Financial Data Analyst

The Financial Data Analyst will support business controlling activities across Airbus Services perimeters in the Americas. This temporary/contract role is based onsite in Herndon, VA and focuses on financial reporting, cost controlling, and advanced performance management analysis, including the integration of AI and automated analytics into planning, forecasting, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan the growth and development of the regional Services business within the Annual Operative Planning (AOP) cycle.
• Prepare and deliver regional financial reviews, including deep-dive root-cause analysis on budget over/under-performance.
• Convert raw variance information into actionable risk-mitigation or opportunity-exploitation strategies.
• Customize and deploy AI Use-Case Assessments for Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting to transition toward predictive, machine-learning-driven rolling forecasts.
• Support the adoption of AI-powered data retrieval systems to reduce manual data-gathering cycles and enable instant access to P&L, headcount, and KPI metrics.
• Assist the Head of Services Finance with executive-level financial briefings, metrics, and dashboards for senior management across Airbus Americas and Global Services HQ.
• Contribute to the expansion of the Direct “Revenue-to-Cash” Free Cash Flow (FCF) methodology.
• Explore the use of predictive cash-forecasting algorithms to improve working capital predictability within regional collection pipelines.
• Interface with European counterparts and Business Operations Analysts to provide and gather business and operational data for analysis and reporting.
• Maintain visibility of offsite supplier financial purchasing obligations and current views of outsourced workload requirements to ensure forecast and expenditure accuracy.
• Follow rules and guides to ensure compliance, including detailed knowledge of integrated AA processes across Procurement, Finance, and HR.
• Partner with regional commercial and business development teams to model financial scenarios for new sales opportunities and addressable market share growth.
• Provide financial modeling support for new industrial footprint business cases, including warehouse redesigns and regional distribution expansions.
• Support financial steering of the “Hub-to-Regionalization” strategy by evaluating Gross Margin ROI to maximize regional supply chain margin velocity.
• Support the regional finance transformation roadmap by identifying manual reporting roadblocks and collaborating with the digital team to replace legacy Excel workflows with automated tools such as Skywise-connected reports and AI-driven anomalies tracking.
• Support Tariff controlling by tracking financial exposure to customs and generating data-driven simulations for classification optimization to protect regional competitiveness.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Master preferable) in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or Computer Sciences.
• At least 1 year of experience in Finance, Accounting, or Business/Data Analytics.
• Knowledge of business intelligence software and common platforms including G-Suite (Sheets), Microsoft Office (Excel), and required accounting/finance concepts and software.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a rapidly changing environment to meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail with high standards for quality and accuracy.
• Professional demeanor, collegial approach, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong organization, follow through, and execution.
• Ability to prepare clear, precise reports and present business-oriented recommendations to site and project leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English required; other languages (French, Spanish, German) are preferred.
• Authorized to work in the US and eligible for employment in the US.

Preferred Qualifications

• Business Analytics software experience, SAP, Tableau Desktop Certification, and Alteryx Core Certification are preferred.

Technology Tools

• SAP, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, G-Suite
• Tableau Desktop, Alteryx, Skywise
• P&L, KPI, machine-learning-driven rolling forecasts, and generative AI

Location, Travel, and Employment Details

• Location: Herndon, VA (onsite)
• Job type: Agency / Temporary (contract)
• Experience level: Entry Level
• Remote type: Flexible
• Travel required: 5% Domestic and International
• Job family: Financial Expertise <JF-FI-FE>
• End date: 10.16.2026