VP of Accounting

  • Location: Eagan, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53104

We are partnering with a distribution company in Eagan, MN to hire a VP of Accounting to lead the accounting function through a period of significant growth, transformation, and acquisition activity.

This role will be instrumental in a upcoming ERP implementation, entity consolidation, internal controls build-out, and acquisition integration.

Hybrid schedule with Mon/Fri remote.

If interested, apply today!

Operations Manager

  • Location: Perham , Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53099

An established manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead a large-scale production operation in the Detroit Lakes/Perham area. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity overseeing approximately 200 employees through frontline supervisors and team leaders. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in manufacturing operations, Lean/Continuous Improvement, and people leadership, with the ability to improve operational performance while developing the next generation of frontline leaders. This position offers a strong long-term career path as they promote within. 

Payroll Manager

  • Location: Eden Prairie
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53095

Payroll Manager

Location: Eden Prairie, MN | 4 days onsite, remote Fridays
Compensation: $95,000–$115,000 base + bonus

SkyWater Search Partners is partnering with a well-established, growing organization in the commercial construction/services industry to hire a Payroll Manager. This is a highly visible opportunity for an experienced payroll leader to take ownership of a complex, multi-state payroll function during a significant period of transformation.

The organization supports approximately 750 employees across multiple locations and states, including both union and non-union populations. Payroll is currently being brought in-house, processes are being standardized across the organization, and the company is preparing for a transition to a new payroll platform.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys more than simply processing payroll. The Payroll Manager will have the ability to build processes, strengthen controls, influence branch-level payroll practices, and help shape the future state of the function.

What You’ll Do

  • Own end-to-end, high-volume payroll operations across multiple states, entities, pay frequencies, and employee populations
  • Manage weekly payroll for both union and non-union employees
  • Lead and develop a payroll team member while partnering with payroll administrators across multiple branch locations
  • Help lead payroll through a significant system transition, process standardization, and organizational change
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour requirements, union agreements, and company policies
  • Support prevailing wage administration, certified payroll reporting, union reporting, rate changes, and fringe requirements
  • Champion SOX compliance, internal controls, documentation, and audit readiness
  • Oversee payroll adjustments, off-cycle payrolls, final pay, PTO payouts, garnishments, child support, tax levies, and other deductions
  • Manage payroll-related benefit reconciliations, including 401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan activity
  • Review payroll calculations, reconciliations, reporting, and data integrity
  • Partner closely with HR, Finance, Benefits, IT, and operational leadership
  • Identify opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and improve the overall payroll experience

What We’re Looking For

  • 5+ years of progressive payroll experience with demonstrated leadership experience
  • Strong union payroll experience required
  • Significant experience managing complex, multi-state payroll
  • Experience working with large hourly employee populations
  • Construction, specialty contracting, field services, manufacturing, or another similarly complex environment strongly preferred
  • Certified payroll and/or prevailing wage experience highly preferred
  • Experience supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, process improvements, or organizational change
  • Strong understanding of payroll taxes, wage and hour laws, garnishments, reconciliations, and compliance requirements
  • Experience with SOX controls and internal/external audits preferred
  • UKG and/or Oracle experience is a plus
  • Advanced Excel and strong analytical/reconciliation skills
  • Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a decentralized organization
  • Strong communicator who can build relationships across corporate and branch-level teams

Why This Opportunity?

This is a chance to join an established organization at a pivotal point in its payroll evolution. Rather than inheriting a fully built function and maintaining the status quo, you’ll have the opportunity to help bring payroll in-house, modernize systems and processes, establish scalable practices, and create the future state of payroll operations.

The organization offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase opportunities, profit sharing, paid time off, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development opportunities, and an annual bonus opportunity.

Project Manager- Utilities

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53092

The Estimator / Project Manager’s primary responsibility is two-fold; (1) bid and secure projects within the Residential Development Market with an emphasis on Utility Infrastructure to the satisfaction of the Client and the standards of not only the industry, but that of our company..

Sales Representative

  • Location: Des Moines, Iowa
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53075

We’re looking for a Sales Representative to join a 50+ year old, family-owned, independent building materials distributor with a rock-solid reputation across the Midwest commercial construction market. Based out of Des Moines, this role walks into an established book of business and territory covering the Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities corridor, so you’re not starting from zero.

