Manager Customer, Project and Structured Finance (f/h)

Job Description

Job Description:

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Customer, Project and Structured Finance Manager (f/m) to join our Treasury department based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions:

You will be part of a team developing financial solutions that both reduce financial risk for Airbus Helicopters and offer attractive financing options to our customers. As part of the customer sales financing team, you will be actively involved with letters of Credit, credit insurance, bank financing offers aiming at securing Payment in International Trade and supporting Sales Growth.

Your challenges:

• Manage payment security for commercial and military helicopter contracts, offering financial insights throughout sales and negotiation phases.
  
• Guide sales and bid teams in understanding the necessity and cost of robust payment security.
  
• Develop and negotiate payment terms and instruments, such as documentary credits, directly with banks and clients.
  
• Deliver specialized support on payment security to Airbus Helicopters' global subsidiaries.
  
• Facilitate customer access to financing for helicopter purchases.
  
• Explore and evaluate financing possibilities with the broader financial market, including lessors, ECAs, and private insurers.
  
• Determine optimal insurance coverage for contracts and financings, considering both necessity and cost.
  
• Streamline the process of securing export credit by managing applications with relevant agencies.
  
• Guarantee the timely availability of financing to ensure contract completion and deliveries, mitigating potential delays.
  
• Develop and implement manufacturer-backed financing solutions when required.
  
• Empower Airbus Helicopters' subsidiaries by helping them secure competitive financing.
  
• Contribute to strategic decision-making by preparing for approval committees and providing clear sales finance reports to management.
  
• Act as the key liaison between Airbus Helicopters and Export Credit Agencies and the banking community.
  
• Manage post-financing activities for insured contracts, including overseeing claim processes and settlements.
  

Your profile:

Master's degree (or equivalent) in Business, Law, or a related field.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in export, trade, and ECA financing.
  
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working within the banking community.
  
• The ability to expertly negotiate contracts and conduct thorough credit analyses.
  
• Good drafting and documentation abilities.
  
• Experience in international environments.
  
• The capacity to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
  
• A customer-focused team player who can effectively meet tight deadlines.
  
• Negotiation-level fluency in both English and French.
  

3 Reasons to join us:

Our Values : Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.

Inclusion and diversity : We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.

Compensation and benefits :

At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.

Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.

We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).

And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:

• A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
  
• Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.
  

Our recruitment process:

• Apply online.
• Analysis of your application by the recruitment department.
• Our positions require a security clearance, complete the questionnaire that will be sent to you.
• Conduct recruitment interviews: HR interview and technical interview with your future manager
• Receive the job offer!

Ready to take off? Give a new dimension to your career by applying online now!

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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 Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Treasury

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