Strategic Cost Accounting MGR Job Fort Wayne area,Indiana USA,Accounting

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Seeking a Strategic Cost Accounting Manager

Step into a highly visible leadership role where your expertise in manufacturing finance will shape business strategy, operational performance, and long-term profitability. This is an opportunity for a Strategic Cost Accounting Manager who wants to move beyond reporting and become a trusted advisor to executive leadership.

Salary: $130,000 - $160,000

Location:

100% Onsite. Open to candidates within a reasonable commute range of company headquarters.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

• Serve as a key strategic partner to executive leadership, influencing decisions that drive growth, operational efficiency, and profitability.

• Lead a high-performing team while building scalable processes that elevate the finance function across the organization.

• Gain broad business exposure in a complex manufacturing environment supporting more than 100,000 SKUs.

• Use data-driven insights to help shape pricing, cost optimization, product profitability, and operational strategy.

• Drive meaningful transformation through improvements in costing methodologies, analytics, and financial reporting systems.

• Enjoy a highly visible leadership position with significant interaction across operations, supply chain, engineering, and senior leadership teams.

• Expand your influence beyond accounting by helping leadership identify risks, opportunities, and strategic business initiatives.

• Join an organization that values continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

• Develop long-term career growth through the scope, visibility, and impact of the Strategic Cost Accounting Manager role.

• Make a measurable difference by transforming complex financial and operational data into strategic business recommendations.

Key Responsibilities for the Strategic Cost Accounting Manager:

• Lead and develop the cost accounting team while creating a culture focused on accountability, analysis, and continuous improvement.

• Oversee all cost accounting operations within a complex manufacturing environment.

• Establish and enhance standard costing methodologies that improve cost visibility and support business decision-making.

• Provide strategic cost analysis and profitability insights to executive leadership.

• Drive improvements in financial reporting systems, cost analytics, and operational performance measurement.

• Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities for efficiency, margin improvement, and long-term value creation.

• Translate large, complex datasets into actionable recommendations that support business strategy and organizational objectives.

• Serve as a strategic advisor by delivering insights that influence operational, financial, and investment decisions.

Expectations for the Strategic Cost Accounting Manager:

• Be the organization's subject matter expert for manufacturing cost accounting and cost management strategy.

• Deliver actionable insights that improve profitability, operational performance, and informed decision-making.

• Build strong partnerships across finance and operational teams to align financial objectives with business goals.

• Identify opportunities to modernize processes, strengthen controls, and improve reporting capabilities.

• Develop talent within the accounting team while establishing a high-performance culture focused on results and continuous improvement.

• Drive a forward-looking approach to cost management that supports both current operations and future business growth.

Qualifications for the Strategic Cost Accounting Manager:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a…