IT Finance Controller

Nestlé IT & Digital Americas; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 112,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé IT & Digital Americas seeks an IT Finance Controller to partner with the Purina IT portfolio, guiding investment choices and ensuring technology spend delivers business value.

Reporting to the Head of IT & Digital Americas Finance & Control, you will lead planning, forecasting, and governance, collaborating across finance, IT, and enterprise teams to strengthen financial narratives and controls.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of finance or accounting experience with business impact.
• 5+ years of project or change management experience in a finance or accounting role.
• 3+ years of experience using Power Apps, Power BI, SAP reporting or related tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, investment optimization, and scenario analysis to ensure investments align with strategic value drivers.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on IT business case development, capitalization, project accounting, funding mechanisms, and investment governance.
• Drive transparency into portfolio economics, financial risks, and investment trade-offs, identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency and optimize spend.
• Enable data-driven decisions regarding investment timing, scope, and resource deployment through robust financial analysis.
• Lead collaboration and strengthen financial acumen across partners, driving accountability and future-ready capabilities.
• Improve planning, forecasting, reporting, investment governance, cost allocation, chargebacks, capitalization, and performance routines.
• Champion analytics, automation, and digital finance tools to reduce manual work and improve decision support.
• Lead planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance reviews with clear assumptions, risks, opportunities, and actions.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cross-functional partnership

Business impact

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations, or a related field

Tools

Power Apps

Power BI

SAP reporting

Job description

As the digital arm for the world's largest food and beverage company, Nestlé IT & Digital Americas harnesses the power of data, analytics, and innovative technology to deliver transformative solutions and business resiliency for Nestlé businesses and iconic brands from Purina® to Nescafé®. We’re innovators, strategic collaborators, value multipliers, and digital business leaders committed to delivering results that create meaningful experiences and drive value, enabling Nestlé to win in the marketplace. By joining, you become part of a 150-year legacy and a global team of 270,000+. We invest in our people—their growth, development, and sense of belonging. This shared unity and purpose is what motivates individuals to join, stay, and advance their careers within Nestlé.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Position Summary

As the IT Finance Controller, you'll serve as a finance partner to Nestlé IT leadership, working across Purina, IT & Digital, Finance, and enterprise teams to guide investment choices, steward financial performance, and help ensure technology spend delivers meaningful business value. Reporting directly to the Head of IT & Digital Americas Finance & Control, this highly visible role serves as the lead finance partner for the Purina IT portfolio, influencing investment decisions, funding priorities, and portfolio performance across a complex technology landscape. You'll help leaders balance strategic priorities, financial discipline, and value creation by providing insight, challenge, and guidance that support sound decision-making. Come prepared to bring clarity to complex topics, strengthen governance, simplify financial narratives, and support financial integrity across programs, people, and process in service of IT strategic priorities.

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, investment optimization, and scenario analysis to ensure investments remain affordable, appropriately funded, and aligned with strategic value drivers.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on IT business case development, capitalization, project accounting, funding mechanisms, and investment governance, providing independent financial challenge and guidance
• Drive transparency into portfolio economics, financial risks, and investment trade-offs, identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency, eliminate duplication, optimize spend, and enhance financial outcomes
• Enable data-driven decisions regarding investment timing, scope, and resource deployment through robust financial analysis and forward-looking insights
• Lead through collaboration and influence, coaching partners and strengthening financial acumen, accountability, and future-ready capabilities
• Improve and simplify planning, forecasting, reporting, investment governance, cost allocation, chargeback, capitalization, and performance routines
• Champion analytics, automation, and digital finance tools that reduce manual work and improve decision support
• Lead planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance reviews with clear assumptions, risks, opportunities, and actions
• Maintain one trusted financial view across systems and stakeholders, including management reporting, allocations, chargebacks, contracts, accruals, and audit readiness
• Ensure Purina priorities remain aligned with enterprise investment governance, accounting, and control standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations, or a related field
• 7+ years of finance or accounting experience, including responsibilities that demonstrate sound judgment, cross-functional partnership, and business impact
• 5+ years of experience supporting projects, project management, or change management activities through a finance or accounting role
• 3+ years of experience using tools such as Power Apps, Power BI, SAP reporting, or related digital finance and analytics platforms

Other

• Advanced degree, professional certification, or additional credentials in finance, accounting, business, or digital capabilities is preferred

Don’t meet all the qualifications listed under “other”? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we ensure that individual confidentiality is held to the highest regard. We are intentional about creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We consider our associates our most valuable assets.

Salary: $111,798.00 to $160,735.00 per year

Bonus Eligibility: Yes

The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at [e-mail] or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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Job Requisition: 420651

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