Our client is searching for a database developer that will be responsible for configuring, programming, tuning and supporting the company’s business applications including, but not limited to, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, stored procedures, triggers and JavaScript.

Job Description

• Hands-on development, customization and debugging
• Customize systems, using standard methodologies to improve end user productivity
• Works closely with project managers and business system consultants to implement and improve business processes
• Provide testing, quality assurance and documentation
• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the databases that support the system
• Responsible for developing and supporting interfaces between our business systems and databases
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of current existing programs, DTS packages and SQL stored procedures
• Responsible for review and tuning of SQL programs
• Responsible for ensuring effective problem and change management procedures are performed in accordance with all SOX requirements

Qualifications

Required

• Two-plus years development support in a Microsoft .NET environment
• Experience with stored procedures, database triggers, JavaScript
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Experience with system analysis, design, coding and testing

Desired

• Experience with CSS pages and html
• Customization experience with MS Dynamics CRM
• Development experience with SharePoint Designer
• Experience with Visual Studio, Visual Source Safe and Team Foundation Server
• Experience with SCRIBE

Additional Information
Our client is a multi-national corporation with manufacturing operations in the US, Canada, and Europe with over 30 well-known brands.

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

Our client is a manufacturer of specialized high technology products and is the known leader in their niche. They have worldwide sales of their products to other businesses. They are continuing to grow and the PHP web developer will be a key contributor to that growth.

Job Description
The full-time PHP web developer will be part of a collaborative team developing best of breed web applications. Along with the typical web development skills some of the other desired skills are: localization skills (because they are worldwide), social media and mobile development (both iOS and Android), and SEO.

Qualifications

• Key requirements are strong PHP development (v5.3), MySQL, HTML 4/5, CSS, and XML
• Desired skills include: ASP.NET, JavaScript, SQL Server, AJAX, JSP, Python, and more

Additional Information

• Excellent work environment and benefits
• Employee turnover is low – which is always a good sign

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

McKinley is seeking a Controller to manage all financial activities and financial policies for a multi-entity corporation.  Reporting to the ownership group, the Controller will be responsible for month end close, monthly, quarterly and annual budgeting and forecasting activities, accounting systems, risk management, banking relationships, timely and accurate tax reporting and the establishment and enforcement of accounting policies and procedures.

Principal Duties

• Ensures timely and accurate month end close and related financial reporting.  Review company financial statements for accuracy and clarity
• Responsible for performing account analysis to ascertain accuracy, completeness and propriety of balances
• Responsible for performing cost analysis and allocation between entities
• Responsible for analyzing monthly cash flows.
• Coordinate the development and installation of systems which collect and store accounting information.
• Coordinate the maintenance of historical financial information as may be necessary in the normal course of business.
• Direct the quarterly and annual reviews conducted by external accounting firm
• Perform other duties as required.
• Coordinates, directs and compiles financial forecasting and budgeting.  Reviews and investigates budgets to actual results.
• Report to Senior Management on operating performance, financial position, and revenue and expense analysis.
• Analyzes past, present, and expected operations results.  Prepares analysis to support companies key hiring and financial objectives.
• Establish financial policy and procedures and ensure company compliance.
• Ensures adequate segregation of duties and establish policies and procedures to ensure safeguard of company assets.
• Evaluates effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures.
• Ensures the company conforms to local, state and federal governmental regulations.
• Establish business risk management program.  Select and administer all insurance policies to address liability and casualty risks.

Qualifications

•  Must have five to seven years of hands-on experience in all aspects of accounting.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Proactive self starter.
• Exceptional communication skills, able to work with all levels of the organization.
• Proficient knowledge of Excel, problem solving and analytical skills required.
• Able to learn and manipulate complex industry software.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration plus CPA Certification.
• Staffing/Service industry experience preferred.
• Experience with growth-oriented, entrepreneurial companies ideal.

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Our client is a leader in the software training space. They offer a full line of training courses that are designed to meet the needs of a variety of individuals within each organization. They offer on-site solutions along with web based training.

Job Description

1. This individual will be responsible with managing and growing a current book of business along with growing the revenue with new business
2. Ability to promote the entire suite of products and services
3. This position will be required to manage a geographic territory remotely as well as in person
4. This individual will be required to managed a target list of accounts, territory plan and lead tracking via CRM package

Qualifications

1. Five-plus years of sales experience, preferably within the software space
2. Experience calling on C-Level contacts
3. Formal sales training
4. The ability to make presentations in person as well as via the web
5. Remote/home office experience a plus

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

This position will be responsible for supporting the director of financial planning and analysis in enhancing management’s ability to make strategic and accurate business decisions.

