Senior FP&A Analyst

RTX; Harlow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension up to 10.5%

Life assurance 6x salary

25 days holiday + holidays

Company bonus scheme

Flexible benefits (salary sacrifice)

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK is recruiting for a Senior FP&A role to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team in a hybrid setup based in Harlow. You will support forecasting cycles, planning processes, and management reporting, partnering with finance teams and senior stakeholders.

The role offers exposure to both UK and US parent reporting, with opportunities to drive improvements and develop through enterprise-level projects.

Qualifications

• Strong communicator with the ability to provide meaningful and actionable insights.
• Proven ability to convey financial data to non-experts.
• Ability to work in a team with attention to detail and drive for accuracy.
• Extensive Excel modelling skills and a track record of process improvement.
• Thrives under pressure with methodical and hardworking approach.
• Curious mindset with the ability to challenge data and derive insights.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• RUK Forecasting.
• Lead monthly, current year, Annual Operating Plan and Long Range Plan reporting cycles.
• Be the organisation’s expert on financial forecasts.
• Support Monthly Reporting Requirements.
• Lead internal Raytheon UK and US Parent Company reporting including Ops Pack, AOP and LRP.
• Deliver Month End and Pre-Month end reports for efficient close.
• Manage quarterly reporting including SJE, US Tax Group returns, plus ad hoc analysis.
• Supervise and mentor the Finance graduate.
• Suggest process improvements and lead special projects.
• Prepare insightful ad hoc financial analysis for key decisions.
• Collaborate with peers and senior stakeholders to maximise processes.

Skills

Strong communicator

Convey financial data

Team player

Excel modelling

Process improvement

Question data

Multi-priority management

Education

Degree educated (2:1)

Tools

SAP (Apex/Prism)

Cognos & BW

Job description

Benefits

• £: Competitive salary
• 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, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

About us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Our Business

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team, reporting into the Senior FP&A Manager. The role will enable the individual to gain a strong understanding of the whole business, supporting and working closely with all Finance teams and exposure to Senior Stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• RUK Forecasting
• Lead monthly, current year, Annual Operating Plan and Long Range Plan reporting cycles.
• Recognised as the organisation’s expert in terms of the financial forecast.
• Support Monthly Reporting Requirements
• Lead regular internal Raytheon UK and US Parent Company reporting requirements including Ops Pack, Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan and supporting Speaker Notes.
• Deliver Month End and Pre-Month end specific reports that contribute to an efficient and effective close process.
• Manage various quarterly reporting requirements including SJE (Significant Judgments and Events), US Tax Group returns, etc.Ad hoc analysis requests.
• Other
• Supervise and manage the workload and rotation of the Finance graduate
• Challenge, innovate and make recommendations as to how to improve processes
• Special projects including other finance support.
• Preparation of insightful ad hoc financial analysis to support key decision making. Understanding financial impacts of business decisions.
• Collaborate with peers and senior stakeholders to maximise effectiveness of processes and deliverables.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong communicator with a desire for understanding the business model and providing meaningful and actionable insight.
• Ability to convey financial data to the layperson in an effective manner.
• Working as part of a team, with an eye for detail and drive for accuracy.
• Assumed system skills: high level of competence on excel modelling and history of demonstrable process improvement
• Methodical, hardworking, enthusiastic and able to work well under pressure.
• Inquisitive approach to day-to-day tasks, with a desire to question and challenge data.
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, often with demanding time constraints in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• Experience in defence, aerospace, cyber security or other technical sectors.
• Previous FP&A background.
• Likely Degree educated (ideally with a 2;1) but other qualifications considered with relevant experience
• Will consider a part-qualified/newly qualified accountant.
• Experience using integrated financial systems such as SAP (Apex/Prism), Cognos & BW

Location: Harlow (Hybrid) with 3 days a week on site.

Please note: Interviews will commence late August for this position.

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