Finance Manager

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Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, ESP
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Information Technology • Security • Software
The Role
Manage project finance and budget processes for defense-focused projects: project control, risk assessment, hourly rate calculations, EAC follow-ups, stakeholder reporting, and preparation of executive slides.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location: Madrid, Spain

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

In Defense and security, armed forces, governments and global organizations entrust Thales with helping them achieve and maintain security, tactical superiority and strategic independence in the face of any type of threat. In an increasingly unpredictable world, governments rely on our expertise to protect their citizens and make the world safer, from designing smart sensors and connecting soldiers on the digital battlefield to delivering solutions that protect states, cities and critical infrastructures.

In Spain, Thales Sistemas is specialized in Command-and-Control systems, Tactical Communications and Modeling and Simulation addressing solutions in the domain of Defense and Security. Thales is the Spanish leader in tactical Land CIS (Communication and Information Systems) covering all the product life cycle (design, development, production, ILS). Based in Leganés, Thales Sistemas employs a highly specialized workforce of more than 100 people, most of them engineers that participate in the following activities:

  • Communications and Information Systems (CIS) to support Command function and Decision Making:
  • Embedded electronics for military aircraft
  • Tactical Communications
  • Radio Navigation Aids for air traffic

As part of the Finance Team you will be responsible to:

  • Business Finance Project Control with Dashboard Member Preparer with Internal Stakeholder and Corporate ones to be reported
  • Work as Team member in analysis and preparation of any Risk Assessment Business Project, as PCS , R&O, Efficiency Project
  • Be responsible for Project Business Module in OCM
  • Be responsible for the Budget Business Process with interaction with internal stakeholder to understand the necessities, risk to be reflected accordingly and reported with good quality information and on time
  • Hourly rate calculation
  • Hourly rate to be presented for EDF
  • Provide for DGDI and RCP BOR all slides requested with explanation and on time
  • Provide for DIGDI and RCP BOR all slides requested with explanation and on time
  • Provide to main internal stakeholders with a EAC project follow up minimum Quarterly Basis to give the top Management later a visibility
  • Be eligible to obtain the HPS

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

  • Good Comunication Skills
  • Advanced Office User
  • Spanish Native Language
  • Advanced English (oral & written).
  • Analytical Accounting
  • Reporting
  • Team Performance Management
  • Change Management
  • Financial Risk Assessment & Management focus to Defense Market

Valuable:

  • Automation & Digitalization Tools
  • Cash Management
  • Tax Knowledge

What do we offer?

·        Flexible working hours.

·        Intensive working days on Fridays and during summer.

·        Remote-friendly – 2 days a week working from home.

·        Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarden).

​Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

Skills Required

  • Business finance project control and dashboard preparation
  • Project risk assessment and preparation (PCS, R&O, Efficiency Projects)
  • Responsibility for Project Business Module in OCM
  • Manage budget business process and stakeholder interaction
  • Hourly rate calculation and presentation (including EDF requirements)
  • Prepare slides/reports for DGDI and RCP BOR on time
  • Provide EAC project follow-up at least quarterly
  • Good communication skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Office user (Excel/PowerPoint proficiency)
  • Spanish native language
  • Advanced English (oral and written)
  • Analytical accounting
  • Financial reporting
  • Team performance management
  • Change management
  • Financial risk assessment and management with defense market focus
  • Be eligible to obtain the HPS (security clearance eligibility)
  • Automation and digitalization tools
  • Cash management
  • Tax knowledge

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Paris
63,258 Employees

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.

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