Factory Controller at Nestle

This role is to support the Factory Manager as a trusted co-pilot within the Factory Leadership Team (vision, organization, practices, initiatives/projects…) on a day to day as well as on a long-term strategic view. Provide visibility around costs related to the factory processes through the driving of relevant analysis and reporting (monitoring of the budget and controlling the variances), ensure adherence to financial legal requirements and NAS.

A day in the life of a Factory Finance 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

• Formal financial qualification of appropriate level (degree or similar)
• Prior experience in Accounting / Finance function (e.g.: Costing, accounts payable, ideally within a factory or supply chain
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience
• Experience within a network organization (internal and external providers)
• Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable)

Closing Date: 13th, July 2022