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

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world’s leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

Job Title: Finance Placement (12 Months)

Start date: 2022

Location: Filton

Duration: 12 Months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

To stay on top, Airbus recognises the importance of supporting high-achieving and talented undergraduates. We do this through offering challenging placement opportunities during which your skills and potential are fully maximised.

Our placements give a unique insight into potential career paths within Airbus. They are designed so that you can put your theoretical knowledge into practice and gain crucial industry experience. The skills and knowledge you gain will improve your chances of a future role within the Airbus and should benefit your future studies.

About us!

The placement scheme within Finance at Airbus will provide you with a fantastic start to your career. The placement 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, to ensure you develop as fully as possible during the time with us to maximise your potential. You are able to build a wide network made up of people with a range of experience levels and who work in all different areas of the business.

There is the opportunity to get involved in activities outside of your role such as organising charity events, Generation Airbus and local team social events, showing the local community around the site and leading your own projects.

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 placement 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 you will 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 placement 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:

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

What you’ll gain:

During the placement you will gain an insight into how a large, multinational company works and how your role connects to the overall strategy of the company. You’ll gain excellent working experience of financial concepts such as reporting, forecasting and budgeting. You will also quickly strengthen your softer skills and personal self-development such as organisational skills, leadership, autonomy, proactivity and team working. Airbus challenges you as much as possible for you to realise your full potential and to grow significantly over the placement.

Skills required:

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.

One application: Make It Possible, Make It Happen, Make It … Count !

Please note 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 Placement Scheme if you are enthusiastic, curious and motivated to identify and implement changes. Demonstrating creativity, integrity and customer focus will be fundamental to your success at Airbus, as will a desire to drive your own personal development forward.

Our Placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement, with a keen interest in Accounting & Finance (must have completed a minimum of 2 years).

Other preferred skills:

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

• Strong teamwork skills

• Ability to work autonomously on own initiative

• Good interpersonal skills & communication skills; verbal and written

• Strong academic background

• 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 that a covering letter detailing motivations for Finance and suitability for this position is included in your application

Benefits:

• £18,000 salary

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Flexible working hours

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.

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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.