Sales Controlling Excellence Manager

Nestle; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension (up to 12%)

25 days holiday

2 volunteering days

Flexible working options

Job summary

Nestlé UK & Ireland Finance is seeking a talented Sales Controlling Excellence Manager to lead our Sales Controlling team. You will drive trade spend governance, provide commercial insight, and partner with Category Controllers, Sales Co-Pilots and finance colleagues across a complex FMCG organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Sales Finance, you will oversee processes, ensure accurate trade spend reporting, lead a 10-person team, and support strategic optimisation programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance or commercial finance team.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Sales Controlling team of ~10 people.
• Partner with Category Controllers, Sales Co-Pilots and commercial teams for trade spend insights.
• Oversee key Sales Controlling processes to ensure timely, accurate outputs.
• Lead the annual EY audit process with strong controls around trade spend accounting.
• Support strategic projects and optimisation programmes to improve performance.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial governance

Strategic thinking

Strong communication

Education

Degree in Business/Finance/Accounting

Professional accountancy qualification

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

At Nestlé, we believe food has the power to enhance lives. We're looking for a talented and people-focused Sales Controlling Excellence Manager to join our UK & Ireland Finance team., This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced finance professional to lead our Sales Controlling team, driving excellence in trade spend governance, commercial insight, continuous improvement, and stakeholder partnership across Sales, Finance and Category teams. Reporting to the Head of Sales Finance, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy of trade spend reporting, developing team capability, and driving process optimisation across the business. Your Impact As Sales Controlling Excellence Manager, you'll lead and develop a team of 10, helping them build capability, deliver against KPIs and achieve their development aspirations. You'll also:

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, ensuring robust development and succession plans are in place.
• Partner with Category Controllers, Sales Co-Pilots and commercial teams to provide valuable trade spend and promotional insights.
• Oversee key Sales Controlling processes, ensuring timely, accurate and compliant outputs.
• Lead the annual EY audit process, ensuring smooth delivery and strong controls around trade spend accounting.
• Drive governance and compliance with Nestlé Accounting Standards and trade spend policies.
• Support strategic projects and optimisation programmes that improve business performance and efficiency.

Your ingredients to success

We're looking for a collaborative leader who combines financial expertise with excellent stakeholder management and coaching skills.

Desirable skills;

• Significant experience within Finance, Accounting or Commercial Finance.
• Previous people leadership and team development experience.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial controls and governance
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across functions.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build credibility across all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrated success in solving business issues and leading change initiatives.
• FMCG experience, ideally within a complex matrix organisation.
• Experience working within Sales Finance, Order-to-Cash, Accounts Receivable or related commercial finance environments.
• Degree-level education in Business, Finance or Accounting and/or a professional accountancy qualification.
• Strong SAP and Excel skills.
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• 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.