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The role:

Reports directly to the Factory Manager and serves as a steadfast guardian of financial stewardship and governance for the facility. Acts as a trusted co-pilot to the Factory Leadership Team, ensuring sound financial vision, organization, and practices. Provides fact-based decision-making for short-term objectives and long-term strategic initiatives. Delivers cost visibility and accurate forecasts through robust analysis and reporting, monitors budgets, and controls variances. Ensures compliance with financial regulations and NAS standards. Plays an active role in driving continuous improvement and shaping factory strategy as a key member of the leadership team..

What you'll do:

• Identify and drive cost improvement opportunities, be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives, validate, review and track proposed savings. Challenge assumptions for cost improvements in factory based on internal and external benchmark information on factory performance and costs.  Actively drive NCE activities within the factory and ensure activities are in alignment with business OMP.
• Manage factory reporting of actuals and forecasts for the factory (Factory Cost Dashboard); ensure transparency, accuracy and timeliness of this process; follow up and monitoring of progress to close gaps, ensuring Nestle financial policies, Accounting Standards and Costing Standards are followed by promoting ownership of data at source. Identifying, developing, and gathering the resources necessary to complete the project.
• Strategic financial analysis relating to major or strategic decisions related to the factory to ensure full transparency of costs and non-financial implications.
• Drive business planning; manage the overall factory budget with factory management team as well as being the critical liaison between factory and Head Office in the business planning process. Perform forecasts, revisions or simulations if needed. 
• Ensure clear control and visibility of assets and liabilities, including  the development, implementation and  compliance with internal controls in all areas.  Accountable for Segregation of Duties (SODs) and assessment of compensating control effectiveness.
• Manage routine audit activities within the factory to ensure compliance on critical areas eg) NAS, Costing Standards, statuatory accounting/tax, OPEX guideline and appropriately escalate business risks. As the Champion of compliance & risk management for the site is the key contact for internal and external audits within the factory.
• Drive clear understanding of financial key figures and costing within the factory, including organizing training sessions for non-specialists.
• Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests including post CAPEX evaluations. 

We offer you:

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card,
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration
• 3-5 years of experience in financial controlling or cost accounting, ideally within manufacturing or food production environments.
• Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost control in a factory setting.
• Proficiency in ERP systems SAP, and financial reporting tools.

Bonus Points If You:

• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or CMA (Certified Management Accountant) is often preferred.
• Knowledge of food industry standards and compliance frameworks such as HACCP, ISO 22000, and food safety regulations is highly valued

About Nestle

We are Nestle, the world's largest food and beverage company, present in more than 185 countries and supported by a global team of over 275,000 people. Our Corporate Business Principles-rooted in fairness, honesty, and respect for individuals, families, communities, and the planet-guide everything we do and inspire us to make a positive difference.

Our purpose is clear: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. That's why we are committed to leading the transition toward a more sustainable future, working to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Want to learn more? Visit us at: https://www.nestle.com

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.

Step outside your comfort zone; share your ideas, way of thinking and working to make a difference to the world, every single day. You own a piece of the action - make it count.

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