Senior Financial Controller

Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

**Budget controlling**:

- Consolidate and submit financials to local CFO management through regular review of actuals/forecast, annual multi-year budget, SBP and magnitude reporting tool
- Prepare entity and function cost budgets
- Analyze actual results to formulate accurate and realistic forecasts
- Serve as a point of contact of other departments for budgetary controlling
- Support others areas Management by making financial assessments on new opportunities or investments and qualifying the return on investment through scenario analysis.

**Accounting & statutory reporting**:

- Collaboration with audit team, collation and preparation of supporting audit schedules and balance confirmations, providing overall analytical review of variance.
- Discuss with the team during monthly meetings for cash flows, accruals/provisions, receivables and other ad hoc meetings
- Review production purchase requests before routing to procurement for purchase orders' creation
- Prepare ad hoc costs analyses as needed by finance internally and by other departments

**ERP and tools management and development**:

- Ensure correct allocation of costs in ERP by maintaining proper and up to date organizational structure in terms of programs and cost centers and timely communication to process owners of any changes and updates

**BIDS**
- Support the Thales bid gate financial process to ensure that all financial processes are adhered to and validated in accordance with documented procedures

**Program & project Controlling**
- Responsible for program reviews: planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on projects of varying contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk. Build scenario analysis to explain the financial impacts whenever requested
- Coordinate and produce monthly consolidated project reports (Dashboard) and forecasts data package with major risks and opportunities identified
- Cooperate on project initialization (reviewing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), allocating the total budget, implementing management tools and structuring management of risks and opportunities, defining the sales and margin recognition method.
- Approve program financial baselines - Initial budget, validate changes and maintain updated business plans over the life of each program with appropriate tracking of assumptions and related variances analysis.
- Responsible for all monthly forecasting and multi-year budgets (MYB) to include revenue and gross margin for all programs in his/her project portfolio, in conjunction with Program Managers.
- Ensure all costs against programs and departments are properly recorded, reconciled and analyzed.
- Evaluate and assess program contingencies and program efficiency metrics, reviewing trends and providing forward looking analysis.
- Accountable for ensuring all program financials are consistent with all internal policies & procedures.
- Coordinate with Program Management, Finance, Accounts Receivable to ensure that all the components of revenue are accounted for in accordance with the contractual terms : billing, credit, rebate
- Support internal and external auditors' reviews and ensures that full documentation and account reconciliations, including but not limited to, program estimates at completion, are provided in a timely manner

**Education & Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in a finance related discipline (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration) or finance related experience or Master’s degree in a finance related discipline (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration) is a Plus

**Skills and ideal experience**
- English is a must, knowledge of other languages will be valued
- Experience as a financial controller in international projects will be value
- 5-10 years of experience in a finance role

**SW Tools**
- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office), including advanced Microsoft -Exel

**Added Value**
- Ability to work under pressure
- Decisio