Financial Controller for Wing Engineering

Job Description:

We are now looking for a Financial Controller for Wing Engineering at Airbus GBS.

Responsibilities - your mission

Wing Engineering Controlling

• Financial focal point for Wing Airframe subcontracting process and reporting, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance and support to EOY processes,

• In support of the Wing Airframe team, prepare the Wing Airframe monthly finance report on cost base in preparation of operational commentary from the Wing Airframe controlling team. 

• Support Wing Airframe controlling team with data preparation of End of year projections.

• Support Wing Airframe controlling team with the budget split of Non European engineering centres to ensure target accuracy in financial tools.

• Preparation and distribution of Wing Airframe missing hours/ hours reporting.

• Owner of CPN matrix master data for Engineering Controlling.

• Input of cost by nature into Financial tool set.

• Assist (back up) for changes to resource data set (Direct/Indirect).

• Focal point for financial transactions and rebookings (Fiori/CATS/ ASA rebooking)

• Perform ICPT and associated invoicing for Wing Airframe controlling activities.

• Focal point for UK Physical Asset Verification ensuring compliance with accounting.

• Support UK controlling activities (reporting).

• Ad hoc requirements to support the Wing Airframe controlling team.

Central Engineering controlling:

Support to the Central Controlling team in charge of the Engineering P&L (Business Functions):

• Focal-point for Central Engineering Controlling ensuring accurate on-time & on-quality function performance reporting in the frame of LEAD’s ambition to maintain structural cost flat

• Produce monthly reporting for One structural cost (focusing on Business Continuity & One Transformation), analyze deviations vs planning on function perimeter only (One) at center level (2 digits)

• Focus on the function performance (of Engineering), identify overspend/underspend trends and explain rationale behind (shift of deliverables, sub-par/over performance)  

• Ad hoc analysis on specific topics if needed (PO cleaning, Late GRs, CPNs closing...)

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

• A capacity to understand the needs/ expectations of a domain while ensuring the overall centre level remains in line with operational targets.

• To develop strong links of trust with the Airframe community, Engineering Controlling  Central Team and production plant Programs.

• To anticipate difficulties of coming challenges, Forecast submissions & feedbacks via Actuals and operational indicators reviews

• Good analytical skills to give meaning to complex facts and figures

• Digital skills and advanced user of google/excel spreadsheets, familiarity with SQL databases or similar would be advantageous, in order to write and develop financial reports for Wing Airframe controlling.

• Being able to present synthetic outputs and key messages to your business, to the Head of Wing Airframe controller, to Airframe controlling Central Team and to your colleagues.

• Autonomy, enthusiasm and continuous improvement spirit

• Experience in financial planning mandatory

• Business partnering mind-set (i.e. developing a trustful relationship, building empathy and focusing on added value)

• Able to challenge at different operational levels based on a solid analysis

• Strong Team spirit & team work

• Ability to steer people and activities transversally

• Good communication & presentation skills

• English is a must; knowledge of French / German / Spanish would be 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, well connected to public transportation.

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

• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a com