Costing Data Analyst
Clearance Level
BPSS
Salary Range
Competitive
Employment Type
FULL TIME
Work Style
onsite
// Role Summary
Airbus is seeking a Costing Data Analyst to join their controlling team in Lisbon, Portugal. This role involves defining and maintaining costing references, developing analytical models, and collaborating with transnational teams.
// Key Responsibilities
- Define and manage general costing references and hourly rate structures.
- Collect, curate, and maintain costing data from global sources.
- Develop and implement analytical models for cost data trends.
- Communicate changes and best practices to the costing community.
- Ensure compliance with internal guidelines and export control.
- Contribute to the Costing 'Data Hub' and 'Data Lake' strategy.
// Role Specification
About the Role
We are looking for a Costing Data Analyst to join our controlling team. Your mission will involve defining and maintaining standard costing references, collecting and curating data from various sources, and developing analytical models to identify trends.
Responsibilities
- Reference Strategy & Governance: Define and maintain the standard for general costing references, ensuring they are accurate, consistent, and adapted to business needs.
- Data Collection & Maintenance: Proactively collect and curate costing references from worldwide webs and internal/external sources; ensure these references remain current and reliable.
- Hourly Rates & Escalation: Define and manage hourly rate structures and establish clear rules for the escalation and de-escalation of costing data/references.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary interface to the wider costing community, communicating changes, updates, and best practices regarding general references.
- Modeling & Analysis: Develop, test, and implement advanced analytical models to identify meaningful patterns or trends from costing data sets.
- Compliance & Reliability: Ensure all reference data complies with internal storage guidelines (e.g., AXess methodology) and export control duties.
- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the Costing "Data Hub" and "Data Lake" strategy by providing structured, high-quality inputs and identifying opportunities for automation.
Requirements
- Degree in Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, or Engineering with significant experience in Cost Engineering.
- Proficiency in data modeling, analysis tools (e.g., Python, SQL, QlikSense, Jupyter), and AI expertise.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, costing methodologies, and industrial test practices.
- Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable business insights; "Architect attitude" regarding cross-disciplinary thinking.
- Strong ability to interact, influence, and negotiate at all levels; proven experience in managing communities or projects.
- High flexibility to navigate diverse time zones (GMT+0/GMT+1) and collaborate effectively with transnational teams across the UK, Germany, France, and Spain while located in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Negotiation level of English; ability to work in a transnational environment.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, proactive, and team-player with a focus on coaching and driving culture change.
What's in it for you
- Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or other regions.
- A hybrid working model.
- A modern office at Parque das Nacoes, well connected to public transportation.
- A motivated and fun team to grow with.
- An intense and exciting onboarding experience.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity.