Project Budget Reporting Specialist

About the role

Nestlé is looking for a Project Budget Reporting Specialist to join its Technical & Production team in Karacabey, Bursa. The role ensures transparent, accurate and timely financial reporting across the project portfolio, giving visibility of budgets, actuals, commitments and forecasts to support project governance and investment decisions, while complying with Nestlé Investment Standards and local investment incentive requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Report investment project budgets monthly and quarterly on the Nestlé Investment Management System (NIMT) and SAP, coordinate reporting with the Finance team and create project work breakdown structures.
• Consolidate budgets, actuals, commitments and forecasts, run variance analysis and flag financial risks, opportunities and potential budget overruns.
• Partner with Project Managers on regular cost reviews and challenge financial assumptions.
• Review approved project incentives daily, weekly and monthly, and follow up with stakeholders so government incentive lists stay up to date.
• Coordinate incentive activities with Import/Export, Engineering, Finance teams and government offices and consultants.
• Validate monthly actuals and budget reports, and period-end and year-end closing reports against Nestlé financial policies and Investment Standards.
• Create purchasing requests for machinery, equipment and services, and follow up on goods receipts, invoices and GR/IR differences with Finance and Procurement.
• Monitor Asset Under Construction balances, ensure asset capitalization and settlement, and follow up on advance payments to contractors.
• Maintain audit-ready financial documentation and support internal and external audits.
• Prepare and publish financial KPI data regularly and share key insights with stakeholders.

Required profile

• University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in investment and incentive reporting, ideally in a factory or supply chain environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English, strong communication and coordination skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in project cost control, forecasting, commitment tracking, variance analysis and financial risk identification.
• Demonstrated ownership, stakeholder management and ability to influence without formal authority.

Required skills

• SAP, especially project cost controlling, procurement, asset accounting and GR/IR processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel; Power BI or similar data visualization tools are an advantage.

What we offer

• Flexible work schedule and international career opportunities.
• Development opportunities and training, and exclusive employee discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing and sports benefits, a paid birthday leave and 4 weeks paternity leave.