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Job Description:

Start date: 14th August 2023

Location: Broughton

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:

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.

In Broughton, Airbus is responsible for manufacturing wings that are then transported to the Final Assembly lines around Europe. Therefore the Finance team in Broughton is responsible for preparing budgets, cost reports and forecasts for each wing type, to support the wing production in Broughton. As a member of the team, you are able to see the wings in production around the factory and the Beluga flying in and out several times a day to transport wings which is an amazing sight!

During your internship 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 internship.

What you will be doing:

During your 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 .

The activities you will undertake will include:

• Financial reporting: Preparing Reports to look at actual costs and revenues in the month.
• Updating forecast models.
• Liaising with the Finance community and the Business Operations teams - key stakeholder management skills.
• Supporting projects aimed at continuous improvement to make the business more efficient/sustainable.
• Labour efficiency and effectivity analysis & reporting.
• Posting monthly accruals and journals.
• Risk and Opportunity 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 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.

Other preferred skills:

• Studying for F inance or Accounting related degree
• 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 you include a cover letter*

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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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