HO Finance Japan

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Job Description:

Position Summary:
The Head of Finance provides financial leadership to all Airbus entities in Japan (mainly Airbus Helicopters Japan and Airbus Japan), as a member of the leadership team, directly partnering with the Managing Directors to execute on the companies’ operational
objectives.
He/she will establish annual performance targets through the Operative Planning process and deliver accurate forecasting as well as robust financial

reporting and analysis through ownership of business-critical KPIs (EBIT, cash flow, cost base, G&A, etc.). In addition, he/she will provide direct support to growth strategies, including, but not limited to, M&A projects, capital expenditures and commercial offer strategies. Ensuring a strong link to the Airbus

organization, he/she will tightly align financial processes to those of Airbus

Divisions (“Airbus”), making them evolve at the same pace as the company.
He/She will have to create and maintain the management tools giving a perfect vision of performance. He/she is responsible for all accounting, tax and

treasury activities of the company, ensuring that internal financial control
standards are upheld whilst promoting a strong culture of risk anticipation and finance compliance, together with ERM process ownership. He/she is also

responsible for the IM department in Airbus Japan.
Finally, he/she manages, trains and develops a team of experienced professionals in Finance (c.13 colleagues) and IM (c.10 colleagues).

Primary Responsibilities:
1. Business Controlling
1.1. Comprehensively plan the development of Legal Entity via the Annual Operative Planning (AOP) process, ensuring alignment with stakeholders on key assumptions related to Order Intake, Revenue, Profitability, Capital Investments and FCF
1.2. Establish a robust mechanism for quarterly forecasting of financial performance against AOP targets, to capture
all risks and opportunities in an integrated fashion to update targets on year-end performance
1.3. Provide detailed analysis of actual financial results on a monthly basis versus Forecast and AOP targets, performing root-cause analysis and synthesizing this analysis into actionable guidance back to KPI owners for mitigation or

exploitation of risks and opportunities
1.4. Partner with Airbus Controlling, Accounting and Financial Systems departments to ensure that a robust cost accounting model is in place within enterprise financial systems to ensure a high fidelity of financial information is
captured to support contract compliance, accounting accuracy and performance management
1.5. Effectively liaise with Division controlling functions and establish trust relationship with Central finance stakeholders

1.6. Closely monitor and evaluate the financing and cash needs of the business
1.7. Support commercial offer evaluations in line with Airbus processes (FinCom, RMC…), review costing & pricing according to internal processes in close cooperation with Airbus Offer teams
1.8. Support Operations in monitoring the profitability of the different business lines (MRO, training, logistic, …), alert on early deviations and propose corrective actions

2. Transactional Accounting, Tax & Operational Treasury
2.1. Deliver Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Travel & Expense and General Accounting operations, ensuring standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed and internal controls are applied in accordance with Airbus accounting standards and audit expectations
2.2. Ensures timely, accurate and complete supplier payments are made in strict adherence to payment due dates and that outstanding customer debt is collected according to contract terms in order to drive optimal working
capital of the company with a focus on process improvement to address the root cause of underperformance
2.3. Provide to the Airbus Operational Treasury Department the cash reporting in the agreed content and frequency
2.4. Manages independently all aspects of business activities operational treasury activities, ensuring accurate allocation of inbound and outbound bank movements and robust reporting and forecasting in full compliance with
the Airbus Treasury Golden Rules
2.5. Ensure that the entity is compliant to all Tax regulations, that the Airbus Tax Strategy is applied and that tax specialists, when nominated, have a reporting line to Airbus Tax & Customs and to Him/Her

3. Investment Planning & New Business Support
3.1. Support the elaboration of stand-alone business cases for incremental

investments into new product capabilities modeling both the magnitude and phasing of non-recurring investments and identifying consequent sources of
incremental profit and free cash flow via KPIs such as NPV, IRR & DCF
3.2. Support the planning and review of all CAPEX files, ensuring that the global process is followed and that investments planned in the AOP are properly aligned to the long-term needs of the business
3.3. Optimize financial resources (renegotiation of contracts, tax efficiency, obtaining loans and grants, etc.)

4. Financial Compliance, ERM & Governance
4.1. Participate in the Board of Directors and ensure all required Finance topics are adequately discussed and approved
4.2. Ensure the Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") process is properly

applied and submit required quarterly reports
4.3. Ensure Anti-Money Laundering/Know Your Customer ("AML/KYC") rules are properly applied, and all Customers are properly vetted prior to selling

4.4. Ensure Supplier Due Diligence rules are applied, and all Suppliers are properly vetted prior to engagement. Ensure periodic Supplier block lists are

cascaded. Ensure supplier bank transfer details are properly validated to
protect against payment fraud
4.5. Ensure appropriate Internal Controls are in place and actively manage to ensure continuing adequacy and effectiveness. Lead the annual Internal Control Self-Assessment ("ICSA") and make quarterly updates regarding any deficiencies

5. Information Management
5.1. Lead and support the team of experts in charge of developing and maintaining the IM environment of the Legal Entity
5.2. Identify, arbitrate and support the deployment of new digital tools to promote efficiency
5.3. Coordinate with the Regional IM team on HR topics and local priorities

6. Other Responsibilities
6.1. Ensure the sub-group financial statements are consolidated, on time and on quality. Note: The Affiliate needs to apply the Airbus consolidated perimeter rules and governance
6.2. Support the Airbus Consolidation department in the preparation of the consolidation/deconsolidation implementation time-table and ensure the same materiality thresholds are applied to the entity and to associated sub-groups as those applied by Airbus Divisions in agreement with local auditors
6.3. Carefully assess, regularly review and document material Technical Accounting Matters in alignment with Airbus Accounting Record to Report and/ or Airbus Affiliates Controlling department

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 Helicopters Japan Co. Ltd

Employment Type:
Permanent

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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Leadership

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