Overview
Factory Controller (Dalston, CU, GB, CA5 7NH)
Business Area: Nestle UK&I
Location: Dalston Factory
Type: 12 month FTC
Salary Circa £60,000 depending on experience.
Some of our other fantastic benefits
- 17 % car allowance
- 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
Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Controller who is looking to broaden their experience
Your impact
As the Factory Controller you will act as a trusted Business Partner to the Factory Manager and to the Factory Leadership Team. You will be using your financial insight and leadership competencies to actively develop factory strategy to achieve Dalston Factory’s ambition. You will be responsible for all financial matters 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 forecast and controlling the variances), ensuring compliance to financial legal requirements and NAS. As a Factory Controller, you will be an active member of the Factory Leadership team who takes ownership and responsibility for executing OMP activities to drive cost optimisation, but also key strategic activities, which can fall outside traditional functional boundaries.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the development of Factory strategy to optimise conversion cost per ton
- Continuous improvement, identifying and driving cost improvement opportunities.
- Reporting and Analytics – managing factory reporting of forecast and actuals
- Leading strategic financial analysis relating to major or strategic decisions
- Driving business planning and managing the overall factory budget
- Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests
- Ensuring master data accuracy
- Develop and coach factory personnel on functional topics
Your ingredients for success
You will be a qualified financial expert with prior experience in a similar role. We would like you to role model key behaviours to influence, inspire and engage others showing a strong aptitude for creative problem solving and suggesting improved ways of working. A ‘can do’ attitude is essential. You’ll be joining the leadership team so the ability to work alongside and communicate effectively with senior leaders is essential.
Finally, you will need the ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is often ambiguous.
What you need to know
Advert posting date: 03/07/2026
Advert closing date: 24/07/2026
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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