1. CO-PILOT THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Plan challenge
- Understand the business operational environment (strategy, governance, challenges, constraints).
- Lead the preparation of the financial planning, prepare accurate forecasts, provide guidance in line with the overall company financial situation, and challenge business requests.
- Set maintain multi-years financial targets. - Develop and run financial models, simulations, scenarios, business cases (on projects, MA, call for tenders ) to support decision making and provide a comprehensive view on the financial implications of business decisions. - Anticipate financial risks opportunities and advise on mitigation strategies. - Identify and secure external funding opportunities.
Analyze advise
- Produce accurate financial reporting, at the appropriate level of granularity.
- Assess the actual financial performance, analyze deviations and advise on corrective actions. - Analyze cost base, revenues, unit costs (Airframe / Engine), RD - Identify actionable drivers for optimization and competitiveness initiatives, monitor materialization of savings. - Anticipate financial risks and advise on mitigation strategies. - Anticipate financial opportunities.
Support execution ensure data quality
- Compute Hourly Rate, support on Resource review Headcount targets definition, prepare Chargeback Cost reallocation models.
- Approve shopping carts, audit POs below approval thresholds (sampling approach), review commitments accruals. - Trigger costs rebooking costs transfer when needed.
Communicate
- Feed Investor Relations with relevant information supporting Airbus Equity Story.
2. ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCE FINANCE PROCESSES
- When applicable, Define, together with Tax, Treasury and Accounting, the appropriate funding/cost allocation schemes (APA eligibility, Management Fees, Service Recharging, Equity Funding, Cash Pooling...) and trigger corresponding actions (capital injections, service recharging, transfer prices ).
- When applicable, Review statutory accounts of affiliates under scope of responsibility. - Define appropriate cost accounting structure (cost centers, project codes ) matching business and finance requirements. - When applicable, Ensure finance processes are defined, documented and known, in particular for Public Contracts, Tax Credit, IAS38, Chargeback, Service Recharging, Management Fees... - Help the business navigate through and adhere to finance processes. - Ensure the strict adherence of Business to finance compliance requirements. - Interact with Auditors as required.
3. RAISE FINANCE AWARENESS IN THE BUSINESS
- Define and make available a finance toolbox (e.g. business case).
- Define and share a set of referential (targets, actuals, pro-format, finance roadmap, CPN repository ). - Explain and raise Business awareness on finance matters (key notions, company financials, technical considerations, e.g. tax, capitalization...).
All financial dimensions shall be considered
Programme PL/Cash Flow/Balance Sheet, Function Cost Base, Natures/Destinations matching, Workload/Non-workload expenses, Fixed/Variable expenses, Cash/Non-cash expenses, Revenues/Subsidies/Tax Credit, projects TCAC, Unit Cost, NRCs, CapEx, nventory, PdPs.
All relevant periods (monthly, quarterly, yearly, multi-years).
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.