Plant Controller
Full-time / Permanent
Salaried

*We are not accepting candidates from third party agencies.

About Us:
Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovation, specializing in the development and manufacturing of vital components for medical markets such as Robotic Assisted Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Instruments, Dental, and more. Our teams work in unison, collaborating and problem-solving to serve the manufacturing needs of the top Medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe. Making a difference in the lives of patients and their families drives us to go above and beyond every day. With a steadfast commitment to advancing medical technology, we take immense pride in the work we do – and have a lot of fun doing it.

About this Opportunity:

The Vantedge Medical Wheeling location is currently seeking exceptional Plant Controller candidates. The Plant Controller will have broad leadership responsibilities including optimizing how the facility uses its systems, owning cost accounting & profitability analytics, maintaining the control environment, working capital optimization, and tracking and generating ideas to improve the business performance overall. This reports to the Vice President, Corporate Controller, and is based in our Wheeling, IL facility (with partial remote work allowed over time). The successful candidate will be an experienced, confident, self-starter excited to take on the challenges of a growing organization. 

Our culture centers around driving results with speed, passion, and a problem-solving mentality. Employees who thrive here are self-starters with an ownership mentality who like to be part of team dedicated to delighting our customers (internal & external). Our promise is to support you, give you meaningful challenges, and make your time with us worthwhile!

Responsibilities:

• Perform monthly closing of financials for the facility in accordance with GAAP, with full income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow responsibility for plant location in accordance with the central finance/accounting team/policies such us accruals, journal entry preparation, variance analysis.
• Assures policies are being followed in accordance with SOX, GAAP and Corporate Policy

• Inventory accuracy, control, and analytics including obsolescence and DIO to drive improvement
• Drive cost accounting reviews, monitor, and analyze production standards and variances.

• Accurately forecasting the sales & profitability of the location, product line, and value streams
• Experience driving accountability and countermeasures when goals are not being achieved
• Experience proactively suggesting and implementing KPI’s, controls, and reporting to assist a business with identifying and consequently improving problem areas

• Provides operational support with capital equipment authorization, asset management and inventory control (cycle count process). Prepares monthly plant forecast.
• Proactively identify and drive various special projects to improve margins, processes, and competitive positions in the marketplace. These may include projects focused on efficiency and effectiveness in “other functions”
• Own the costing processes, actionable variance analysis.

• Coordinating and owning the site audits, both internal and 3rd party
• Action oriented, and enjoys walking the operations floor and being hands-on
• Fixed Assets, safeguarding & tracking.
• Ad hoc reporting as requested from internal stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• CPA preferred.
• 12 years’ experience in Finance and Accounting for manufacturing companies, with a minimum of 4 years hands on cost accounting experience.
• Strong detail and process aptitude, analytical with problem-solving skills
• Intuitive understanding of ERP processes, usage, & impacts (must have strong systems aptitude)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office & familiarity with tier 3 ERP systems (Ie. Visual, Job Boss, etc…)
• Ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Passion to solve the root causes, simplify, and improve visibility/decision making.