Finance Placement

**Start date**:12th August 2024

**Location**:Filton

**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 Internship scheme within Finance at Airbus will provide you with a fantastic start to your career. The internship 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. As an intern you are treated as a full employee and given as much support as you may need to ensure that the transition from university to working life is smooth.

At Airbus there is a solid mix of youth and experience, with a large number of interns, graduates and apprentices on-site as well as well-experienced professionals to help guide your career from both a technical and behavioural perspective, to ensure you develop as fully as possible during the time with us to maximise your potential. You are able to build a wide network made up of people with a range of experience levels and who work in all different areas of the business.

There is the opportunity to get involved in activities outside of your role such as organising charity events, Generation Airbus and local team social events, showing the local community around the site and leading your own projects.

Airbus encourages a healthy work life balance through flexi-time and a Friday half-day, ensuring positive wellbeing. There is also the potential to be fast-tracked onto the Finance Graduate Scheme, dependent on strong, exceptional internship performance. This will give you the chance to join the Airbus family long term, living and working around Europe in numerous placements whilst studying for your CIMA qualifications.

**What you will be doing**:
In Filton, Bristol, Airbus is responsible for the engineering design and test of wings and landing gears, as well as home to some of our support functions such as Procurement, Accounting, HR and Government Affairs. As a member of the team in Filton, you are able to see wings being designed and parts being tested for manufacture. From design to flight this is an amazing story to be part of

There are 3 intern roles in Filton to be placed in the following teams:
The Government Financial Affairs team - responsible for all financial matters relating to Government, Regional and European Commission funding. As part of a small dynamic team based in Filton you will be responsible for:

- Preparation of cost statements;
- Liaison with auditors for externally funded projects;
- Invoicing to partners reconciliation of General Ledger accounts; review/updating of departmental processes;
- Provide support to assist in the management of contracts;
- In addition, the team provides local financial support to the UK research teams and you will be responsible for preparation of monthly reporting, dealing with customer queries and providing ad-hoc financial support to the finance and operations teams.

Engineering Financial Controlling team - responsible for the financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting of the Engineering function in Filton. You will be responsible for:

- Financial reporting including, preparing reports to look at actual costs incurred in the month.Updating forecast models;
- Liaising with the Finance community and the Business Operations team - key stakeholder management skills;
- Supporting transnational teams across Europe in projects aimed at continuous improvement to make the business more efficient;
- Cost scenarios and Hourly Rate Reporting;
- Engagement in team building activities, assisting in Charity Challenge and helping to organise team events as required.

**Requirements**:

- Studying towards a degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field;
- Enthusiastic, curious and motivated to identify and implement changes;
- Creativity, Integrity and Customer focus;
- Willingness to learn, proactive attitude.

**Contact**

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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 Operations Limited

**Employment Type**:
Internship**Experience Level**:
Student

**Job Family**:
Controlling

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements