Business Area: Nestlé UK & Ireland

Location: Gatwick
Salary up to £70,000 (depending on experience)

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.  

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

We are recruiting for a focused individual to join the Sales Controlling Finance team with key focus on providing Finance Co-pilot support to the Nestlé Professional category. You will be responsible for supporting the category in completing the Monthly Business Planning cycle, in creating transparency around the Net Net Sales delivery and variances to targets, in supporting the Category and Sales teams with pricing and promotion optimisation opportunities and in using Strategic Revenue Management (SRM) levers to provide insight and strongly fact based decisions based on current business environment, category insight, and specialist financial knowledge.

Your impact

Responsibilities will include:

• Monthly planning cycle – Working with the Commercial teams to prepare and propose monthly sales value forecast, understanding deviations from it, and actively managing volume and trade spend risks and opportunities to deliver the sales forecast.
• Dynamic Forecast Process - Prepare sales forecast information for and attend the Dynamic Forecast Alignment meeting alongside the Commercial teams to ensure business forecast sign off.

• Pricing strategy - support the category with base and promotional pricing strategy, setting of promotional guidelines, pricing workshops, scenario planning, Quarterly Business Review preparation and commercial team financial training and capability.
• Quarterly Investment Reviews (QIRs) - lead action focused QIRs, working with Commercial and Finance teams to identify key decisions, opportunities and discussion topics.
• SRM - Trade Spend Return On Investment - maximize the return on investment from Trade Spend including the optimisation on promotions through the Pre and Post Evaluation process, and also on Joint Business Plans and Growth Overrider investments through the sign off processes.
• SRM - analyse and challenge channel, customer and product portfolio mix to identify optimization opportunities to enhance marginal contribution and  to eliminate value destroyers.
• Target setting – provide financial input into channel and customer role definition and target setting. Provide insight on forecast versus actual variances supporting discussion on proactive gap closure.
• Assess Business Category performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing transparency and recommendations to the Category leadership team.
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Your ingredients for success

To be successful in this role you will be a qualified Accountant, with proven experience in Finance & Control and demonstrating good commercial experience and/or insight. You will need to have high levels of drive that ensures a strong result focused mind-set, with a good eye for detail and a high level of initiative to support the business in implementing commercial investment strategies.

Your insight will enable you to quickly understand how the business decisions you manage impact business KPIs overall. You will also need to successfully communicate to and influence key senior stakeholders across all levels of the organisation to ensure strong performance is delivered. Finally, you will need the ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is often fast paced and ambiguous.

You will have: 

• Sustained strong performance in the Finance function
• Experience of successfully delivering in cross-functional networks
• Exceptional influencing and communication skills  
• Flexibility and the ability to prioritise across a range of priorities
• The ability to cope well under pressure 

• Good knowledge of the P&L and key business KPIs 
• Financially qualified either through exams (ACCA or CIMA) or breadth of experience

What you need to know

Advert posting date: 24/04/2026
Advert closing date: 08/05/2026

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.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace