Assistant Factory Controller

Nestlé; Halifax; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

25 days holiday

12 flex days

Flexible working

Study support

Job summary

Nestlé Halifax Factory is seeking a Financial Business Partner to join the finance team. You will provide comprehensive financial support to the factory and the Factory Financial Controller, delivering costed insights and robust reporting to maximise efficiency.

You will be part or fully qualified accountant with experience in manufacturing finance, and you’ll drive cost improvements while ensuring compliance with Nestlé standards and audits. This is an on‑site, permanent role in Halifax.

Qualifications

• Experience in costing and factory accounting is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to influence across functions and build cross‑business relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide CAPEX support and validate financials.
• Proactively challenge assumptions to drive cost improvements.
• Forecast and report on factory processes and monthly actuals.
• Handle month-end activities including journals and reconciliations.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives and meet costing objectives.
• Assist in business planning with factory standard cost budgets and simulations.
• Identify opportunities through benchmarking and financial insight.
• Support robust internal controls over assets and liabilities.
• Develop the factory’s understanding of financial data for better decision‑making.
• Lead the UK&I NCE journey aligned with strategy.
• Stand in for the Factory Financial Controller as required.

Skills

Financial analysis

Costing

Forecasting

Communication

Education

Accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

Position Snapshot

Nestlé UK (NUK)

Financial Business Partner

Location – Halifax (On-site)

Salary circa £35,000 to £45,000 depending on experience plus potential bonus + fantastic benefits inc pension/ 25 days holiday + additional 12 days flex days, flexible working, 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

We are currently recruiting for talented individual to join our Finance Team as Assistant Factory Financial Controller, reporting into the Factory Financial Controller onsite.

Nestlé Halifax Factory is home of the iconic confectionery brand Quality Street amongst other well-known brands such as After Eight, Rolo, Munchies and Matchmakers. These are produced through controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business to maximise efficiency & productivity.

Your Impact

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 related activities including the validation of financials.
• Pro-actively challenge assumptions to drive cost improvements across the factory by playing an active part in cost saving improvement projects through reviewing and validating proposed and actual savings.
• Provide visibility and forecasts around all of our factory processes 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 and reconciliations
• Ensure costing 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 in business planning activities through preparing and coordinating the factory standard cost budget 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

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 in a manufacturing environment 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. Prior costing or factory accounting experience would be an added advantage. 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

Advert posting date: 15/09/2026

Advert closing date: 29/09/2026

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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