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Amazing opportunities.\nGKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.\nJob Summary\nThe Supply Chain Controller - Civil North America Portfolio is a key finance business partner responsible for driving financial rigor, transparency, and value creation across new and existing civil aerospace programs. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, commercial decision-making, and execution, supporting leadership with insightful analysis, forward-looking modeling, and crisp executive communications.\nThe Supply Chain Controller will lead new business financial modeling, program margin analysis, and key initiative ownership, while contributing directly to North America business strategy and long-range planning. The role requires strong commercial acumen, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Programs, Operations, and Commercial teams.\nJob Responsibilities\nNew Business & Commercial Finance\nLead financial modeling and evaluation for new business pursuits, including bids, RFQs, negotiations, and contract amendments.\nDevelop and maintain robust program business cases, incorporating pricing, cost curves, cash flow, risk/opportunity, and return metrics.\nPartner with Commercial and Program teams to assess contract structures, escalation clauses, volume assumptions, and lifecycle economics.\nSupport make/buy, footprint, and sourcing decisions with clear financial insight.\nProgram Margin & Performance Management\nOwn program margin analysis across the Civil North America portfolio, with a focus on drivers, risks, and corrective actions.\nAnalyze cost performance, productivity initiatives, learning curves, and cost-out opportunities across development and production phases.\nTrack and challenge assumptions related to cost absorption, inflation, labor efficiency, and supplier performance.\nSupport quarterly and monthly performance reviews with clear narrative and actionable insights.\nStrategic Initiatives & Value Creation\nLead and support key cross-functional initiatives (e.g., margin improvement, pricing discipline, cost transformation, footprint optimization).\nQuantify value creation initiatives and track delivery against financial commitments.\nSupport longer-term strategic programs and transformation efforts.\nExecutive Reporting & Presentations\nPrepare high-quality executive-level presentations for senior leadership.\nTranslate complex financial data into clear, decision-oriented storytelling.\nBusiness Strategy & Planning\nPartner with Finance Leadership on North America business strategy, including outlooks, scenario planning, and long-range forecasts.\nSupport annual operating plans, medium-term plans, and ad-hoc strategic assessments.\nProvide thought leadership on portfolio mix, risk exposure, and capital prioritization.\nIndustry & Portfolio Focus Areas\nThe role will develop expertise and insight across the following focus areas:\nCivil Aerospace Programs - OEM and Tier-1 environments, including development vs. mature platforms.\nLifecycle Economics - understanding long-term margin profiles across development, ramp-up, and steady-state production.\nContractual Risk & Opportunity - pricing mechanisms, escalation clauses, volume risk, and cost recovery.\nAftermarket & Services Impact - financial implications of spares, repair, and long-term service agreements.\nRegulatory & Compliance Awareness - accounting considerations, revenue recognition, and program governance.\nJob Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field.\n5-10 years of progressively responsible experience in program finance, FP&A, or commercial finance, preferably in aerospace or complex manufacturing.\n+5 Years of experience performing similar roles.\nFluent in english\nStrong financial modeling skills, including scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling.\nProven ability to partner with non-finance stakeholders and influence outcomes.\nAdvanced Excel and PowerPoint capabilities; comfort working with large data sets.\nWe’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?\nA Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working\nEveryone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.\nWe’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.\nWe are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5878,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","Manufacturing","Space & Aerospace","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T18:50:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:9","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T21:41:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":33108,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1833182},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1833182"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-supply-chain-financial-controller"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3539751}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"gknaerospace.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3539751},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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