Job Description
This person will work in the following areas:

• Operational performance analysis
• Capital investment/divestiture analysis
• Forecasting and planning
• Ad-hoc project administration

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years experience, MBA preferred
• Demonstrated ability to analyze raw financial data and produce concise results for business leaders
• Ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization
• Experience in real estate of lodging preferred.

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

Job Description
The main responsibilities of this position include performing an integral role in the month-end general ledger closing process and supports the following activities: financial close requirements of certain company subsidiaries, annual and quarterly external financial audits and SEC reporting requirements, management reporting requirements, implementation of business process improvements associated with use of the company’s ERP system and ongoing internal control initiatives in compliance with SOX 404.

Qualifications

• Three-plus years of accounting experience
• Knowledge of GAAP
• Strong knowledge of Excel and ERP system software (SAP preferable)

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

Holistic HR Partnerships Emerging as Critical Trend for 2012

Here’s what to look for in a strategic HR relationship as hiring and movement of top talent is set to explode

A time-tested sign of economic recovery is widespread movement of top talent. By top talent we mean the individuals in your organization with specific, hard-to-find skills and the leaders (regardless of title) who are looked upon to cast direction and vision, connect people and departments, make important things happen, and generally create opportunity and order out of chaos.

And the signs point to significant movement of these “lynchpins” in 2012.

In the week before Christmas, we received three personal calls from former candidates or clients who are looking to move into chief HR executive roles from their second chair position in their current organizations. While the economy was less certain in recent years, top talent stayed in jobs they really didn’t want for far longer — in some cases two to three years longer — than when they ordinarily would have sought their next career step.

As we enter 2012 that’s changing. There’s a well-documented and growing “engagement” gap between organizations and employees, with employees looking increasingly at work-life balance and career growth as drivers for change. At the same time, there’s an increase in meaningful job postings and growing optimism in the economy, spurring them to look and be recruited. Employers of choice are already leveraging their holistic HR partners to protect themselves and even take advantage of the trend. Here’s how.

The Value of Holistic HR Partnerships
With a combined 45 years of experience, we’ve seen and been on each side of the many different forms and ways to get the right people in the right seats. When we sit down with a CEO who wants to hire, they often come with one or two models in mind from their experience. They don’t know what they don’t know.

Complicating the situation, HR functions are often spread throughout an organization. Compensation may report to finance, Onboarding to an internal communications function, and Learning & Development somewhere else, or by division. In all, we consider seven major areas of talent management that impact an organization’s bottom line and must be considered part of the due diligence in executive hires .The alignment of these areas is severely tested in times when there’s significant movement of talent, and a strong partner can shorten the cycle time and cost for filling key positions.

As disruptive as movement of top talent can be, hiring the wrong person for a leadership role can be devastating. Experts in our industry tabulate the financial costs of hiring the wrong executive to be anywhere from three to five times their total compensation. Direct costs such as separation pay, continued benefits, accrued vacation, unemployment taxes, recruitment costs, and orientation/training costs can be dwarfed by the hidden costs of separation processing, lower/lost productivity and morale, loss of intellectual property and the chain reaction of turnover and client issues.

A recent example: One of our clients, a $1 billion organization, endured a number of sudden changes. Among them, its COO was elevated to interim CEO, while its senior HR executive position was vacated. With so many leadership positions in flux, the interim CEO sought to fill the permanent HR position quickly to lead the other searches.

With the culture likely to change in the broader transition, we challenged the interim CEO to instead bring in an interim HR executive to lead the HR function and executive searches, while assessing the organization’s long-term needs. Because of our long-term relationship and how well we knew the organization’s entire talent management situation, she listened. It was the best thing for both the organization and the candidate, and the interim HR executive ended up hiring a permanent CEO and staying after the transition.

Minnesota’s most successful companies, both financially and those that have earned reputations as employers of choice and “Best Places to Work,” recognize that HR produces ROI. Organizations that intentionally align all seven functions of talent management are easy to recruit for and have higher retention and productivity of its employees. But more than that, having the right people in the right seats leads to new products, better processes, and a strong foundation for these companies to grow and prosper.

Characteristics of a Strategic Partner
Successful HR partnerships take time and transparency to build trust. Not every vendor can be a strategic partner with a holistic view, so it’s important to choose your partners carefully, and work differently with your strategic HR partner than, say, your plastic cup vendor.

