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Cost Accounting Manager
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Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 47903, USA
Listed on 2026-06-04
Listing for:
Rea Magnet Wire Company
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-04
Job specializations:
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Finance & Banking
Financial Manager -
Management
Financial Manager
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Cost Accounting ManagerLafayette, IN, US
3 days ago Requisition
FunctionProvide accurate, credible, and actionable product, customer, and margin economics to support pricing, mix, and investment decisions. Ensure the integrity of the company’s unit costing system and serve as the finance partner to Commercial, Operations, and Supply Chain on all matters related to cost, margin, and profitability transparency.
Duties and Responsibilities- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the company’s unit costing and standard cost models
- Ensure product and customer margin accuracy and consistency across the organization
- Support pricing decisions through margin analysis, what‑if scenarios, and sensitivity analysis
- Partner with Commercial teams on quoting, contract reviews, and margin improvement opportunities
- Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to validate cost inputs, routings, and assumptions
- Lead standard cost setting, annual updates, and ongoing variance analysis
- Analyze and explain material, labor, overhead, and yield variances
- Support raw material pass‑through logic and margin protection mechanisms
- Identify margin erosion risks and proactively elevate concerns to finance leadership
- Ensure costing logic is clearly documented, understood, and trusted by stakeholders
- Support capital and process improvement projects with cost and margin impact analysis
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA preferred
- Strong manufacturing, operations, or industrial engineering background
- Demonstrated experience with standard costing and variance analysis
- Advanced Excel and analytical modeling skills; ERP experience preferred
- Ability to communicate complex cost concepts clearly to non‑finance partners
- Confident, fact‑based approach to challenging assumptions and decisions
- Accuracy and credibility of product and customer margins
- Timeliness and usefulness of costing support for pricing and investment decisions
- Adoption and trust of costing models by Commercial and Operations teams
- Proactive identification of margin risks and improvement opportunities
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