Cost Accounting Manager

Strategic Cost Accounting ManagerStep 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 related field. • 10+ years of finance, accounting, or related experience, including at least 6 years within a manufacturing environment. • 5+ years of leadership experience and 5+ years of analytical and process improvement experience. • MBA, master's degree, and/or CMA certification preferred. • Experience utilizing PowerBi is highly preferred.