The following are some of the values that McKinley HR embodies and we hold to be crucial in a strategic partnership:

• Strategic partners are passionate about talent management: Passionate partners are ethical and honorable in all they do, caring more about “doing things the right way” than being liked or winning any specific business. They live this out by becoming Truth Coaches to their clients — remaining constructively doubtful, willing to be candid, challenging assumptions, criticizing or correcting you gently and lovingly, and telling you when things go wrong on their end.
• Strategic partners have a help-first mentality: They choose you as much as you choose them. They’re on your side and they take the time to understand you — to the point that it seems effortless in your time of urgency. They remember everything you’ve ever said (without notes). They’re in it for the long haul and willing to withstand difficulties, knowing that clients become candidates and candidates become clients all the time.
• Strategic partners bring the wisdom of a subject matter expert: They are smart (sometimes in ways you’re not), with the experience to see things from fresh perspectives. They share stories and illuminate points of reference so the truth can be understood. They bring insight that extracts clear ideas from complex situation. And they inspire and motivate you when needed. Their expertise allows you to focus on your core competencies.
• Strategic partners take a counselor’s approach: Without substituting their own judgment for yours, they reach inside you and push a little, tug a little, and help you focus on what you really need. Counselors characteristically ask good questions, use verbal contrasts to move along discussions, and ultimately provide options to ensure you’re “doing the right things.”

That’s the McKinley HR difference and why we launched this business. We work with our partners to connect all of the elements for strategic approaches that encompass staffing, search and broader HR consulting.

Our challenge to you, with top talent on the move, is to start today to build relationships that will lead to this type of strategic partnership. It’s your vision and mission. Find someone who shares it.

Dina Simon, Managing Director
CJ DuBé, Strategic Partner

McKinley Human Resources was launched in October 2011 as the third sister-company to McKinley Group. Led by industry thought leaders CJ DuBé and Dina Simon, McKinley HR specializes in strategic consulting and providing human resource professionals in contract and direct-hire roles. We are a company built on strong relationships. We work with the leaders of Minnesota-based companies to provide our clients with the right people and our candidates with the right seat.

Our client is a 50-year-old organization that is privately held and is owned by second generation family members. Our client currently has 15 locations and 21 business units including 12 retail locations, collision and glass, leasing, rental, service and parts.

Description
Our client is looking to add an individual to their fleet leasing sales team. The responsibilities of this position include managing existing accounts, prospecting for new business, and working within the team to grow the business.

Qualifications
Experience selling fleet services (or similar products: gas cards, GPS units, etc), ability to prospect and cold call on potential business.

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.

McKinley Consulting Acquires Novon Consulting, Positioning Firm as One of the Largest and Fastest-Growing Consulting Businesses in the Twin Cities

The acquisition was fueled by a series of common denominators—strategic, cultural and economical—that will reinforce its commitment to value in services

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, JANUARY 31, 2012 - McKinley Consulting, Inc., one of the Twin Cities top management and IT consulting firms, today announced that it has acquired NOVON Consulting, a firm that provides project management and business consulting to the financial services market.

NOVON boasted revenues of $4 million, a staff of 16 consultants and an enviable roster of clients, making the company an appealing prospect to McKinley Consulting. The acquisition will further strengthen McKinley Consulting’s position in the market by providing the firm with additional resources and capital.

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Our client is a leader in both business-to-business office products solutions and retail office products. The company provides office supplies and paper, in-store print and document services, technology products and solutions, and furniture to consumers and to large, medium and small businesses.

Job Description
The senior account executive is responsible for profitable sales growth through management of assigned large strategic accounts and acquisition of new accounts within their territory which can consist of local segments of national accounts or larger regional and locally-based customers. New accounts can be acquired through an account executive’s own prospecting, or can be transitioned to the account executive from the director of business development for account implementation, servicing, and retention and growth. This position will be responsible for utilizing the integrated solutions selling approach to gain incremental penetration and sales growth within the assigned account base.

• Establish relationships with new customer key company representatives
• Grow sales in assigned market through existing accounts and new account acquisitions
• Schedule presentations with customers to communicate new and changing product options
• Develop broad and deep relationships within the customer by meeting with multiple levels of contacts

Qualifications
This position requires knowledge of sales and office products and services as well as quantitative methods acquired through formal education, or two to three years of on-the-job application. Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in business or marketing.

Experience
Minimum two years of experience in outside sales required four or more years experience in outside sales a plus office products, office furniture, office papers, computer peripherals or transferable industry experience a plus.

Computer Skills
Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook, and other proprietary software.

Additional Information

• Interpersonal skills with success in establishing and maintaining positive customer relationships
• Ability to work independently and be self-driven with continual attention to business retention and expansion
• Valid driver’s license required
• Minimal overnight travel may be required
• Presentation skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Negotiation skills
• Written and verbal communication skills with ability to interact with all levels of customer management

McKinley Group is Minnesota’s number one executive search firm, specializing in finding and securing top talent in accounting/finance, consumer packaged goods, engineering, information technology, marketing and sales. We have a combined 275 years of recruiting experience and industry knowledge. Since 2005 we have made 1,800 placements and 97 percent of our positions are Minnesota-based.