California
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51922

SkyWater Search has partnered with a well-established insurance brokerage that is seeking a highly experienced Commercial Lines Account Executive to join their team. This role is responsible for managing client relationships, servicing multi-line commercial accounts, and supporting new business while upholding exceptional service standards.

This position is fully-remote, but does have monthly travel to the company office in California for team meetings

Senior Manager — CFO Services

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51910

Long-time SkyWater client looking to add a new leader to the business — This firm is a boutique M&A/PE Advisory firm that has experienced significant growth in the last 4 years — they are actively building out new services lines and offerings. Unmatched culture, meritocratic promotion, and entrepreneurial environment.

We are looking for a senior manager for what the firm calls their “FinOps” group. This person will be a high-level executor for office of the CFO/Controller projects for middle market PE-backed organizations. 

The ideal candidate is someone who has private equity controllership/CFO/Finance experience, skilled in value creation and portco optimization/growth.

7-15 years of experience is ideal, CPA preferred. Prior management consulting experience is a plus. 

 

Senior Accountant, Data Analytics

  • Location: Chicago
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51909

Come join a quickly expanding organization set to IPO in the next few years. We are looking for a senior accountant to join the corporate controllership team focused on operational accounting, FP&A, optimizing new data analytics tools, and overall process improvement and value creation through the accounting function.

This reports directly to someone we placed in the organization 1 year ago — they have already been promoted and are continuing to build their team. If you want to be CFO or Controller one day this is the perfect role for you.

Ideal candidates have foundations in public accounting (audit) and their CPA certification.

Controller

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51906

We’re been fully retained by a private equity-backed company with a long history, a lot of heart, and a caring leadership team to find their next Controller. The business is entering a major growth phase, targeting 5x growth, while being incredibly intentional about culture, collaboration, and bringing in people who are genuinely passionate about what they do.

They’re hiring a Controller because they want more than someone to keep the lights on. They want energy, curiosity, and pride in the work. This role is for someone who wants to build, improve, and be part of the story going forward, not just maintain what already exists.

Hard skills matter and an active CPA is a must. But the intangibles matter just as much. Leadership is looking for someone who is passionate, curious, growth-oriented, low ego, and excited by change. This is an opportunity to have a real voice, make an impact early, and help shape what the next chapter looks like.

The role is fully on-site with regular time spent partnering with a manufacturing facility. This is a hands-on, visible role within a collaborative leadership team that values showing up, doing great work, and enjoying the people you work with along the way.

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

Senior Corporate Accountant

  • Location: Hopkins
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51897

The Senior Corporate Accountant plays a critical role in maintaining accurate financial records and supporting financial leadership through reliable reporting, analysis, and process improvement. This position partners closely with finance leadership and operational teams to ensure financial integrity, support planning initiatives, and strengthen accounting operations across the organization.

This position offers hands-on exposure to core accounting and finance functions, including reporting, forecasting, cash management, and systems optimization. The role reports directly to the CFO and is designed with a clear progression to Accounting Manager.
 

Director of Growth

  • Location: Minneapolis
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51885

Director of Growth

Social-First Agency | Minneapolis (Hybrid)

We are seeking a Director of Growth for a social-first agency that’s building something genuinely different in the market. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who loves building growth from the ground up and wants real ownership over how an agency shows up, attracts clients, and scales.

This role leads all agency marketing and growth strategy in partnership with the agency’s Chief Growth Officer – from positioning and demand generation to actively identifying, prospecting, and converting net-new clients. There’s no inherited playbook here. You’ll help create it.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with the CGO to lead the agency’s growth strategy end to end

  • Lead all agency marketing, positioning, and go-to-market efforts

  • Identify, prospect, and pursue net-new clients (this role is not passive)

  • Develop repeatable growth systems, pipelines, and partnerships

  • Work closely with agency leadership to align growth goals with business strategy

  • Track performance, learn fast, and continuously iterate

Who This Is For

This role is ideal for someone with builder energy – someone who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and sees ambiguity as opportunity.

The ideal candidate:

  • Has advertising agency experience or has driven proven growth in an agency-adjacent environment (consulting, creative studio, startup, platform, etc.)

  • Is results-driven and comfortable being accountable to growth outcomes

  • Enjoys prospecting, relationship-building, and opening doors

  • Understands how modern agencies actually win business today

  • Is a collaborative team player who leads with momentum, not ego

  • Believes social media is a growth engine, not just a channel

The agency is located in Minneapolis, MN and offers a hybrid work environment. This role requires some travel. Compensation will be base plus commission, with the exact structure determined by the candidate’s experience and potential.

ERP Business System Analyst

  • Location: Naperville, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51878

Location: Western Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Type: Full-time, direct hire
Work model: Onsite 4 days per week, 1 day remote

SkyWater is partnering with a privately held, family owned manufacturing company that recently completed a major ERP implementation and is now focused on post go-live stabilization and continuous improvement. The ERP program is highly visible and led directly by the CIO and ERP Program Manager, with strong executive support and investment.

This role sits on a small internal ERP team and focuses on application support, troubleshooting, and process improvement across manufacturing, supply chain, and back-office operations.

Design Engineer

  • Location: Monticello , Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51877

SkyWater is excited to be partnering with a new manufacturing client in the Northwest metro to help them find their next Design Engineer. They’re a smaller company and pride themselves on a collaborative approach, delivering custom solutions to meet the unique needs of their clients. As a smaller organization, they offer a tight-knit and supportive work environment where employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects and continuously expand their skill sets. They’ve exceeded sales expectations for the past 5 years and are continuing to see that trend. 

Senior Engineering Project Manager

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51871

A leading global  manufacturer is expanding its high-growth data-center solutions division and seeking a Program Manager / Senior Project Manager to help shape a next-generation Project Management Office.

This organization designs and manufactures mission-critical systems, demand is accelerating — and this role sits at the center of that growth.

Why This Opportunity

  • High-growth data-center sector

  • Visible impact building a PMO from the ground up

  • Competitive compensation with bonus

  • Flexible work model near Minneapolis

Controller

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #51867

I’m excited to be exclusively working on a Controller search that will really resonate with the operational accounting crowd.

This role is for someone who thrives in the day-to-day of accounting and genuinely enjoys making things run better. Clean closes, solid processes, fewer surprises, and a team that gets stronger over time.

The company is PE-backed and has already completed a Sage Intacct implementation. The focus now is execution, consistency, and operational excellence. The accounting itself is straightforward, but the impact during this phase of transformation is immediate and meaningful.

The role is tied to the south metro, but candidates anywhere in the Twin Cities are fair game. In-office needs are heavier at the beginning and ease up once things are running smoothly, typically landing at one to two days per week, at most.

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

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