Factory Controller

**Position Snapshot**

Location: MYSG

Type of contract: Permanent

**Position Summary**

As the Factory Controller, you are the custodian of stewardship and governance for the facility and the trusted co-pilot to the Factory Manager and the Factory Leadership Team. In this position, you are responsible for all financial matters (vision, organization, practices, initiatives/projects) and provide fact based decision making on both short term objectives and on long term strategic initiatives. You will provide visibility and forecasts around costs related to the factory processes through the driving of relevant analysis and reporting (monitoring of the budget and controlling the variances), to ensure compliance to financial legal requirements and NAS.

**A day in the life of...**

**Cash Flow & Continuous Improvement**
- 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.

**Reporting and Analytics**
- Manage factory reporting of actuals and forecasts for the factory; 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.

**Strategic Evaluations**
- Lead strategic financial analysis relating to major or strategic decisions related to the factory to ensure full transparency of costs and non-financial implications.

**Business Planning**
- 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.

**Capital Investments**
- Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests including post CAPEX evaluations.

**Internal Controls**
- 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. This includes establishing a solid and periodic monitoring of the internal controls effectiveness and appropriately escalating business risks.

**Development and Talent**
- Coach and develop the factory personnel with focus on finance individuals & team including career and succession planning.

**Knowledge Transfer**
- Drive clear understanding of financial key figures and costing within the factory, including organizing training sessions for non-specialists.

**Compliance**
- 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.

**What will make you successful**
- Degree in Business/Finance and/or Accountancy
- 10 years experience in Accounting / Finance function (e.g.: Costing, Accounts Payable, ideally within a factory or supply chain)
- 5 years experience as a Factory Controller or in a similar capacity
- Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience preferred
- Experience within a network organization (internal and external providers)