Position Snapshot
Nestle Waters & Premium Beverages
Assistant Factory Co-Pilot - (Princes Gate)
Location – Narberth, Wales
Salary up to £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.
A bit about us
As the Water and premium 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 of 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. 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’ll have an excellent eye for detail and understand how your decisions impact the wider business strategy. 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 very 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
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé Waters – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.
The closing date for this role 11th August 2025
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 Waters, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why 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 are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!
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