Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Controller to join our team, reporting to the lead controller. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing support in various financial and administrative tasks. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in all the field of corporate finance (FP&A, Controlling and General Accounting) and administrative field.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning & Reporting
- Preparation of the annual Company budget (incl. statutory view and consolidated view), based on budget, including P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow statement
- Prepare Actuals vs. Budget detailed variance analysis to highlight trends, risks and opportunities,
- Quarterly reforecast based on actuals,
- Operating Planning / Business Plan as needed for fund raising,
- Monthly company reporting to shareholders with actuals vs. budget for Cash-flows (indirect), P&L and Balance sheet
- Monthly cash report (direct) by cost nature to the team with a detailed analysis of cash-in and cash-out vs. budget
Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Controller to join our team, reporting to the lead controller. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing support in various financial and administrative tasks. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in all the field of corporate finance (FP&A, Controlling and General Accounting) and administrative field.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning & Reporting
- Preparation of the annual Company budget (incl. statutory view and consolidated view), based on budget, including P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow statement
- Prepare Actuals vs. Budget detailed variance analysis to highlight trends, risks and opportunities,
- Quarterly reforecast based on actuals,
- Operating Planning / Business Plan as needed for fund raising,
- Monthly company reporting to shareholders with actuals vs. budget for Cash-flows (indirect), P&L and Balance sheet
- Monthly cash report (direct) by cost nature to the team with a detailed analysis of cash-in and cash-out vs. budget
Controlling
Central controlling, including:
- Preparation of budget by function (Cost center),
- Hourly rate determination, follow-up and justification
- Travel expenses
- Overheads and G&A estimates
Project controlling including:
- Revenue Recognition methodology analysis & implementation per contract (IFRS15)
- EAC per programs, including revenue scheme, workload & cost of hours estimates, direct cost to programs
- Risk analysis per program
- Milestones and programs actuals follow-up, including customer invoicing
- Proposal efforts for bids, including preparation of PSS for ESA programs
Manufacturing controlling, including:
- Analysis of inventory and work-in-progress
- Standard pricing variance on purchase (PPV) and production variance
- Scrap, inventory count, and work-in progress analysis
- Actuals cash management, and budget tracking (Cost centers and Projects).
Accounting
- Preparation of closing journal entries linked to operations (complex postings, transfer pricing calculation, month-end accruals…)
- Deep understanding of profit & loss sections and flows
- Compliance, tools and other
Develop internal control procedures and rules to ensure:
- Compliance at every level of the company with laws and regulations
- Prevent errors and fraud
- Protection of company assets, people and company reputation
- Drive financial processes within the Odoo ERP system, incl. impacts on the procurement, sales, HR and manufacturing modules
- Seek for automation of processes for interfaces (API) between external tool use by the company and our ERP Odoo
- Ensure improvements overtime in the tool and simplify processes
- Conduct research on financial and administrative topics and prepare reports with findings and recommendations.
- Support the team in ad-hoc projects, as needed.
Qualifications:
- Embrace the Company culture.
- Dedicated to the team and nice.
- Honest, simple, proactive and hard worker.
- Happy to do things very important for the company but not fancy and known by others.
- Curious, agile, creative, like to understand the why, reassess the need and do better.
- Seek for frugality, automation and performance
- Strong attention and appetence to details but willing to understand the big picture.
- Organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or similar area of studies
- 2 to 5 years of experience in financial controlling in the aircraft or aerospace industry.
- English speaker, German, French or Italian language is a plus.
Benefits:
- Being part of an extraordinary project
- Gain hands-on experience in all finance skills.
- Opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team.
- Flexible work environment
Why you should join us!
What makes us special here at The Exploration Company and why we think you will enjoy working here is:
- We’re Agile - we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
- We’re Open and Collaborative - we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them
- We have a lot of Fun - we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It’s a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?
We'd love to hear from you if you wish to be a part of our journey. Please submit your CV now for immediate consideration and we will be in touch shortly.
The Exploration Company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable.