Benefits
* Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
* 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
* 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, with option to buy or sell up to 5 days (37hr)
* Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
* Flexible Benefits scheme with salary sacrifice options such as Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work
* Enhanced family‑friendly policies including maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
* Private Medical Insurance
* Car/Car allowance
* Enhanced sick pay
* Up to 5 paid days for volunteering each year
About The Role
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, Advanced Products, the Finance Manager will lead a small team of qualified and part‑qualified accountants. The role involves providing high‑quality business partnering, accurate financial analysis and insight to business teams and finance leaders across Raytheon UK and the US. The successful candidate will thrive in a pressured environment, delivering proactive strategic input and leadership across the Business Programme Finance team. Key accountabilities include ensuring compliance with financial governance, conducting monthly business forecasting and reporting, AOP and 5‑year strategic planning, project accounting, investment oversight, balance sheet reviews and cash and FX management.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the strategic Finance Business Partner to the Business Team and functional leaders, embedding finance in decision‑making.
* Lead financial management, reporting and forecasting across key metrics such as bookings, sales, profit, cash, budgets and new business investment.
* Provide insight by linking programme performance to financial outcomes, shaping business strategy and decisions.
* Support development of Annual Operating Plans (AOP) and Long‑Range Plans (LRP), ensuring strong functional alignment.
* Support new business and Gate Reviews, including pricing, cost estimates, risk and opportunity assessment, FX management and contract negotiations.
* Own investment governance and reporting (AR/CFR/NBI), including approvals, inventory AR monitoring and burndown planning.
* Lead the Estimate at Completion (EAC) process, including complex and high‑profile fixed‑price programmes.
* Deliver clear, timely forecasts and financial insights for senior finance and business leaders.
* Line‑manage and develop finance team capability, supporting succession planning.
* Manage UK/US finance stakeholder relationships, ensuring delivery against financial commitments.
* Act as the financial conscience of the business, ensuring policy compliance and strong financial control.
* Champion best practice, continuous improvement and enhanced systems and processes.
* Promote a culture of accuracy, predictability and value‑add financial analysis across all finance deliverables.
Essential Skills
* Qualified CIMA / ACCA accountant with experience in defence or complex contracting environments.
* Strong finance business‑partnering across matrix, multi‑function organisations.
* Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Advanced financial analysis with strong attention to detail.
* Proven ability to resolve complex business and commercial challenges.
* Commercially astute, supporting strategic planning and informed decision‑making.
* Highly resilient and adaptable in fast‑paced environments with competing priorities.
* Able to translate complex data into clear, executive‑level insights.
Desirable Skills
* Experience in a programme environment, including accounting for long‑term contracts and Estimate at Completion (EAC).
* Financial leadership experience or exposure to leading finance workstreams.
* Strong systems proficiency, including SAP, Cognos Enterprise Planning & BI and Power BI.
Equal Employment Opportunity
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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