Operations Finance Manager

ViCentra B.V.; De Meern; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ViCentra in Utrecht, Netherlands, seeks an Operations Finance Manager to co-create the financial picture of production. You’ll own cost of goods sold, overhead allocations, inventory valuation, and forecast unit costs, partnering with Operations to drive transparency and accountability.

This build role requires bridging cost accounting with operations, delivering timely closes, and guiding investment judgements.

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance or economics with professional qualification preferred.
• 6–9 years of finance experience in cost accounting or production finance in manufacturing.
• Strong costing, BOM, routing and variance analysis knowledge in a live ERP.
• Experience working with external/contract manufacturers.
• Proven ownership of cost improvement or capacity expansion projects.
• Excellent stakeholder skills and data-driven mindset.
• Advanced Excel and modelling, with interest in AI tools.
• Fluency in English; Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own standard cost model end to end: BOM, labour, overhead rates and annual cost roll.
• Run the monthly production close and explain variances by driver; close root causes.
• Own inventory valuation and reconcile inventory subledger to GL.
• Interface with contract manufacturing partner: transfer prices and cost impact of changes.
• Translate sales plan into supply/production plan and budget forecast.
• Build gross margin bridge and unit cost trajectory for SLT/Board.
• Set up a consistent financial format for the PMO portfolio and capitalisation.
• Prepare investment appraisals for capacity expansion and new products.
• Establish regular cadence with Operations integrating financial and operational metrics.
• Simplify and automate recurring work using AI to boost output.

Skills

Cost accounting

Forecasting

ERP systems

Excel modelling

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

English fluency

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

QAD ERP

SAP ERP

Oracle ERP

NetSuite

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Join ViCentra – Empower Bold Change in MedTech

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Hybrid

Making every move matter

AtViCentra, we’re on a mission to make living with diabetes easier, by designing simple, beautiful, and effective solutions that fit people’s lives, not the other way around.We combine technological innovation with human-centered design to empower people with more freedom, confidence, and life on their terms. Our values;Be Bold, Build Trust, Focus on the Customer and Deliver Excellence drive everything we create and every decision we make.

We believe that when ambition meets purpose, remarkable things happen. If you thrive in a space where ideas accelerate, challenges spark growth, and making a difference is the goal, ViCentra is your next great adventure.

Your Impact

As Operations Finance Manager, you'll be the finance partner who sits right next to Operations, turning what happens on the production floor into numbers the whole company can trust. You'll own the full financial picture of making our Kaleido devices: the cost of goods sold, the overhead allocations behind it, the inventory on our balance sheet, and the forecast of where unit costs are heading. Building on a strong cost control foundation, this role brings cost accounting, operations FP&A and project controlling together under a single owner, by design.

This is a build role, not a maintain role. Today, costing, forecasting and project spend each live in a different team, operational metrics and financial data rarely meet, and project reporting looks fine in total but lacks the detail to steer by. Your challenge is to change that: deliver a close that is consistent in timing and quality, connect operational KPIs to the financials, give every project sponsor real transparency on spend versus progress, and be confident enough to challenge Operations with data while staying their trusted partner. With gross margin as the metric that shapes ViCentra's next chapter, you'll do it at speed, with plenty of autonomy and a direct line of sight to the Senior Leadership Team and the Board.

What you’ll take on

In your role, you will:

• Own the standard cost model end to end: bill of materials, labour and overhead absorption rates, and the annual standard cost roll, with assumptions agreed with Operations up front.

• Run the monthly production close and explain variances by driver (price, usage, yield, labour, absorption, volume), then close the root causes rather than reporting them again next month.

• Own inventory valuation, including excess and obsolescence provisions, and reconcile the inventory subledger to the general ledger without manual bridging.

• Manage the financial interface with our contract manufacturing partner: transfer prices, invoice-to-standard reconciliation, tooling, and the 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 and the manufacturing lines of the annual budget.

• Build the gross margin bridge and unit cost trajectory in a form the SLT and Board can read on one page and interrogate on the second.

• Set up a consistent financial format for the PMO portfolio, covering business case, budget, spend to date, forecast to complete and benefit realisation, and apply the right capitalisation treatment.

• Prepare and challenge investment appraisals for capacity expansion, cost-down and new product introduction projects, and follow up on whether the promised benefits actually landed.

• Establish a regular cadence with Operations that brings financial and operational metrics together into one complete, reconciled picture.

• Simplify and automate recurring work such as the cost roll, variance pack and project reporting, using AI smartly to multiply your output.

What you bring

• Degree in accounting, finance, economics or a related field; a professional qualification (CIMA, ACCA, RA, CPA or equivalent) is preferred.

• 6 to 9 years of finance experience, most of it in cost accounting or production finance within a manufacturing environment.

• Strong technical command of standard costing, BOM and routing structures, variance analysis, inventory valuation and subledger to GL reconciliation in a live ERP (QAD, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or similar).

• A clear understanding of how operations work and how that lands in the financials, including experience working with an external or contract manufacturer.

• Proven ownership of at least one cost improvement or capacity expansion programme, from business case to honest assessment of what was delivered.

• Excellent stakeholder skills: you build trust with operations teams, hold your position with evidence, push back when needed, and raise conflicts early.

• Resilience and a builder's mindset: you thrive at high speed, create structure where none exists, and see an imperfect first version as a starting point.

• Advanced Excel and modelling skills, and genuine curiosity about using AI as a professional tool.

• Fluent English; Dutch is a plus.

• Bonus points for medical device or regulated manufacturing experience (MDR, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820), IFRS capitalisation knowledge, or Power BI/Tableau skills.

Life at ViCentra

Working at ViCentra means joining a team defined by:

• Courage to create:We experiment, challenge norms, and learn fast.

• Trust above all:Integrity, honesty, and openness shape our relationships.

• Customer-first mindset:Every idea is measured by the impact on those we serve.

• A drive for excellence:We hold ourselves to the highest standard because lives depend on it.

Our days move fast, fueled by curiosity, diverse perspectives, and a love for collaboration. Here, you can shape and be shaped by groundbreaking work in MedTech.

Grow with purpose

• Harness your talent for a mission that truly matters.

• Enjoy creative freedom, supportive teamwork, and room to lead initiatives.

• Make a direct impact in people’s lives, today and into the future.

• Be surrounded by innovators who challenge and cheer you on.

Every journey starts somewhere — Make yours count here

We believe a powerful team is built on unique backgrounds and points of view. If this opportunity excites you but you’re unsure if you fit every bullet, we want to hear your story. At ViCentra, it’s your potential and passion that catch our eye.