HO Supplier Financial Analysis

Job Description

Job Description:

We are now looking for a HO Supplier Financial Analysis at Airbus GBS.

Responsibilities - your mission

The Supplier Financial Analysis Team is at the forefront of securing Airbus's global supply chain resilience. Your mission is to serve as a critical enabler, proactively safeguarding the company against potential financial vulnerabilities and supply disruptions.

In a dynamic economic landscape and a context of industrial ramp-ups, you will lead the charge to:

• Proactively anticipate and mitigate risks by leveraging advanced financial data analysis and market intelligence.
  
• Drive Strategic Impact by providing deep-dive financial expertise on a portfolio of 600+ critical suppliers.
  
• Act as a trusted Business Partner to the Airbus Procurement community, directly engaging with suppliers' Finance Executives to enable strategic initiatives such as contract renegotiations and critical supplier transformation plans.
  
• Contribute directly to the resilience and strategic alignment of the Airbus supply chain.
  

Tasks & accountabilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Serve as the Team Leader for a high-performing group of five Suppliers Financial Analysts, providing day-to-day guidance, setting operational priorities, and ensuring team performance is accurately and timely reported to internal stakeholders.
  
• Oversee all HR-related activities for the team, including performance reviews, salary reviews, and professional development planning.
  
• Pioneer Continuous Improvement: Spearhead key digital transformation and continuous improvement projects, such as the automation of financial analysis processes and the enhancement of supplier monitoring systems to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Act as the primary liaison between the team and critical stakeholders across the Procurement and Finance functions, ensuring seamless communication and strategic guidance.
  

Dynamic Portfolio Monitoring & Financial Intelligence

• Conduct Advanced Financial Analysis: Lead the continuous financial monitoring and in-depth analysis of a critical portfolio of private and listed companies. This includes generating expert insights on:
  
  • Revenue/business trend forecasting.
    
  • Profitability and cost structure deep-dives.
    
  • Balance sheet health, capital structure, and indebtedness.
    
  • Liquidity assessment and cash generation performance.
    
  • Comprehensive peer benchmark analysis.
    
• Executive Engagement: Interact closely with suppliers' finance departments and Executives (including CEO and CFO teams) through Q&A sessions and on-site missions to gather critical information.
  
• Strategic Recommendations: Deliver robust, deep-dive analyses and clear, actionable recommendations from a financial risk perspective to inform and support critical decision-making processes.
  
• Transformation Oversight: Strategically monitor Supplier Transformation Plans, actively tracking progress against milestones to ensure committed restructuring efforts translate into concrete financial turnaround and stability.
  
• Tool Development: Maintain and develop sophisticated financial models and analytical tools utilized across the team to ensure cutting-edge analysis capabilities.
  

Strategic De-risking & Business Enablement

• Contribute financial expertise and build strategic scenarios to support Procurement Teams in preparing for the Suppliers Financial Risk Committee, including dossier preparation and the identification and assessment of de-risking strategies.
  
• Evaluate suppliers' investment capacity and build complex simulations and scenario analyses based on specific industry information and macro-trends, supporting critical decisions like make-or-buy strategies and business combinations.
  
• Provide essential financial support to Procurement Teams during crisis management, Request For Proposal selection processes, Merger & Acquisition activities, and other strategic initiatives.
  
• Play a key role in knowledge transfer by developing and delivering training to the Procurement community, increasing financial awareness and focusing on core financial metrics and concepts.
  

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

• Master degree in Corporate Finance, Financial Analysis or related discipline
  
• 5 years of relevant finance experience
  
• Team management and team organization experience
  
• Financial modeling Knowledge
  
• Knowledge of manufacturing and supply chain processes will be a strong plus
  
• Good accounting skills and understanding of financial statements
  
• Language Skills: Negotiation level in English and French
  
• Strong analytical skills
  
• Strong Stakeholder Management skills
  
• Strong aptitude for IT tools and data analysis
  
• Ability to present complex financial risks to non financial stakeholders
  
• Team player with entrepreneurial mindset
  
• Good communication and presentation skills
  
• Strong ability to interact and influence
  
• Proficiency in financial platforms and data visualisation, Google tools and Microsoft Office suite
  

Benefits - what’s in it for you

• Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.
  
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
  
• A modern office well connected to public transportation.
  
• A motivated and fun crew to grow, build and shape the GBS together.
  
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.
  

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 Portugal SA

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Financial Expertise

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