Financial Data Analyst (Contract)

Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at USCareers@airbus.com
Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination (English)
Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación (Spanish)
Job Description:
The Financial Data Analyst will be responsible for business controlling activities across various Airbus Services perimeters in the Americas. Reporting directly to the Head of Services Finance (Americas), the incumbent will deliver key financial reporting, cost controlling, and advanced performance management analysis to operations to drive critical business decisions.
In alignment with our 2035 Services Moonshot and our transition to an optimized, digitally mature "One Roof" finance organization, this role is designed for a progressive, disruptive finance professional. The successful candidate will not only manage traditional controlling tasks but will actively champion the integration of Financial AI, automated business analytics, and generative AI use-case assessments to decouple regional business growth from manual administrative overhead.
This is a temporary/contract position based in Herndon, VA.
Primary Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting & Analysis: 65%
Comprehensively plan the growth and development of the regional Services business within the Annual Operative Planning (AOP) cycle.
Prepare and deliver regional financial reviews, performing deep-dive root-cause analyses on budget over/under-performance. Translate raw variance data into actionable risk-mitigation or opportunity-exploitation strategies.
Actively customize and deploy AI Use-Case Assessments for Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting to transition the department toward predictive, machine-learning-driven rolling forecasts.
Help champion the adoption of AI-powered data retrieval systems to eliminate manual data-gathering cycles, allowing the team and operational leaders to query P&L, headcount, and KPI metrics instantaneously.
Assist the Head of Services Finance in preparing executive-level financial briefings, metrics, and dashboards for senior management (Airbus Americas and Global Services HQ).
Support the expansion of our Direct "Revenue-to-Cash" Free Cash Flow (FCF) methodology. Investigate opportunities to apply predictive cash-forecasting algorithms to regional collection pipelines to improve working capital predictability.
Stakeholder Management & Compliance: 25%
Interfaces with European counterparts, Business Operations Analysts to provide/gather business/operational data and information for data analysis and reporting
Maintains visibility of offsite supplier financial purchasing obligations, along with current view of outsourced workload requirements, ensuring accuracy of expenditures and forecasts
Follows rules and guides best practices to ensure compliance
Detailed knowledge of integrated AA processes including Procurement, Finance, HR etc.
3. Business Development & Transformation: (20%)
Actively partner with the regional commercial and business development leadership teams across all of Services North America to model financial scenarios for new regional sales opportunities and addressable market share growth.
Provide financial modeling support for new industrial footprint business cases, such as warehouse redesigns & regional distribution expansions.
Assist in the financial steering of the "Hub-to-Regionalization" strategy, evaluating Gross Margin ROI to ensure regional supply chain changes yield maximum margin velocity.
Actively support the regional finance transformation roadmap by identifying manual reporting roadblocks and collaborating with the digital team to replace legacy Excel tasks with automated tools (e.g., Skywise-connected reports and AI-driven anomalies tracking).
Support Tariff controlling perimeters, tracking financial exposure to customs, and generating data-driven simulations for classification optimizations to protect regional commercial competitiveness.
Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:
Education:
Bachelor (or Master preferable) in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or Computer Sciences
Experience:
At least one (1) year of experience in Finance, Accounting, or Business/Data Analytics
Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:
Knowledge of business intelligence software, G-Suite Platforms (i.e. Sheets), Microsoft Office (i.e., Excel) & Accounting/Finance concepts & software required
Business Analytics software, SAP, Tableau Desktop Certification & Alteryx Core Certification preferred
Able to work effectively under pressure and in a rapidly changing environment in order to meet deadlines
Focused attention to detail and high standards for quality and accuracy in his/her work product
Professional, positive demeanor. Collegial orientation; relationship-builder who is solutions-oriented
Organized with strong follow through and execution
Ability to prepare clear and precise reports
Ability to present clear and business-oriented recommendations to site and project leadership
Eligibility: Authorized to Work in the US
Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages):
Excellent written and verbal communication skill as well as presentation skills
Fluency in English required. Other languages (French, Spanish, German) are preferred.
Technical Systems Proficiency:
SAP, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets
Travel Required:
5 % Domestic and International
Eligibility:
Eligible for employment in the US
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 sustain