Financial Controller

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

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 <JF-FI-FO>

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