Airframe Controller for Systems (M/F)
// Role Summary
Join Airbus in Toulouse, France as an Airframe Controller for Systems, managing cost and revenue for product lines and driving strategic financial decisions. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape financial performance within the dynamic aerospace sector.
// Key Responsibilities
- Deliver cost and revenue management, performance monitoring, and reporting for Systems & Connectivity product lines.
- Develop multi-year financial plans, build business cases, and anticipate risks.
- Analyze actual performance, track variances, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Establish cost accounting structures and manage relationships with auditors.
- Require 5+ years of experience in financial controlling, Financial Business Partnering, or audit roles.
- Fluency in both English and French is essential.
// Role Specification
About the Role
Airbus Commercial Aircraft is seeking an Airframe Controller for Systems (M/F) to join the Airframe Controlling department in Toulouse, France. The Systems division focuses on Avionics & Airframe upgrades, incorporating the latest Airbus technologies to enhance airline operations. As part of the Airframe controlling team, your primary responsibility will be to provide clear and effective cost and revenue management control, alongside performance monitoring and reporting for the Systems & Connectivity product lines.
Your Working Environment
Toulouse, the global capital of aeronautics and a European hub for space research, is a vibrant city in southwest France. Ideally situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers a wealth of outdoor activities and a dynamic lifestyle.
What We Offer
- Financial Rewards: Attractive salary, success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan, and voluntary employee stock purchase plan.
- Work/Life Balance: Extra days off for special occasions, holiday transfer options, and a Staff council providing numerous social, cultural, and sports activities.
- Wellbeing/Health: Complementary health insurance (disability, invalidity, death), with site-specific amenities such as health services centers, concierge services, gyms, and carpooling applications.
- Individual Development: Extensive upskilling opportunities with over 10,000 e-learning courses, certifications, expert career paths, accelerated development programs, and national/international mobility.
Airbus supports flexible working arrangements to foster collaboration and innovative thinking.
Your Challenges
- Develop multi-year financial plans, build business cases (M&A, tenders), and identify risks and opportunities to guide strategic decisions.
- Analyze actual performance (P&L, Cash Flow, unit costs), track variances, and pinpoint efficiency and cost-saving drivers.
- Establish cost accounting structures (cost centers), apply allocation schemes (tax, IAS38, management fees), and liaise with auditors.
- Calculate hourly rates, set headcount targets, reallocate costs, and audit/validate purchase commitments.
- Create customized financial tools and educate operational teams on key financial concepts.
Your Profile
- Educational background specializing in Corporate Finance, Financial Controlling, or Auditing.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial controlling, Financial Business Partnering, or audit roles, preferably in a complex industrial or aerospace environment.
- Strong proficiency in financial modeling, P&L/Cash-Flow/Working Capital analysis, cost analysis, and relevant accounting/tax standards (IFRS/IAS38, R&D Tax Credit, transfer pricing). Advanced knowledge of ERPs (especially SAP) and BI/modeling tools is a plus.
- A strong Business Partner mindset, coupled with excellent analytical, synthesis, and risk anticipation skills. Pedagogical skills to explain complex financial concepts clearly.
- Fluency in both English and French is required.
This is a permanent position within Airbus SAS.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity.