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Leonardo

Aerospace, defense tech design and manufacturing

Financial Project Controller

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGenoa, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in economics, management disciplines, or engineering.
  • At least five years of experience as a Controller or Project Controller, preferably in project-based or contract-based organizations and international contexts.
  • Knowledge of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards, United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, project-based production controlling, and international transfer-pricing topics.
  • Proficiency in English at least at the B2 level.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and major enterprise resource planning systems, preferably SAP, as well as project-control management systems.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Perform management control for business activities, focusing on project and contract controlling and related key performance indicators.
  • Monitor financial progress against contracts, including revenue recognition and cost to completion, and support project replanning and program-controlling processes.
  • Monitor, verify available budget capacity, and approve project and contract purchase requests.
  • Track and periodically report financial risks, contingency budgeting, and stress scenarios involving currency changes, milestone delays, and scope changes, together with related mitigations.
  • Coordinate with Legal on exposure arising from disputes, arbitrations, claims, and contractual penalties, and support the quantification of balance-sheet reserves.
  • Monitor, report, and periodically analyze program and contract revenue, receivables, payables, collections, and payments.
  • Interface with Treasury on project-treasury working-capital timing and coordinate with Treasury on advances and financing, foreign-exchange hedging, guarantees, and bonds.
  • Support periodic budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes for the Business Unit.
  • Periodically analyze industrial and operational performance indicators, define improvement plans, and monitor their implementation.
  • Support the bid process.
  • Use SAP S/4HANA, business-intelligence tools, and other planning tools.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of an additional language among French, Spanish, or German.
  • Experience in project-based or contract-based organizations and international contexts.
  • Experience with SAP and other enterprise resource planning systems.

About the Company

Leonardo

Aerospace, defense tech design and manufacturing

Leonardo operates in aerospace, defense, and security, designing and manufacturing advanced technologies for militaries, intelligence agencies, and defense contractors. Its products combine hardware, software, and services and are delivered through subsidiaries in the US (DRS, Electronics US, Critical Infrastructure, Aircraft and Aerostructures US). It differentiates itself with a broad, diversified portfolio and end-to-end support from development to sustainment, plus training and customer service. Its goal is to provide reliable, state-of-the-art capabilities to defense, intelligence, and civil infrastructure customers while maintaining strong support and training.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rome, Italy
Founded
2022

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