Business Line Financial Controller (M/F)

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Business Line Financial Controller (M/F)

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General information

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Reference number

2025-162842

Job details

Job title

Business Line Financial Controller (M/F)

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Administrative staff

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

The industrial management controller is responsible for monitoring and optimizing production costs, analyzing industrial performance, and implementing management tools to improve profitability. As a management partner of the operational teams at the Yverdon and Neuchâtel sites, their missions will be as follows:

Develop and monitor industrial budgets:

• Calculate and optimize cost prices on an annual basis. Review the related policy in close collaboration with the industrial teams.

• Analyze and reduce industrial variances on a monthly basis: differences between forecast and actual (costs, volumes, yields, absorption, purchase mass, etc.);

• Implement any procedure to optimize data reporting processes;

• Set up and monitor performance indicators (KPIs);

• Participate in the development of cost prices and margins;

• Be involved in profitability studies of programs and projects and drive performance, implementing appropriate impairment tests;

• Contribute to improving reporting and information systems;

• Ensure the reliability of financial and industrial data in collaboration with operational teams.

• Prepare any ad-hoc analysis and corrective actions for the Management Committee;

• Manage stock values and their obsolescence with Operations teams on a monthly basis. Provide a shared vision to Management;

• Be an actor in optimizing the VSM, identify and reduce the financial impacts of bottlenecks, variability, and waste;

• Actively participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual account closures; support the Finance team as a backup;

• Be an active contributor to annual external audits and the internal control process in place;

Candidate skills & requirements

Profile sought

• University degree in economics/finance/accounting or federal diploma specialist in Finance & Accounting or equivalent

• Mandatory mastery of SAP (FI-CO, MM, PP), MS Office suite (Power BI a plus);

• Experience in an industrial environment (automotive, pharmaceutical) with high variability is an asset;

• English C1;

• Minimum 5 years of experience in industrial management control, projects, etc.

Analytical mind, rigor, attention to detail;

Excellent organization, ability to work independently and reliability;

Proactivity and sense of partnership;

Stress resistance and agility;

Discretion, ability to interact with interlocutors at all hierarchical levels

Job location

Job location

Europe

City (-ies)

Vauseyon 29 2000 Neuchatel

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved

BAC or Equivalent

Minimum experience level required

More than 5 years