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Division Program Controller North America (H/F) - SAFRAN CABIN INC.

Costa Mesa, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Safran is a high-tech international group operating in the aerospace, space, and defense sectors. The Division Program Controller North America will be pivotal in managing the financial controlling of a portfolio of programs across the US and North America, collaborating with various operational departments and ensuring financial performance and reporting.

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Responsibilities

Manage the financial controlling of a portfolio of programs across the US/North America region

Provide detailed analysis of program operational and financial performance

Oversight of the controlling process and assistance to operational teams on economic issues across US/MX/Can Galley/Lavatory/Bins Divisions and Floor To Floor Division

Forecast the main program economic and financial aggregates (revenues, gross margin, operating income, free cash flow)

Support for calculation of margins on contracts, provisions for each accounting period

Ensure the accuracy and relevance of economic forecasts and analyses

Ensure transparency and timely report on the economic situation within your perimeter to higher levels of the finance organization and your operational managers

Provide the information needed for operational accounting purposes and guarantee the quality of management oversight and financial control within your perimeter

Lead a team and provide direction across the North America locations

Work cross-functionally with key leadership

Actively manage the validation of sales proposal and program launches process

Monitor RTDI expenditures

Verify consistency between the costing model and the actual cost of first parts

Coordinate at program level the process of estimating production costs and analyze differences, working closely with the site controlling teams and operational staff concerned

Ensure that measures to optimize inventories/work-in progress and production costs are sufficiently robust to achieve objectives

Qualification

Financial controllingCost accountingProgram controllingERP knowledgeIFRS standards knowledgeBusiness plan interpretationProject managementConflict managementAttention to detailTeamwork

Required

Master's degree in Business, Accounting or Engineering

Minimum 10 years of experience in finance, including experience in operational controlling/cost accounting/program controlling

Proficiency in Office applications (Excel, Power BI, etc.)

Ability to build and interpret a business plan

Project management skills

Understanding of the components of cash flow generation

Understanding of ERP and management data (purchasing/production module, etc.)

Knowledge of IFRS standards impacting program and contract accounting (IFRS 15, IAS 38)

Ability to prevent and manage conflicts

Ability to ensure compliance with applicable regulations

Unquestioned business ethics, honesty, transparency and integrity

Strength of conviction, ability to make the right decisions, ability to lead and communicate and to interact at all levels within the organization and influence processes across multiple functions and stakeholders

Thorough attention to detail and accuracy

Demonstrates ability to implement change and drive results

Ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Capacity to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with multiple concurrent assignments

Ability to travel both domestically and internationally; travel expected to be approximately 20%