Assistant Factory Controller

2 weeks ago

Buxton, United Kingdom Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA Full time

**Position Snapshot**
Assistant Factory Controller
Business Unit: Nestlé Waters
Location: Buxton

**Salary**: Circa £38,000 (depending on experience) plus potential bonus and excellent Benefits inc pension/ 25 days holiday + additional 12 days flex days and study support.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to us during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

**Position Summary**
We are currently recruiting for talented individual to join our Finance Team as **Assistant Factory Financial Controller**, reporting into the Factory Financial Controller onsite in Buxton.

**A bit about us**
As the Water and healthy beverages division of Nestlé and a leading bottler of premium mineral and local waters, our purpose is to unlock the regenerative power of water to enhance the quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. We want to help shape a better and healthier world, a sustainable world, for people, families, for our communities and for the planet.

At Nestlé Waters, we believe water is the natural choice for healthy hydration: good for our bodies and good for the planet. So, we make it easy for consumers to enjoy natural source waters and our range of water products enhanced with other natural ingredients. In everything we do, we work hard to protect the purity nature brings; from taking care of the environment that our waters are sourced from, to accelerating our pathway to net zero carbon and managing our business sustainably into the future.

We operate in 26 production countries with 49 production facilities and more than 21,000 employees globally. We are present in most distribution channels and offer a large portfolio of 39 unique brands. In the UK these include our local brands, BUXTON Natural Mineral Water and Nestlé Pure Life and Princes Gate as well as our international water brands Perrier, S.Pellegrino SanPellegrino beverages and Acqua Panna.

**A day in the life of an Assistant Factory Controller**
You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive financial support service both to and on behalf of the factory and the Factory Financial Controller. You’ll play a key part in providing visibility of all costing related situations associated to our factory processes through controlling variances and delivering value adding insights. You’ll do this pro-actively and in line with financial legal requirements and our Nestlé audit standards.

Other key responsibilities:

- Provide support on all CAPEX & Fixed Asset related activities including the validation of financials, management of AUC balance and Fixed Asset Register accuracy
- Pro-actively challenge assumptions to drive cost improvements across the factory by playing an active part in cost saving improvement projects through identification, review and validation of proposed and actual savings.
- Provide visibility and forecasts around all our factory costs through analysis and reporting both on monthly actuals and for the dynamic forecasting process.
- Playing an active part in the month end process including journals, reconciliations, and monthly reporting
- Ensure cost objectives for the factory are achieved by continuously identifying and promoting cost reduction initiatives to the Factory Controller and overall management team, providing support where needed.
- Participate and lead business planning activities through preparing and coordinating the factory ACE (Annual Cost Estimate) in conjunction with the Factory Controller. You’ll do this by developing forecasts including revisions and simulations.
- Play a key part in identifying and driving cost improvement opportunities through financial insight and internal and external benchmarking.
- Support the Factory Controller on best practice implementation in order to demonstrate robust internal controls around all assets and liabilities within the factory.
- Develop the factory’s overall understanding of financial data; including its importance whilst providing an environment for people you support to develop their financial capabilities.
- Drive, support and accelerate the factory’s NCE journey aligned to the UK&I overall NCE strategy.
- Be a custodian, ensuring compliance across all things financial for the factory.
- Deputising for the Factory Financial Controller as and when required.

**What will make you successful?**
To be successful for this role you will be a part or fully qualified Accountant with, ideally a breadth of finance experience already under your belt. It would be adventurous if you have had finance experience supporting supply chain or operations. You’ll have a strong aptitude for creatively finding solutions to problems and suggesting new ways of working to enable the factory to compete at a higher level. You will need to proficient in excel and comfortable analysing data, identifying cost variances and then

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