Airbus Hiring for Finance Placement (12 Months) Job at Filton, England Full Time

Job Description:

Start date: 14th August 2023

Location: Filton

Duration : 12.5 Months

Benefits:

Salary: £20,590

35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us:

Airbus is a forward thinking, high-flying and dynamic business, paving the way for the future of the aerospace industry. We are a driving force for innovation, working towards achieving a sustainable future. When you join the Airbus Finance Internship Scheme we recognise the importance of supporting high-achieving and talented undergraduates. We do this through offering challenging internship opportunities during which your skills and potential are fully maximised.

The Internship scheme within Finance at Airbus will provide you with a fantastic start to your career. The internship will give you the opportunity to gain hands-on financial experience within a manufacturing industry as well as develop professional behavioural skills such as leadership, organisational, presentation and communication skills. You will also be given an insight into working in a challenging, fast-paced environment with real responsibilities.

As an intern you are treated as a full employee and given as much support as you may need to ensure that the transition from university to working life is smooth. At Airbus there is a solid mix of youth and experience, with a large number of interns, graduates and apprentices on-site as well as well-experienced professionals to help guide your career from both a technical and behavioural perspective.

Airbus encourages a healthy work life balance through flexi-time and a Friday half-day, ensuring positive wellbeing. There is also the potential to be fast-tracked onto the Finance Graduate Scheme, dependent on strong, exceptional internship performance. This will give you the chance to join the Airbus family long term, living and working around Europe in numerous placements whilst studying for your CIMA qualifications.

What will you be doing:

In Filton, Bristol, Airbus is responsible for the engineering design and test of wings and landing gears, as well as home to some of our support functions such as Procurement, Accounting, HR and Government Affairs. As a member of the team in Filton, you are able to see wings being designed and parts being tested for manufacture. From design to flight this is an amazing story to be part of!

There are 2 intern roles in Filton:

The Government Financial Affairs team – responsible for all financial matters relating to Government, Regional and European Commission funding. As part of a small dynamic team based in Filton you will be responsible for:

• Preparation of cost statements.
• Liaison with auditors for externally funded projects.
• Invoicing to partners.
• Reconciliation of General Ledger accounts.
• Review/updating of departmental processes.
• Provide support to assist in the management of contracts.

In addition the team provides local financial support to the UK research teams and you will be responsible for preparation of monthly reporting, dealing with customer queries and providing ad-hoc financial support to the finance and operations teams.

Engineering Financial Controlling team – responsible for the financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting of the Engineering function in Filton. You will be responsible for:

• Financial reporting: Preparing Reports to look at actual costs incurred in the month.
• Updating forecast models.
• Liaising with the Finance community and the Business Operations team – key stakeholder management skills.
• Supporting transnational teams across Europe in projects aimed at continuous improvement to make the business more efficient.
• Cost scenarios and Hourly Rate Reporting.
• Engagement in team building activities, assisting in Charity Challenge and helping to organise team events as required.

About you:

Please note, we love your interest in working for Airbus but we do ask that you make only one application. We encourage you to take time to decide which of our exciting opportunities is right for you and then submit an application that best represents you, your skills and experience in connection with the role you have selected.

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only . Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.

You are a perfect fit for our Finance Internship Scheme if you are able to demonstrate:

• Strong academic background in Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics;

• Good understanding of Google Suite and its applications, i.e. Sheets, Slides, Docs, or their MS Office equivalents;

• Strong teamwork skills;

• Good interpersonal skills & communication skills, verbal and written;

• Enthusiastic, curious and motivated to identify and implement changes

• Creativity, integrity and customer focus will be fundamental to your success at Airbus

• Desire to drive your own personal development forward.

Other preferred skills:

• Ability to work autonomously on own initiative

• Demonstrate confidence and proactivity to drive improvements

• Drive to develop yourself and others

• Logical / analytical approach to problem solving

• Curious to understand why and the bigger picture

• Ability to explain accounting concepts to Non Finance

• Ability to work in accordance with tight deadlines and maintain quality of output

• Some work experience in a Finance capacity would be beneficial (but not essential)

*Please ensure you include a cover letter*

Contact

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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 Operations Limited

Contract Type:

Internship / Stage / Praktikum / Beca

Experience Level:

Student / Etudiant / Student / Estudiante

Job Family:

Controlling

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 [email protected] .

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.