Senior Associate/Director – Alternative Investments
SkyWater is pleased to be representing our client, a Twin Cities-based boutique alternative investment firm, in identifying the firm’s next hire. This high-visibility role offers broad exposure across financial planning, accounting, cash management, ad hoc financial analysis, and strategic projects, and will involve daily, direct collaboration with the firm’s senior leadership.
– 5–10 years of experience in private equity, real estate investment, or asset management
– Experience across FP&A, accounting, and operational finance
– Deep understanding of investment management, deal structures, and waterfall modeling
– Comfortable working directly with senior leadership and safeguarding confidential information
– Strong attention to detail, high level of resourcefulness, and unquestionable integrity and discretion
We are seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead procurement and materials planning activities across multiple U.S. manufacturing sites. This role is responsible for driving purchasing strategy, improving supply chain performance, and ensuring material availability to support complex, engineered manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate combines hands-on purchasing experience with strong people leadership and process improvement capabilities.
SkyWater Search is partnering with a Twin Cities law firm with a national Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation practice to add an Associate Attorney to its team. This is a great opportunity to work with top bankruptcy professionals and litigate in federal bankruptcy court.
An ideal candidate has 1-5 years of experience in bankruptcy litigation, creditors’ rights, or comparable federal litigation practice. Must be passionate about a career in bankruptcy or creditors’ rights work. This firm is looking for an associate they can invest in long term. There is ample opportunity for advancement and growth.
If you’re interested in learning more, please apply or reach out to Kelsey Quarberg directly (kquarberg@skywatersearch.com).
Skywater is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead day-to-day plant operations across two highly automated plastic injection molding facilities. This role is responsible for driving production performance, engaging and developing teams, and ensuring safe, efficient, and data-driven manufacturing operations.
The Operations Manager is a visible, hands-on leader who will focus on plant execution and people leadership on the floor, build trust internally and externally, and partner cross-functionally to support quality, delivery, and continuous improvement.
SkyWater has partnered with a well-known company in the financial services industry. With international presence, and an established parent company, this Twin Cities-based subsidiary is looking to add a Lead Software Engineer to their Agile team of 7.
This company is targeting an individual that is highly technical, and highly curious as the launch an effort to move away from a monolithic, legacy platform in favor of a modern Microservices environment using the likes of Azure Devops, React, and other modern tools.
To be a fit for this position, we are targeting a Senior or Lead-level engineer with C#.NET skills and exposure to SQL databases as they will be writing APIs to help move the ship towards modernization.
If you are local to the Twin Cities, coming from a Microsoft background, interested in modern tools, and want to continue to challenge yourself in a new environment – please apply today.
Cannot offer sponsorship, and must be willing to work onsite in the NW Metro 3x/week (2 days remote).
SkyWater Search Partners is partnering with a 50+ year-old, family-owned construction supply leader with 12 branches across WI and MN. Due to explosive growth, they seek a high-energy Outside Sales Representative to own a territory covering the Milwaukee, WI area, driving new customer acquisition and revenue expansion. This field-based hunter role offers uncapped career growth. The company provides a robust training program to help build your book of business, master consultative selling, and advance in a promote-from-within culture where top performers earn lifetime tenure and leadership opportunities. This is a pivotal role suited for someone excited to grow their sales career, develop territories, and engage clients. The role will be compensated with base salary + double-digit commission rates (doubled for first 2 years).
* Compensation range $50,000 – $100,000 * *Must live within 60 miles of Franklin, WI *
SkyWater SkyWater is excited to officially launch a Global Controller search with a privately held industrial technology manufacturer headquartered in Bloomington, MN. This is a newly created, high-impact role reporting directly to the CFO, designed to unify and elevate accounting operations across a growing global footprint that includes the U.S., U.K., France, India, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Following a successful divestiture from a Fortune 100 parent, the company is entering an ambitious growth phase fueled by acquisitions and expanding international operations across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The Global Controller will lead controllers and accounting teams across multiple countries, establish standardized global accounting practices, streamline close and reporting processes, and play a key role in integrating newly acquired entities (including Houston and Saudi Arabia).
Success in year one will include faster closes, consistent global policies, seamless acquisition integration, and stronger alignment across international teams. This is a rare opportunity to build global infrastructure from the ground up within a privately held organization known for strong leadership, an empowering culture, and long-term growth vision.
This is a high-visibility role with meaningful CFO exposure. If you’re a CPA with global manufacturing leadership experience and Big 4 roots, this is your opportunity to drive real impact on a global scale.
We are working with a local private $12B+ firm to help build out their Intermediary Distribution team.
This person will play a critical role as a liaison between the firm and its relationships with financial advisors, banks, consultants and external professionals working alongside the VP of Investor Relations. This role will have a heavy focus on financial data and analytics to enhance service.
Products include Mutual Funds, ETFs, Private Funds and Separately Managed Accounts.
We are looking for someone who can help create client service plans, provide support and marketing materials, answer questions and plan seminars.
Investment knowledge and strong salesforce experience desired.
FINRA Series 7 & 63 or ability to obtain strongly desired.
SkyWater Search has partnered with a growing Minneapolis law firm to find a Real Estate Attorney. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of real estate experience (preferably HOA) as well as the ability to market the firm and take over client relationships. The firm is succession planning and hopes this person will be able to take over a significant book of business someday.
If you’d like to learn more, please apply or reach out to Lauren Swartout directly at lswartout@skywatersearch.com
We are partnering with a leading industrial manufacturer to recruit an IT Manager. This leader will own the stability, security, and scalability of enterprise technology supporting multi-site manufacturing and office operations.
This position blends strategic oversight with hands-on execution. You will lead enterprise infrastructure (networks, cloud connectivity, secure access), oversee cybersecurity programs aligned to NIST, and act as a trusted partner to plant operations and business leaders. Your job is to protect the business while enabling innovation.
If you’re interested in working onsite in the St. Cloud area leading a small team and overseeing vendor relationships, please apply today.
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