Finance Systems Reporting & Planning Expert

Job Description:

Responsibilities - your mission

The jobholder will have responsibilities on the reporting transformation processes to support Airbus worldwide users network, for 80+ legal entities of the Airbus Commercial Aircraft division.

The main tasks and responsibilities will include:

⮚ Functional support

• Support reporting transformation projects in a collaborative environment

• Advise and develop solutions with stakeholders

• Qualify queries, route to the relevant resolver group and escalate support when relevant

• Analyze and prioritize queries according to level of urgency. The jobholder must determine the kind of support needed.

• Customize, test and deliver the solution

• Identify recurring problems and propose remediation plan

• Compile support KPIs, develop reports in ServiceNow and make proposals to optimize the Support team ways of working

⮚ Business support

• Take ownership over a dedicated portfolio of Reporting, Planning and Controlling applications in order to provide expertise and know-how to respond to the end users queries on processes and applications

• Respond on a timely manner to queries e.g. during monthly financial closings

• To keep user handbooks or documentation on the different tools, reports and processes up-to-date.  It's also important to give appropriate publicity to this, by using the different google channels and the Airbus hub

• To support the correct BI financial data accessibility for the users, according to the function he/she belongs to and following the Airbus ethics & compliance principles

• To support users training sessions based on users requests

• To give advice to the users (or expert contact names) on the best way to obtain different financial data or any other specific question related to our systems

• To support the maintenance of the tools, reports and/or related Master Data following business changes (i.e.: changes in Airbus Programmes, internal reorganizations, new policies, etc)

• To support small evolutions on local or central systems platforms after the approval of the Finance transformation management, according to the priorities, expertise and capacity within the team

• To promote a continuous improvement policy and customer support orientation, based on understanding, system-wise, the way the finance users works, their difficulties and successes and sharing it with the Central team for future actions

• Report needs for evolution, communicate specifications

More generally, the jobholder is responsible for the quality of the whole support process on the finance reporting transformation projects.
On the BI solutions, providing services in reporting, planning and costing activities, the jobholder will give support to a Costing and Controlling Airbus Commercial Aircraft division population of around 800 people.  This is covering a relevant number of legal entities but sharing a common Master Data model and a high level of systems centralization.  The portfolio of reports around these 3 main areas of activity includes information on P&L, B/S, cash, inventories, capex, detailed costs by nature, detailed costs by destination, subcontracting work packages costs, internal hours, etc.

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

• Good understanding of Business Processes in the Finance area (R2R, P2P, O2C, budget monitoring and controlling…)

• Knowledge on SAP FI/CO customizing, S/4 HANA, SAP BW, Analysis for Office, SAP Analytics Cloud, IBM Planning analytics,  is a plus

• Ability to identify, clarify and resolve

• Self-motivated problem solver and quick learner

• Good analytical problem solving and fact-finding skills

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.

• Customer oriented and team spirit

• Flexibility and capacity to work effectively in a dynamic and changing environment

• Strong relationship building skills, internally within IT and with business users.

• Language Skills: Negotiation level in English, French, German and Spanish are a plus.

Benefits - what’s in it for you

• Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.  

• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work. 

• A modern office at Parque das Nacoes, well connected to public transportation.

• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.

• An intense and