ViCentra is dedicated to making life with diabetes easier by creating simple, beautiful, and effective solutions that fit people's lives. They blend technological innovation with human-centered design to empower individuals with greater freedom and confidence. Their core values guide their mission, emphasizing boldness, building trust, and delivering excellence.
As an operations finance manager, you will be the financial partner who works closely with Operations, translating what occurs on the production floor into reliable figures for the entire company. You will be responsible for the complete financial overview of manufacturing our Kaleido devices, including cost of goods sold, overhead allocations, inventory valuation, and cost forecasting. This role combines cost accounting, operations FP&A, and project controlling, requiring you to provide consistent financial insights and link operational KPIs to financial data.
Own inventory valuation, including excess and obsolescence provisions, and reconcile the inventory subledger to the general ledger
Build the gross margin bridge and unit cost trajectory for the SLT and Board
Own the standard cost model end to end: bill of materials, labour and overhead absorption rates, and the annual standard cost roll
Run the monthly production close and explain variances by driver (price, usage, yield, labour, absorption, volume)
Manage the financial interface with our contract manufacturing partner: transfer prices, invoice-to-standard reconciliation, tooling, and cost impact of engineering changes
Translate the commercial sales plan into a supply and production plan, and from there into a driver-based production cost forecast
Set up a consistent financial format for the PMO portfolio, covering business case, budget, spend to date, forecast to complete and benefit realisation
Prepare and challenge investment appraisals for capacity expansion, cost-down and new product introduction projects
6 to 9 years of finance experience, most of it in cost accounting or production finance within a manufacturing environment
Proven ownership of at least one cost improvement or capacity expansion programme
Experience working with an external or contract manufacturer
Strong technical command of standard costing, BOM and routing structures, variance analysis, inventory valuation and subledger to GL reconciliation
Creative freedom
Room to lead initiatives
Direct impact in people's lives
Supportive teamwork
Skills required for the job Inventory management Stakeholder management Operational metrics Problem-solving Cost accounting Financial analysis Project controlling Advanced Excel skills Data analysis Cost forecasting Communication skills AI utilization
Operations Finance Manager in Utrecht werkgever: ROM Utrecht Region
ROM Utrecht Region is een uitstekende werkgever die zich richt op de groei en ontwikkeling van zowel innovatieve ondernemers als haar medewerkers. Met een positieve werkcultuur, flexibele werkmogelijkheden en een focus op persoonlijke groei, biedt het bedrijf aantrekkelijke arbeidsvoorwaarden zoals 27 vakantiedagen en een ruim opleidingsbudget. Werken in de dynamische regio Utrecht betekent bovendien dat je bijdraagt aan een toekomstbestendige economie terwijl je zelf ook in balans blijft.
