Finance Analyst (Temporary Contract)

Mission

Primary Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): 40%
• Comprehensively plan the growth and development of the regional Services business within the Annual Operative Planning (AOP) cycle.
• Prepare and deliver regional financial reviews, performing deep-dive root-cause analyses on budget over/under-performance. Translate raw variance data into actionable risk-mitigation or opportunity-exploitation strategies.
• Actively customize and deploy AI Use-Case Assessments for Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting to transition the department toward predictive, machine-learning-driven rolling forecasts.
• Help champion the adoption of AI-powered data retrieval systems to eliminate manual data-gathering cycles, allowing the team and operational leaders to query P&L, headcount, and KPI metrics instantaneously.
• Assist the Head of Services Finance in preparing executive-level financial briefings, metrics, and dashboards for senior management (Airbus Americas and Global Services HQ).
• Finance Controlling: 40%
• Perform rigorous business controlling over an annual Operational Expenditure (OPEX) perimeter of approximately USD 50 Million. Manage, analyze, and approve procurement and headcount-hiring pipelines, securing strict alignment with the locked regional targets.
• Implement and leverage basic AI use cases for Business Analytics and Decision Support to automate transaction categorization, identify spending anomalies, and streamline monthly OPEX variance analysis.
• Monitor, track, and analyze key P&L and balance sheet items including revenue and cost accruals, regional inventories, tangible/intangible assets, accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), and customer advance payments.
• Support the expansion of our Direct "Revenue-to-Cash" Free Cash Flow (FCF) methodology. Investigate opportunities to apply predictive cash-forecasting algorithms to regional collection pipelines to improve working capital predictability.
• Cost Accounting Management: 20%
• Partner closely with regional Business Operations, Accounting, Financial Systems, and Consolidation teams to ensure cost accounting structures accurately reflect business activities under both IFRS and US GAAP.
• Formulate critical business parameters, such as unit costing models and effective hourly rates (operational and comprehensive), to support commercial teams in designing competitive pricing strategies.
• Develop transparent, robust overhead allocation methodologies to ensure equitable distribution of support function costs among diverse regional legal entities.

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training

• Required Professional Experience & Financial Competence:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience supporting a full P&L business, commercial contract operations, or financial planning cycle within a complex, geographically dispersed matrix organization.
• Exceptional capacity to synthesize large volumes of structured and unstructured financial data into clear, management-ready insights.
• Strong financial modeling skills with the ability to measure return on investment (ROI) via discounted cash flow (DCF) methods, NPV, IRR, and payback period calculations.
• Digital Literacy & Applied Financial AI:
• AI & Automation Orientation: A progressive, disruptive mindset with a strong interest or baseline experience in deploying modern FinTech/finance automation tools.
• Familiarity with leveraging Generative AI platforms for market research, data retrieval, and executive drafting. Experience working with financial database such as SAP.
• Behavioral Competencies & Airbus Alignment:
• Natural inclination to act as a visible team player of finance and cultural "change" in both domestic and international settings.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills appropriate for a senior executive audience.
• Excellent knowledge of, or ability to rapidly master, Airbus Corporate Units' strategy, policies, processes, and ERP tools (SAP, etc.).
• Absolute commitment to the Airbus Integrity Principles, demonstrating ethical leadership and compliance-first behaviors at all times.

Profile

• Your Boarding Pass:
• Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Finance or a related field
• 0-5+ years of experience obtained in complex, large and global organizations.
• Experience supporting new-business creation and familiarity with early-stage enterprise development
• Experience supporting end-to-end transaction cycles for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
• Financial, Planning and Analysis competences
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of Corporate Finance and organizational governance principles
• Strong understanding and ability to apply Project, Program and Portfolio Management Principles
• Finance Inventory and Supply Chain Management
• Performance Management KPI design and reporting knowledge and experience
• Demonstrated track record of delivering value through continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives
• Fluent English
• Additional Languages appreciated (German, Spanish and French etc.)
• Expert user of Gsuite, Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint, Access, Project, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise systems, including SAP and associated transactional systems
• 5% Domestic and International Travel involved
• Able to work in the US without a current or future need for visa sponsorship
• Preferred:
• Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP accounting principles
• Financial Evaluation skills (incl. DCF Valuations, CAPEX planning & NPV analysis)