VIE - Spain - Geospatial finance and project analyst - m/f

Job Description

Job Description:

A position "Geospatial finance and project analyst” is now open in Airbus Geotech.

About Airbus in Barcelona

The position will be located in Airbus Barcelona facilities, located downtown. The team in Barcelona works closely with Airbus partner departments (Programmes, Business development, Sales, Operations, Engineering…) in France, Germany and has the responsibility to create and deliver new innovative Geospatial features in line with the market and future needs.

AIRBUS GeoTech, located in Barcelona, is the Airbus Defence and Space, Space Digital subsidiary in Spain. Airbus in Barcelona offers the best of the two worlds: the heritage and support of a world aerospace leader, combined with the fast-paced, innovative and agile environment of a small company, with the DNA of a start-up. Airbus in Barcelona has a regional and global reach, with more than 200 international customers serviced to date. Our team is often on the move, travelling internationally, sometimes for extended periods of time.

You will work with a small, but growing and passionate team of experts, system engineers, mapping operators, software developers, AI and data analysts that are transforming satellite and drone imagery, mapping, drone systems operations and an endless list of applications to come. Be ready to enter a changing environment, and jump in a train in transformative motion, helping the executive team crafting new businesses and entering uncharted waters.

REQUIREMENTS:
The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France’s eligibility criteria.
VIE Main Requirements:
- European Union citizens (plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Monaco), graduates up to and including 28 years old. You cannot hold citizenship of the country of the mission you are applying for.
- Have fulfilled military obligations for their country, if any.
- For VIEs in Spain consult the table here !
For more information: https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/en.

Your role

Airbus Defense and Space operates one of the best in class satellite constellation. The images acquired by the satellites are processed by a processing suite developed in house. It produces a large set of products from the raw imagery to highly elaborated analytics.

Since several years, Airbus develops and offers satellite complementary Geospatial solutions, such as HAPS (High Altitude Platform Stations). HAPS are stratospheric, solar electric, UAS that provide persistence, accuracy and increased imagery and live video resolution.

Airbus GeoTech is the company in charge of ensuring the development, acceptance, test, manufcaturing and operations of the Airbus HAPS Earth Observation payload. In addition, Airbus GeoTech is an imagery and 2D/3D Mapping expert.

The candidate, an integral part of the Geospatial Solutions team, will collaborate with the Airbus Geotech subsidiary executive team, and counterpart roles in Airbus Space Digital in Toulouse for the following activities:

• Conduct an assessment of the company finance & accounting procedures and tools
• Define an improvement plan for finance & accounting procedures and tools
• Research/benchmark finance & accounting tools adapted for the company operations
• Define finance & accounting KPIs for finance analysis
• Implement cost accounting analytics, for key projects, leveraging the KPIs
• Extract conclusions and suggested derived financial measures
• Ensure proper implementation of Airbus internal control measures
• For the geospatial & mapping perimeter, identify KPI to track project implementation, anticipate and mitigate risks
• Support project managers define a project management methodology and structure
• Support customer bids by conducting cost analysis and proposing pricing
• Support procurement strategy and define actions forward towards minimizing company costs and increased company profitability

Curious and passionate, he / she knows how to look for information and remain at the state of the art in a highly evolving market landscape. Autonomous, he / she is able to take in charge finance / procurement / project management themes, to discuss the objectives with the different actors, and to bring it to an end in coherence with the operational imperatives of the company.

Finally, with good communication skills including English, he / she will interact with support teams and internal or external clients / partners. A strong customer orientation with good listening skills and the search for innovative solutions is an important aspect of the job.

Required know-how for the position

• A finance or business degree.
• At least 1 year of experience in small / medium companies.
• Knowledge in image processing and Earth Observation is a plus
• Excellent communication skills in order to interact with support teams and internal or external clients / partners.
• A strong customer orientation with good listening skills and the search for innovative solutions is an important aspect of the job.
• A negotiation level of English is required.
• Catalan, Spanish, French or German are a plus
• Capable of dealing with unexpected situations
• Rigorous with methodology and able to follow procedures
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• A team player, eager to join a collaborative mindset
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment, handling multiple priorities
• Proactive thinking, fast learner, flexible
• International exposure
• Emotional intelligence, empathic, ability to be in someone else's shoes
• Open minded to diversity, inclusion and other cultures
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to travel for several weeks
• Commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the company's success, reputation & growth

Airbus Worldwide

Every year, thousands of individuals around the world join Airbus and begin a career in aircraft design, maintenance, logistics and customer services. By joining us, you'll be part of something bigger than yourself—a global team dedicated to shaping the future of aerospace. Airbus is a leading aerospace designer and manufacturer with over 35 years of experience in the industry, serving a broad range of customers worldwide from more than 30 worldwide locations.

At Airbus, we're industry leaders, pioneers and designers of next-generation technologies that are shaping the future of air travel. We push boundaries.

We champion science. And we'd like you to help us create a safer, better-connected world.

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 DS GEO SG, SA

Employment Type:

VIE, VISC

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Experience Level:

Entry Level

Job Family:

Financial Expertise <JF-FI-FE>

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