Financial Controller

ag· 5325 Airbus Portugal SA
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📍 Coimbra📍 Lisbon (Airbus Portugal)Full time

About this role

Job Description:

Responsibilities - your mission (see guidance questions below) 

Project Financial controlling

  • Propose and drive financial targets through the definition of roadmaps ( yearly forecast / multi-year budget planning / quarterly forecast exercises), synthesized stakeholders needs and challenge them
  • Establish consolidated financial reporting & analyzing quantitative and qualitative data (define, harmonize and ensure consistency and compliance, including tools), highlighting discrepancies and risks & opportunities
  • Perform monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
  • Maintain consistency and compliance across financial reporting tools and processes
  • Support with controlling financial performance - Project
  • Approve and audit of Purchase Orders
  • Trigger cost transfers and rebooking of mis booked costs
  • Attendance and support at cost reviews

Program Financial controlling 

  • Preparation and update of the master data / data structure (CBS, WBS, Cost Centers ...) in the various tools for the Financial Planning and Forecasting
  • Establish consolidated financial reporting & analyzing quantitative and qualitative data (define, harmonize and ensure consistency and compliance, including tools), highlighting discrepancies and risks & opportunities
  • Perform monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
  • Maintain consistency and compliance across financial reporting tools and processes   
  • EAC (Estimate at Completion) process support (e.g. EAC conclusion implementation in the tools - CDP Pool into SAP, reforecasting of costs to complete & checking EAC consistency at project & work package level)
  • Inventory Controlling 
  • Creation of new projects & monitoring of existing one in management tools
  • Supporting supplier invoice approvals                                                                      

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

  • Business Management education in Finance or other related areas
  • 3-5 years of previous experience in Financial Controlling or related areas;
  • Highly recommended to have experience with Financial Tools such as SAP, IFRP, SAC (Fiori), Google Workplace (G-sheet, G-slides…), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word,...)
  • Accounting Principles (GAAP/IFRS):understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 
  • A capacity to deliver recurring financial pictures with full accuracy on the data.
  • A capacity to understand the needs/expectations of a domain while keeping the consistency with above level guidance and financial targets
  • Talent for agile, reliable and fast data management
  • Entrepreneurial mindset:
    • Deliverable-driven, able to work with short deadlines
    • Good analytical skills with an ability to switch from big picture to detailed view, and to give meaning to complex facts and figures
    • Problem-solver
    • Proactive in proposing improvement solutions to the business
    • Able to look at performance/sustainability on short/mid/long-term solutions
  • Communication skills are key, creating trustful relationships quickly in a remote work context and maintaining a broad network within the Finance
  • 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 commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Portugal SA

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Controlling

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