**Position Summary** The Plant Finance Manager has oversight of our Gurnee Plant accounting. This opportunity leads the accounting and activity at the plant, with a heavy focus on inventory costing as well as understanding product and customer profitability. The position will be based in Gurnee, Illinois. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** + Oversee the Gurnee accounting operations. + Ensure timely completion of month-end financial close, including review and issuance of monthly financial statements and analysis. + Lead department preparation and analysis of financial data and reports including reporting on variances from the budget and report significant issues to management + Present business results to senior management with a comprehensive understanding of the business drivers and opportunities. Work closely with plant operators and managers to fact gather material information relative to the business strategy + Hold financial review meetings when required. Provide results overview and drive accountability and ownership of revenue, costs, and initiatives + Develop key performance metrics, financial modeling, pro-forma(s) and benchmarking based on industry standards. + Analyze actual manufacturing costs and periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs. + Manage daily transaction processing and directly prepares month-end close journal entries, financial statements, and reporting packages to Corporate. + Prepare and direct preparation of reports, which summarize and forecast business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings, based on past, present, and expected operations. + Direct preparation of budgets, monthly forecasts, and material for monthly business reviews. + Work with operations to provide timely and accurate processes for inventory control and management across the business. + Maintains and enforces a documented system of accounting principles and procedures. **Education & Experience:** + Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field. MBA and/or CPA are preferred. + Minimum 7 years of accounting experience needed with substantial experience in manufacturing along with product costing experience working with inventory across varying cost structures. **Knowledge, Skills, & Talents** + An appreciation for detail-oriented management processes. + A desire to learn the company’s business and industry, coupled with a desire for continued professional growth and potential upward mobility. + Ability to work on multiple projects and simultaneously supervise staff + Ability to balance changing and potentially conflicting priorities & working with uncertainty + Strong communication skills for making presentations, developing and maintainingrelationships with ability to communicate complex issues in a crisp, clear and concise way is ideal. + Strong experience with cost accounting - planning, studying and collecting data to determine costs of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory and labor This individual must be self-motivated, results orientated and have the ability to organize/manage multiple tasks. + Ability to identify problems, formulate solutions, influence others, and drive results are important skills for this role. + Computer literacy with proficient use of Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) **Pay and Benefits** The estimated base pay range for this position is: $112,000 - $168,000 annually. Actual pay will be determined based on education, certifications, experience, qualifications, skills and geographic location. This position is eligible to participate in a short-term incentive program. Vantage offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees, including: + Medical, HSA, dental, vision + FSA (limited purpose, dependent care, and commuter/parking) + Life and AD&D insurance + Accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance + Short- and long-term disability + EAP, identity theft protection + Paid time off, Parental Leave + 401(k) with company match **Equal Employment Opportunity** Vantage is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected category. **About Vantage** Vantage provides natural solutions to our customers’ technical performance and marketing needs through a unique combination of chemistry, application expertise and service. Underpinned by our broad portfolio of formulations, ingredients and actives that are built on a backbone of sustainable oils, fats and their derivatives, Vantage targets selected markets and applications including personal care, food, surface treatment, agriculture, pharma, and consumer and industrial performance. Vantage is headquartered in Deerfield, IL., operates in 11 countries worldwide and employs more than 1,000 talented professionals focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences with every interaction. We are a dynamic people-centered organization where you’ll be part of a collaborative global team. Embracing our cultural diversity, we learn from each other to constantly improve, adapt and iterate. We value the voices and talents of our colleagues, empowering them to drive their unique ideas to completion. We’re convinced that exceptionally motivated employees produce outstanding results and we celebrate them by fostering a culture of recognition, development, learning, excellence and shared achievement. Most importantly, we know you’re going to like it here. For more information visit: vantagegrp.com or LinkedIn/vantage. Vantage is a leading supplier of naturally derived specialty ingredients and formulations that cater to the evolving needs of industrial and consumer markets. Through our chemistries, our customer focus and our global footprint, we are Enabling Tomorrow's Solutions Today. As a company on the move, you’ll be working as part of a collaborative team and getting to know the cultural diversity of our world. We learn from each other to constantly improve, adapt and iterate. We value the voice and talent of our colleagues by empowering them to drive their unique ideas to completion. We’re convinced that exceptionally motivated employees produce outstanding results. Most importantly, we know you’re going to like it here.