This is a true full sales cycle role. You’ll quote with pricing autonomy, manage special-order material and project timelines, and build long-term relationships with repeat clients you’ll talk to multiple times a week. If you’re the type who picks up the phone to uncover the next opportunity instead of waiting for it to land in your inbox, this is for you.

Compensation is base plus uncapped commission, with a target of $100K-$150K in year 1 and real upside beyond that as you grow your book ($250k+), plus a strong training and onboarding runway to get you there.

This is an in-office role in Des Moines, though a Quad Cities-based hire is highly worth consideration given the growth push into that market.

Multi-Site Plant Manager

  • Location: Alexandria, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53071

We are partnering with a metal fab client seeking a Plant Manager to lead two sites in MN. These facilities are entering a significant period of growth, so this person will need to be comfortable with the pace of scaling the sites quickly.

This leader will oversee daily operations across both locations while developing the people, processes and operating plans needed to support continued growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead manufacturing operations across both facilities
  • Build plans around capacity, staffing, scheduling and backlog
  • Drive safety, quality, delivery and productivity
  • Develop supervisors and strengthen accountability throughout the organization
  • Maintain a visible, hands-on presence with employees
  • Partner closely with engineering, quality, sales and executive leadership
  • Support major customer launches, capital investments and process improvements

Qualifications:

  • Manufacturing leadership experience in metal fabrication or a closely related environment
  • Knowledge of processes such as laser cutting, forming, welding, machining, finishing or assembly
  • Experience leading supervisors and cross-functional teams
  • Strong planning, analytical and communication skills
  • Demonstrated success leading growth, operational change or backlog recovery
  • Positive, credible and hands-on leadership style

Chief Financial Officer

  • Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53066

Location: Open to remote talent – periodic travel to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Compensation: Total compensation of $350,000 – $500,000

SkyWater is thrilled to be partnering with a growing financial institution looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer to serve as its senior financial leader and a key member of the executive leadership team. Reporting directly to the CEO, this highly visible role will lead the finance organization and serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership, ownership, and the Board.

The CFO will play an important role in supporting the organization’s next phase of growth, with responsibility for strengthening capital planning, liquidity and balance-sheet management, forecasting, performance analytics, and business-line profitability. This leader will also help modernize the finance function, leveraging technology, automation, data, and AI-assisted tools to create more forward-looking financial insights and improve decision-making.

The organization operates across traditional consumer and commercial banking while also offering a broader range of specialized and technology-enabled financial products and services. This creates a level of complexity beyond that of a traditional community bank and requires a CFO who can balance strong financial discipline with an entrepreneurial, growth-oriented mindset.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned banking finance executive with deep technical expertise, experience operating within a larger or complex financial institution, and a proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams. This individual will be proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable partnering across the organization to help the business scale responsibly.

Senior Credit Analyst

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53064

Opportunity to join a fantastic financial institution in the Twin Cites — if you are currently in the Personal, SBA, C&I or CRE lending space and desire an organization that can open a multitude of career pathways and options for you in the future, this is something you should consider. The organization will hire at multiple levels, so all candidates with 2+ years of experience are encouraged to apply.

This organization has a strong track record of promoting internally, rewarding top performers, and allowing people to pursue internal opportunities. Strict no-ego policy and picky with the personalities they hire — very protective of their culture.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in credit analysis or comparable lending experience.

This role is hybrid and located in the Twin Cities. Relocation candidates with ties to Minnesota will be considered. 
 

Human Resources Business Partner

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53055

SkyWater is partnering with a leading multi-state energy organization to hire a strategic HR Business Partner. This role partners closely with senior leadership to align business strategy with people strategy. Acting as a trusted advisor, this individual will serve as the connective tissue between the HR Centers of Excellence and their respective business groups to deliver high-impact talent solutions and facilitate cyclical talent programs. 

This is a hybrid role with the opportunity to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays and the remainder of the week onsite in Minneapolis. 

Director of Payroll

  • Location: Rogers
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53044

We are partnering with a well-established organization to identify an experienced Director of Payroll to lead a complex, high-volume payroll function.
 
This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who combines strategic payroll leadership with strong technical expertise and a hands-on operating style. The Director will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll execution, strengthening processes and controls, developing the payroll team, and driving continued improvement across the function.
 
The ideal candidate has led payroll in a large, complex organization and is comfortable operating in an environment with multiple states, multiple employee populations, and sophisticated payroll requirements.

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