Airbus Defence and Space is one of the three Divisions of the Airbus Group and Europe’s Number 1 defence and space company. It is the world’s second largest space company and one of the top 10 defence companies globally. Airbus Defence and Space develops and engineers cutting-edge and peerlessly reliable products in the field of defence and space. Its defence and space technologies enable governments and institutions to protect natural resources, societies and individual freedom.
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We are looking for Junior Engineering Business Operations Analyst to become part of the Airbus Defence and Space Romania team.
Areas of impact: Junior Engineering Business Operations Analyst

Responsibilities:

Executive Business Support

• Act as the primary operational partner to the Head of Engineering.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, presentations, and business summaries.
• Consolidate information from Engineering department managers into leadership updates.
• Track strategic actions, decisions, and operational commitments.
• Support leadership meetings through agendas, reports, and action tracking.

Financial Planning and Governance

• Monitor Engineering actual expenditure against approved forecasts and budgets.
• Support Head of Engineering on variance analysis and highlight financial risks and opportunities.
• Support for Finance during forecasting, invoicing, month-end close, and budget reviews.
• Collaborate across Engineering departments to maintain accurate budget tracking.

Contract Coordination

• Coordinate Purchase Orders across Engineering department.
• Track contract status and purchasing activities.
• Collaborate with Finance to resolve operational issues.
• Maintain visibility of contractual commitments and financial timelines.

Resource Planning and Allocation

• Maintain visibility of resource allocation and activity reports across Engineering departments.
• Work with Engineering department leads to update and validate allocation data and monitor utilization.
• Work with Head of Engineering and Engineering department managers to identify capacity constraints and resource risks.

Operational Governance

• Ensure activity reports are completed accurately and on time.
• Follow up with Engineering department managers on actions and deliverables.
• Maintain governance trackers and ensure operational data accuracy.

Reporting and Analytics

• Develop dashboards using Excel, Google Sheets, and Power BI.
• Produce executive reports and management dashboards.
• Analyze operational, financial, and resource data.
• Identify trends and recommend improvements.

Risk Management

• Support for Head of Engineering to maintain visibility of operational, financial, and delivery risks.
• Track mitigation actions and escalate issues when required.

What do we offer you?

• A great place to develop your career
• Exciting and meaningful projects
• Continuous education and training
• A motivating salary and a comprehensive package of benefits
• Performance related bonus

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.
By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Competencies:

• Business acumen
• Analytical thinking
• Financial awareness
• Operational excellence
• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Influencing without authority
• Planning and organization
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communications skills

Specific knowledge:

• Proficient experience with MS Office, Google Suite and other tools;
• Proficient Microsoft Excel
• Google Sheets
• Power BI
• Financial analysis and variance reporting
• Dashboard development
• Basic business communication skills
• Basic ability to self-learn and develop oneself from technical point of view
• Fluent in English

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Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.