Senior Manager, FP&A

Airbus • Columbus, MS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Are you a strategic finance leader who thrives at the intersection of operational excellence and financial precision? Airbus Helicopters North America is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A to serve as a pivotal Finance Business Partner. This is a high-impact leadership role where you won't just report on the P&L—you will drive it. From overseeing five-year operating plans to guiding multi-million dollar program decisions, you will be the financial compass for our business line owners, ensuring that our mission to provide the world’s most advanced helicopter solutions remains financially robust and strategically sound.

Meet The Team: Our Finance and Accounting team members need excellent analytical and communication skills to successfully manage our financial portfolio. Our teams provide key analytics – from month-end closing to performance management analysis for our partners. If you’re analytical, detail oriented and have a passion for numbers, you’ll enjoy working with our cross-functional global team.

Your Working Environment: On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, project management or business administration. Equivalent experience or combination of education and experience may be substituted for degree.
• Ten + (10) years of experience in a finance position for any company or 10+ years of professional level work experience required, at least two (2) years of the professional level work experience must have been in a managerial level position with budget, planning, cash management, costing and/or Profit/Loss related tasks
• Microsoft/Google Office suite—specifically Excel and PowerPoint or the Google equivalents

Nice To Haves

• Five (5) years of experience in operational planning, budgeting / forecasting, performance management, risk & opportunity management and/or business controlling.
• Two (2) years of experience of business partnering, preferably as a finance business partner
• Two (2) years of experience with the coordination, consolidation and integration of financial data between a customer center and a company headquarters
• Knowledge of the common Airbus financial tools preferred
• Knowledge of the Airbus Helicopter’s business preferred
• SAP

Responsibilities

• Act as a Financial Business Partner
• Support for Decision Making
• Plan and Support Target Setting
• Evaluate Performance and Drive Improvement
• Enforce Internal Controls and Corporate Governance

Benefits

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level