PEOPLE WORKFORCE PLANNING & COST

This role brings financial rigour and analytical clarity to how the company manages its people costs and workforce. Owning headcount, cost, budget and forecast, the person ensures data is accurate, visible and connected to business decisions — acting as the primary bridge between the People function and Finance Controlling across the full personnel cost lifecycle.

Digitally minded and process-driven, the person continuously seeks smarter ways to automate and present people data. Approximately 50% of the role directly supports Finance Controlling’s planning and reporting cycles.

Financial Planning & Reporting Cycles

• Supports ITP Aero’s main financial planning and reporting cycles: Business Plan, Annual Budget, Forecast, Actuals Reporting and Analysis across all countries of incorporation.
• Owns the annual People Plan — headcount by geography, function and cost tier.
• Tracks headcount evolution month by month against plan and flags variances before they become problems.
• Supports the BP cycle with five-year workforce cost projections and related headcount assumptions.

Employee Cost Control & Budget

• Manages the people cost budget — preparation, monthly tracking and full-year forecast.
• Analyses payroll, benefits, incentives and absenteeism.
• Explains variances between actual, budget and forecast and proposes corrective actions.
• Expands and rationalizes the Personnel Cost model to incorporate new sites (USA, Norway), accommodating local specific requirements.

Accounting & Tax Connection

• Ensures HR-related provisions are properly connected with Personnel Cost accounting rules across all countries.
• Collaborates with the Accounting & Tax team to align HR accruals, provisions and cost allocations with applicable accounting standards.
• Acts as the People function’s point of contact for HR-driven accounting queries.

IT & Systems Requirements

• Defines the functional and data requirements for new and existing IT solutions related to Personnel Costs.
• Works with IT and HRIS teams to improve automation, data integrity and reporting capabilities.
• SAP HR or equivalent HRIS experience is valued for this dimension of the role.

Workforce Planning

• Leads Workforce Planning across the Business Plan cycle, aligning five-year headcount growth, capability requirements and efficiency opportunities with the annual budget by converting the long-term workforce plan into a one-year headcount and cost view, followed through monthly tracking and updates.

Salary Review & Reward Process Support

• Provides cost modelling and scenario analysis for the annual salary review and bonus process.
• Ensures reward decisions are tested against the cost envelope before approval.

Labor Relations Financial Support

• Works with the Labor Relations Director to quantify the cost and P&L impact of collective bargaining scenarios and workforce restructuring options.
• Provides the numbers behind the negotiation.

People Analytics & Executive Reporting

• Builds and maintains the people KPI dashboard — employee cost, headcount vs plan, G&A intensity, SGA leverage and key workforce metrics.
• Prepares executive reporting for the CPO, ELT and Finance.
• Continuously develops people analytics capabilities, leveraging automation and data visualisation tools.

Education

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or similar

Experience

• 7–8 years of experience in financial control or management accounting, ideally with exposure to workforce cost or HR analytics.
• Experience working across People and Finance functions — ability to translate between both worlds
• Familiarity with multi-country payroll structures and international workforce cost modelling (exposure to US, Norway or similar markets is a plus)

Skills & Competencies

• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills; SAP HR or equivalent HRIS experience valued.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, comfortable with numbers and with presenting them clearly to senior stakeholders
• Able to work across the People function, Finance Controlling, Accounting, Tax and IT
• Strong English language skills

Note on Role Positioning

This role is anchored within the People function to keep people cost data, workforce planning and People analytics connected to people strategy. The title “People Workforce Planning & Cost” reflects the hybrid nature of the role — combining financial controlling expertise with people data leadership — without classifying it as a Finance role. Day-to-day collaboration with Finance Controlling (approx. 50% of scope) is embedded in the responsibilities above.