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# Engineering Controller

- **Company:** Airbus
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Tools for Reporting, Gsuite
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

+ Bachelor degree in Finance, Business Management or equivalent
 + Previous years of experience in Function or Project/Program Controlling
 + Financially aware with high business partnering acumen
 + Experience in engineering environment is an advantage
 + Microsoft Office and Google workspace and tools, esp. Excel, Sheets
 + Spanish and English to negotiation level
 + Strong analytical skills and problem solving approach
 + Proactive and independent working style
 + Critical thinking & ability to constructively challenge the operational business
 + Strong interpersonal and communication skills
 + Excellent team working skills; willingness to work in a transnational environment
 + Interest for IT topics and automation, knowledge of reporting tools would be a plus

## Description

The successful applicant will join the Engineering Controlling Team (TFAOE) in Getafe.
You will be responsible for the planning, controlling and steering of the Engineering contribution to the Airbus Derivatives (MRTT) projects. The jobholder acts as a Business Partner of the Chief Engineering organisation, supporting in all financial aspects across the life cycle of a Project, from the bidding to the execution, along with EAC and day-to-day requests.
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

 + Manages targets set by programs through convergence process
 + Cascade the targets at the correct level of granularity to steer the business properly (Org Area, Personnel hours/Subco./Material, etc.);
 + Secure adherence of actual costs with the target during the execution phase. Provide transparent reporting per programme level
 + Deliver high quality timely financial reports, and ensuring that these reports: Provide meaningful information regarding status vs targets; Provide visibility on the different types of delta, with a special focus on deltas coming from activities out of EAC scope' (late modifications, extraordinary developments, certifications, etc); Are harmonized and ensure consistency, including in the generation process
 + Analyze quantitative and qualitative data on performance against budgets/targets highlighting discrepancies and risks & opportunities, ensuring early identification of deviation from financial plan and orientate recovery measures for implementation
 + Support to workload planning cycles as per central Finance requirements, with a particular focus on:
 * Secure consistency across planning cycles (e.g. EAC) and programme directives and assumptions
 * Secure convergence and alignment with Programme (incl. programme finance)
 * Validate Submission / secure financial affordability of Workload vs Programme funding
 + Enhance implementation and usage of financial tools (e.g. CMA, SimpliFi, UP) to achieve more efficient controlling; taking care of operational toolset already in place (e.g. myWorkload)
 + Further develop Business Partnering to the Chief Engineers


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