Engineering Controller

The successful applicant will join the Engineering Controlling Team (TFOAC) in Getafe.

Articulated around 2 axes, the overall mission is to act as a finance business partner towards Engineering, covering Center of Competence controlling and programme controlling within Engineering.

Main tasks and responsibilities around cost center controlling:

- Planning and budget: definition of Engineering cost center budgets.
- Lead of the Spanish budget transverse role including challenging the costs for hourly rates
- Hourly rate set-up: analysis of planned headcount and workload level per cost center, set-up of budget costs. Analysis of factors that influence the hourly rate. Definition of affordable and competitive hourly rates
- Monthly closing: perform local (Spain) closing tasks such as accruals, data validation and internal transfers.
- Reporting: generate cost center, project, headcount and productivity reports.
- Support various tasks for consolidation, forecast, defining planning templates, including being critical towards the process and proposing/implementing improvements.
- CapEx: follow up of ongoing CapEx requests, authorized amounts and commitments. Monitoring of assets under construction. Planning of related depreciation.
- Transnational follow up of some recharging activities within the international engineering perimeter.

Main tasks and responsibilities related to Chief Engineering (programme) controlling:

- Manages targets set by programs through convergence process.
- Cascade the targets at the correct level of granularity to steer the business properly (Org Area, Personnel hours/Subco./Material, etc).
- Secure adherence of actual costs with the target during the execution phase. Provide transparent reporting per programme level.
- Deliver high quality timely financial reports, and ensuring that these reports: Provide meaningful information regarding status vs targets; Provide visibility on the different types of delta, with a special focus on deltas coming from activities out of EAC scope' (late modifications, extraordinary developments, certifications, etc); Are harmonized and ensure consistency, including in the generation process).
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data on performance against budgets/targets highlighting discrepancies and risks & opportunities, ensuring early identification of deviation from financial plan and orientate recovery measures for implementation
- Support to workload planning cycles as per central Finance requirements, with a particular focus on:

- Secure consistency across planning cycles (e.g. EAC) and programme directives and assumptions.
- Secure convergence and alignment with Programme (incl. programme finance).
- Validate Submission / secure financial affordability of Workload vs. Programme funding.
- Support the offer process by contributing to the engineering quotation preparation.
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Business Management or equivalent
- Previous experience in Function or Project/Program Controlling
- Financially aware with high business partnering acumen
- Experience in engineering environment is an advantage
- Microsoft Office and Google workspace and tools, esp. Excel, Sheets
- Interest for IT topics and automation, knowledge of reporting tools would be a plus
- Languages: Spanish and English to negotiation level
- We are looking for a dynamic and proactive person
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving approach
- Critical thinking & ability to constructively challenge the operational business

The willingness to learn is a key success factor

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 Defence and Space SAU

**Employment Type**:
Agency / Temporary**Experience Level**:
Entry Level

**Job Family**:
Controlling

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