Senior Manager, FP&A

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Are you a strategic finance leader who thrives at the intersection of operational excellence and financial precision? Airbus Helicopters North America is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A to serve as a pivotal Finance Business Partner. This is a high‑impact leadership role where you won't just report on the P&L—you will drive it. From overseeing five‑year operating plans to guiding multi‑million dollar program decisions, you will be the financial compass for our business line owners, ensuring that our mission to provide the world’s most advanced helicopter solutions remains financially robust and strategically sound.

Our Finance and Accounting team members need excellent analytical and communication skills to successfully manage our financial portfolio. Our teams provide key analytics—from month‑end closing to performance management analysis for our partners. If you’re analytical, detail‑oriented and have a passion for numbers, you’ll enjoy working with our cross‑functional global team.

On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH‑72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H‑125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

• Financial Rewards:
  Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit‑sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Work/Life Balance:
  Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare:
  Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high‑deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

• Develop robust and transparent working relationships with heads of business, program managers and key operational stakeholders enabling the free flow of business critical information.
• Translate financial information into usable and relevant operational information to drive performance through implementable actions.
• Ensure transparency and understanding of financial drivers and their impact on the revenue, margin and cash performance of the business and products.
• Provide and communicate quantitative & qualitative data to the business leaders in order to support and facilitate business decision making.
• Become a critical member of the program organizations offering expert advice and support whilst still maintaining the empowerment to challenge the business.
• Increase business management validation and Risks & Ops focus with Quantification.
• Transaction, Performance, KPI review. Includes Pre‑closing communication and Closing communication.
• Control cost for OPEX, CAPEX, Depreciation, etc.

• Prepare all necessary data required to explain the financial performance of the business with clear linkages to project and operational performance.
• Complete, analyze and publish key business and financial indicators relevant to the specific business and operational area.
• Proactively highlight possible areas of performance deterioration and plan deviation both financial and operational, offering mitigation and rectification plans to adhere to business and financial commitments.
• Identify, quantify and compile all risks and opportunities against the agreed plan, working with owners and influencers to mitigate risks and materialise opportunities.
• Work with the R&O manager to ensure the central tracking tool (ARM) is accurate, up to date and…