Factory Controller - Mossel Bay at Nestle

A day in the life a Factory Controller:

• Challenge assumptions in seeking cost improvements in factory. Seek for and support cost improvement opportunities, be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives, validate and review proposed savings.
• Coordinate reporting of actuals (including organizing and overseeing timeliness and accuracy of period-end close and promoting ownership of data at source); and forecasts for the factory; ensure transparency of this process; follow up and monitoring of progress to close gaps, ensuring Nestle financial policies, Accounting Standards and Costing Standards are followed.
• Participate in business planning; prepare and coordinate the factory budget with factory management; Perform revisions or simulations if needed.
• Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests.
• Ensure clear control and visibility of assets and liabilities, including the development, implementation and compliance with internal controls.
• Coach and develop the factory finance personnel as individuals and as a team, including career and succession planning.
• Promote clear understanding of financial key figures and costing within the factory, including organizing training sessions for non-specialists.
• Ensure full transparency of costs and financial impact to the organization of major or strategic decisions relating to the factory.
• Organize internal and external benchmarking of factory performance and factory product costs.
• Coordinate and be key contact for internal and external audits within the factory.

 What will make you successful?

• Accounting degree / CIMA / CA(SA),
• Prior experience in Costing / Factory Controlling / Financial management in a factory environment.
• 5 years working experience in FMCG.
• Experience within a network organization (internal and external providers)
• Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable)