For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems' security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.
We are looking for a Business Controller to join our Finance team. In this role you will support management in strategic decision-making through financial planning, performance analysis and business control. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will monitor key financial indicators, provide meaningful business insights and contribute to the successful delivery of strategic and operational objectives across the organization.
Responsibilities:
Prepare and analyze financial reports, monitoring variances against budgets and forecasts;
Support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and month-end closing activities;
Monitor financial and operational KPIs, providing insights and recommending corrective actions;
Perform profitability analyses by project, customer, product and business unit to support management decision-making;
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and reliable business data;
Contribute to the continuous improvement of controlling processes, reporting tools and operational efficiency.
Requirements:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting or a related field;
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Business Controlling, Audit or a similar finance-related role;
Strong knowledge of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting;
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Power BI and Oracle is an advantage;
Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders;
Fluency in Portuguese and English;
Proactive, collaborative and results-oriented mindset, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.
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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career Portal.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting or related field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Business Controlling, Audit or similar finance-related role
- Strong knowledge of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with Power BI and Oracle
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders
- Fluency in Portuguese and English
- Proactive, collaborative and results-oriented mindset, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
