Financial Data Analyst

The Financial Data Analyst supports business controlling activities across Airbus Services perimeters in the Americas, combining financial reporting, cost controlling, and performance management analysis to inform planning and business decisions. This is an agency / temporary contract role based in Herndon, VA with onsite work and flexible remote options.

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 for budget over- and under-performance.
• Convert variance findings into actionable risk-mitigation plans and opportunity strategies.
• Customize and deploy AI Use-Case Assessments for financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting to support a shift toward predictive, machine-learning-driven rolling forecasts.
• Support adoption of AI-powered data retrieval to reduce manual data gathering and enable rapid querying of P&L, headcount, and KPI metrics.
• Assist the Head of Services Finance with executive-level financial briefings, metrics, and dashboards for Airbus Americas and Global Services HQ.
• Support expansion of the Direct Revenue-to-Cash Free Cash Flow (FCF) methodology.
• Investigate predictive cash-forecasting algorithms for regional collection pipelines to improve working capital predictability.
• Interface with European counterparts and Business Operations Analysts to provide and gather business and operational data for analysis and reporting.
• Maintain visibility into offsite supplier financial purchasing obligations and outsourced workload requirements to ensure forecast and expenditure accuracy.
• Follow applicable rules and best practices to support compliance.
• Apply detailed knowledge of integrated AA processes, including Procurement, Finance, and HR.
• Partner with regional commercial and business development leadership to model financial scenarios for new regional sales opportunities and addressable market share growth.
• Provide financial modeling support for industrial footprint business cases, including warehouse redesigns and regional distribution expansions.
• Assist in the financial steering of the Hub-to-Regionalization strategy by evaluating Gross Margin ROI to maximize margin velocity.
• Support the regional finance transformation roadmap by identifying manual reporting roadblocks and collaborating with the digital team to replace legacy Excel tasks with automated tools (including 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Master preferred) 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 tools and platforms, including G-Suite (e.g., Sheets) and Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel), along with accounting/finance concepts and software.
• Ability to work under pressure in a rapidly changing environment to meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and accuracy.
• Professional, positive, collegial approach with solutions orientation.
• Organized work style with strong follow-through and execution.
• Ability to prepare clear, precise reports and provide business-oriented recommendations to site and project leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation experience.
• Fluency in English required; French, Spanish, or German preferred.
• Authorized to work in the US and eligible for employment in the US.

Preferred Certifications & Skills

• Business analytics software experience.
• SAP experience.
• Tableau Desktop Certification preferred.
• Alteryx Core Certification preferred.

Technology & Tools

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

Travel

• 5% domestic and international travel

Employment Details

• Employment type: Agency / Temporary
• Experience level: Entry Level
• Remote type: Flexible
• Job family: Financial Expertise (JF-FI-FE)
• Application end date: 10.16.2026