Assistant Factory Controller

Business Unit: Nestlé Waters

Location:  Buxton

Level: 3

If you would like to understand more about the role, please reach out to Moyo Olaniran, the hiring manager.

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Business Area:  Finance
Location:  Buxton

Salary up to/from £40,000 - £45,000 depending on experience. 

 Some of our other fantastic benefits 

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus

• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle

• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement

• 2 paid volunteering days

• A focus on personal development and growth (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.  

We are currently recruiting for a 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

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is a standalone, globally managed business within the Nestlé Group.  

The company serves consumers in more than 100 markets with a portfolio of more than 35 brands, including S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Sanpellegrino Italian Sparkling Drinks, Maison Perrier, Buxton, Essentia, Levissima, La Vie and Nestlé Pure Life.  Building on its heritage and expertise in waters, Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is focused on growth in premium and better‑for‑you beverages, creating value for consumers, customers and stakeholders.  

Water stewardship is central to the business. Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is proud to be the only beverage company with all its bottling sites certified to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard. Working with local communities, experts and partners around the world, the company helps protect and restore water resources while supporting long-term environmental resilience. 

Your Impact

You will be responsible for providing 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 Accounting Standards. 

Other key responsibilities: - 

• Provide support on all CAPEX & Fixed Asset related activities including the validation of financials, management of AUC balance and monthly Fixed Assets 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 raising journals, reconciliations, monthly reporting and monthly variance analysis.
• 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 (Nestle Centre of Excellence) 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. 

Your Ingredients to success

To be successful for this role you will be a part or fully qualified Accountant with, ideally a breadth of finance experience. It would be adventurous if you have had finance experience supporting manufacturing, 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.  

Essential:

• Strong management accounting skills, including month-end close, accruals, prepayments etc.
• Experience in standard costing, analysing material, labour, overhead, usage and efficiency variances
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Experience supporting Capex projects, including preparing financial evaluations, reviewing project benefits and ensuring appropriate accounting
• Experience using ERP systems, ideally SAP
• Proficient in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, SUMIFs and analysis of large datasets
• Strong attention to details, financial control awareness and ability to meet tight reporting deadlines
• Strong business partnering skills, with confidence to constructively challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders including factory and operational teams

You’ll also have great communication skills that enable you to influence across all levels whilst being able to develop positive cross business relationships. The ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is often ambiguous is crucial and you’ll be results focused and curious in everything you do. 

This really is a fantastic opportunity if you are looking for a role to continue developing your finance career in a factory that is truly leading the way. 

What you need to know 

Advert posting date: 20/08/2026
Advert closing date: 03/09/2026 

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application. 

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