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Airbus • Marseille, France

SAP FI/CO Senior Specialist for Finance Transformation (f/m)

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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a SAP FI/CO Senior Specialist for Finance Transformation (f/m) to join our Finance Transformation Department based in Marignane, France.

As part of the Airbus Helicopters Finance network, you will lead and support Finance Systems transformation projects worldwide.
Your mission is to modernize and harmonize financial processes through digital tools and innovative solutions, ensuring full alignment with Airbus Group’s overall strategy.

A crucial part of the role is building a strong internal network, gaining a deep understanding of existing processes across all entities, and proposing new ways of working that deliver greater efficiency, consistency, and value.

Your working environment:

Major economic hub with Marseille-Provence Airport, Marignane is a dynamic city in the southeast of France. It is located near the cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, which host a rich cultural and tourist offer. Close to the beaches of the Côte Bleue, it offers many options for water sports activities.

How we care for you:

  • Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
  • Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
  • Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
  • Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.


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.

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead Finance Transformation Projects: Drive initiatives to standardize, digitalize, and optimize finance processes across all Airbus Helicopters entities worldwide.
  • SAP FICO Expertise: Act as the subject matter expert in SAP Finance and Controlling, delivering automated, reliable, and innovative solutions.
  • End-to-End Project Management: Manage transformation projects from concept to implementation and rollout, ensuring on-time and high-quality delivery.
  • ERP Implementation: Lead the deployment of new ERP solutions in Airbus Helicopters entities, in coordination with Airbus Group and Division transformation teams.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Finance, IT, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams to ensure coherent and efficient systems integration.
  • Change Management: Support the Finance community throughout transformation initiatives, ensuring teams adapt smoothly to new systems and processes. When required, design and deliver skill-up sessions and targeted trainings.

  • Testing and Validation: Oversee testing phases and validate proposed technical solutions in collaboration with IM team.

  • Global Business Partnering: Act as a trusted partner for regional finance teams, ensuring consistency and reliability in systems and data worldwide. Create synergies between central entities and the entities to prepare the future system strategy implementation.


Profile

  • Proven experience in Finance transformation projects, SAP system management, and Project Management within an international environment.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end integrated processes, from quotation to delivery.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multicultural and cross-functional teams.
  • Fluent in English, with the ability to collaborate and communicate clearly across global teams.
  • Possesses a strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach to implementation and change management.
  • Willing to travel internationally to support transformation projects and regional teams


Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

Watch our video to get an overview of the Marignane site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrf44kIVUI

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:
Financial Expertise

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.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

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Company employees:

150,000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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