Transaction Manager

Rolls-Royce; Orpington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aviation firm in the UK seeks a Sales & Transaction Manager to join their finance team in London. The role involves overseeing customer relationships, ensuring timely engine deliveries, and managing lease agreements. Candidates should possess aviation knowledge, commercial acumen, and excellent communication skills. Join a company committed to innovation and excellence.

Benefits

Safety-first work environment

Career development opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Qualifications

• Relevant working experience in aviation with strong commercial acumen.
• Experience in reviewing and negotiating lease agreements.
• Effective communication and diplomatic skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships and account management.
• Ensure engines are delivered on time without issues.
• Work with sales and marketing to prepare engines for sale/lease.
• Assist in commercial decisions regarding asset management.
• Coordinate onboarding of new engines in the fleet.
• Handle shipping and customs paperwork.
• Provide delivery assurance to management.
• Manage engine lease-end processes and resolve disputes.
• Implement improvements in delivery processes.

Skills

Aviation knowledge

Commercial acumen

Program management

Eloquent communication

Process development

Job description

Job Description

Sales & Transaction Manager

London, UK

London/Hybrid – minimum 3 days on site per week

Why join Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high‑performance culture.

Position Summary

Are you looking for an exciting career in aviation finance? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sales & Transaction Manager to join the Rolls‑Royce & Partners Finance (RRPF) team in London. RRPF is the world’s largest jet engine lessor of Rolls‑Royce jet engines and has a large portfolio of jet engines manufactured by other leading engine manufacturers like Pratt & Whitney and CFM. Our vision is to be the best partner to our customers growth journey.

RRPF provides medium‑ and long‑term spare engine leasing and bespoke financial solutions to airlines, aircraft lessors and OEMs and supports over 75 customers worldwide with a portfolio of over 900 jet engines. This role sits within the Sales and Transaction team; a fast‑paced team responsible for spare jet engine leasing, sale and lease backs and sales revenue.

To be successful in this role you will need to be driven, have commercial acumen in the aviation industry, an eye for detail, be capable of working with a global and diverse mix of external customers and internal partners, and proven programme management experience.

What You Will Be Doing

• Customer relationship and account management is in our DNA, you will work with the sales team supporting customers worldwide with day‑to‑day account management.
• Responsible and accountable for ensuring engines are delivered to customers on time and without issues. You will work with legal, technical, sales and other functions to deliver this.
• Support the sales and marketing team to ensure engines are ready for sale/lease by having an in‑depth understanding of timelines and priorities and coordinating with technical and logistics team.
• Provide management and marketing team with data to assist commercial decisions regarding the future course of life for the asset.
• Ensure new additions and redelivery of engines into the engine portfolio are correctly brought into the fleet in line with process and procedures.
• Capture shipping/export paperwork/customs invoices/inco terms with assistance from logistics.
• Provide Legal and senior management team with sign off and assurance from a delivery perspective.
• Redefining and managing engines through the lease‑end process in a timely manner, coordinating with all teams to solve any issues that may arise (missing parts or records, billing, logistics etc), ensuring all re‑delivery costs are captured and recharged where applicable.
• Managing and resolving any disputes that may arise regarding suppliers, delivery, storage, damage, or customers.
• Responsible for addressing inaccuracies and failings by the business in respect of delivery and redelivery process and implementing process improvements to prevent a re‑occurrence.

Preferred Requirements

• Relevant working experience in aviation with strong commercial acumen and project management skills.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technical provisions of engine lease or purchase agreements.
• Eloquent communication skills, diplomatic skills when dealing with customers.
• Affinity with process development and standardisation.

Regional Benefits

• Work in a safety‑first environment where doing the right thing and keeping it simple are core principles.
• Join a culture that values making a real difference through your work.
• Develop your career as a mid‑career professional blending technical expertise with strong personal qualities.
• Thrive in a role that encourages integrity, accountability, resilience, and curiosity.
• Collaborate and build relationships in a team‑focused environment while also working independently.
• Take initiative, lead, and make smart decisions with confidence and support.
• Grow through continuous learning, openness to improvement, and exposure to challenging opportunities.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi‑year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls‑Royce into a high‑performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls‑Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Closing Date: 18/11/2025

For further information, please contact: aaron.thoresendavidson@rolls‑royce.com

Job Category: Service Operations

Posting Date: 04 Nov 2025; 00:11

Posting End Date: 18 Nov 2025