Job Description:
Airbus Africa & Middle East context
At Airbus Africa and Middle East, we operate at the heart of one of the world’s most diverse and fast-growing regions. With all three Airbus divisions—Commercial Aircraft, Helicopters, and Defense & Space— integrated, and all support functions under the same organisation, we offer an unmatched environment for collaboration, learning, and career growth.
Our 3,000+ employees, representing 50+ nationalities, support 60+ countries across a region with a combined GDP of $6 trillion and 13 Airbus affiliates. This means global-scale impact with a strong regional presence, making roles here strategic, dynamic, and full of opportunities.
If you’re looking to work in a truly multicultural, high-impact environment where innovation, agility, and teamwork drive success, this is your chance to be part of Airbus in Africa and the Middle East.
Job Objectives
The mission of the Business Controller comprises 3 main roles:
- Multi-Entity Business Controlling: Deliver end-to-end financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, performance tracking, and internal control compliance for multiple entities.
- Drive Financial Innovation & transversal projects within the region: by developing digital tools, support AI adoption and fostering technological awareness across the finance function in AME region and as focal point for the East side of Airbus countries.
- Regional Controlling of International dpt: Provide strategic financial support, business partnership, and strict budget monitoring for the International / Business Growth department.
Primary responsibilities
1. Entity Controlling
- Accountable for establishing the annual budget and quarterly forecasts in close coordination with local,regional stakeholders and central finance.
- Cash monitoring and driving the quarterly billing process to ensure accurate and timely invoicing across entities.
- Monitor and analyze financial performance, investigating variances and providing actionable recommendations to Management.
- Secure the Internal Control framework by managing the MRC requirements and providing robust support to the Second Line testing.
- Proactively identify, mitigate, and escalate potential financial or operational risks by establishing a robust early-warning risk assessment
2. Drive Financial Innovation & transversal projects
- Drive projects dedicated to the transformation, simplification, and digitalization of financial processes across the region.
- Lead the development and implementation of new digital financial tools and finance projects.
- Act as a champion for Artificial Intelligence (AI): Drive AI development initiatives within finance and proactively share awareness, best practices, and training around AI / Gemini.
- Audit existing finance processes to identify non-optimized ways of working and design automated solutions to optimize reporting efficiency.
3. Regional Controlling of International dpt
- Provide strong business partnering and decision support to the International / Business Growth department.
- Manage budget adherence within the region, track operational expenses, and build business cases to support business growth.
Secondary Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with central finance teams in Europe to align regional transformation projects with global Airbus standards.
- Perform other corporate, financial, or ad-hoc analysis and workshop preparations as required and assigned by the manager.
- Support and drive regional ad-hoc initiatives, including the development of Business Cases and active participation in transversal projects within the region.
General
- Ensure all financial reportings are performed accurately, compliantly, and on a timely basis.
- Ensure all regional operations adhere to Airbus Group policies and act as a gatekeeper to guarantee internal controls are strictly in place.
- Contribute to a positive, collaborative, and inspiring work environment within the Dubai office.
- Stay well-informed and familiar with the latest financial regulations and digital trends.
Personal & Interpersonal Skills
- Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities to manage multiple legal entities and diverse departments.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage internal stakeholders.
- Digitally-driven, highly motivated by process automation, AI advancements, and technological innovation.
- Independent worker with strong analytical, risk-assessment, and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic, with a strong willingness to take ownership and drive change.
- 'Right First Time' mindset, with a strong commitment to data accuracy and delivering high-quality outputs consistently.
Professional skills
- Proven experience in Finance Transformation projects, digital tool deployment, or automation initiatives.
- Solid background in Business Controlling, budgeting, forecasting, and internal control
- Expert in Financial Systems and Digital solutions (SAP, Google Suite Workspace, advance level in GSheets and Gemini).
- Finance, Data/Business Analytics Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Corporate Controlling, Audit, or Finance Transformation.
- Ability to work effectively in an international, multi-cultural, and dynamic environment with a high capacity to adapt to change
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 Africa and Middle East FZE
Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional
Job Family:
Controlling
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