Airbus - Finance Controller - Operations
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- *Job Description:**
- SECURITY CLEARANCE: *Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR you will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)
- TRAVEL REQUIRED:* Occasional travel within UK and international
- LOCATION: *Belfast
- TYPE:* Full time
*WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU*
- *Financial Reward:* Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options
- *Work / Life Balance:* 36-hour week, flexible working around core hours, Friday afternoons off
*JOB SUMMARY*
This is a high-impact finance leadership role at the heart of Airbus’s A220 programme, with full ownership of controlling processes across a $100M cost base. You’ll be embedded in a highly collaborative operational team, influencing cross-functional decisions and driving financial strategy from planning through to performance tracking. As a business partner to both the Head of Plant Controlling and Head of the Component Delivery Team (CDT), your input will shape programme-level goals, risk management, and investment direction. The Belfast site is a centre of innovation and industrial excellence, offering unique exposure to both manufacturing and programme operations within a dynamic international environment.*HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM*
- Lead and coordinate financial planning across A220 sub-assemblies, ensuring integrated budgeting, forecasting, and reporting aligned to operational and programme-level goals
- Drive cost target alignment by setting top-down RC targets, challenging bottom-up inputs, and preparing both annual budgets and 5-year operational plans with cross-functional teams
- Monitor programme-level financial performance, including RC unit costs (labour and overheads), capex, inventory, and cash flow, while delivering insight-driven reporting to leadership
- Evaluate and guide strategic investments, developing robust business cases and leading initiatives that identify cost-saving opportunities and mitigate risks to operational efficiency
- Champion compliance and financial governance, ensuring data integrity, adherence to Airbus Internal Financial Control Standards, and proactive support of UK-wide finance process improvements
*ABOUT YOU*
- Degree or Master’s in Finance, Accounting or related field
- CIMA qualification preferred
- Experience in financial controlling or management accounting
- Strong proficiency in forecasting, planning, and cost performance management
- Deep understanding of manufacturing finance dynamics and operational risk
*HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU*
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role.#SP_TRA
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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 Financial Services Limited *Employment Type:* Permanent ------- *Experience Level:* Professional *Job Family:* Controlling By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus. Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com . At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.- Location:
- Belfast
- Job Type:
- PartTime
