Accounting Manager

Date Posted:

2026-06-17

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Harlow, Essex

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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)
• Car/Car allowance
• 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
• Private Medical Insurance

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.

What You Will Do

The Accounting Manager plays a key role within the Central Finance function, overseeing the month end close process and ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting. This role is responsible for managing core financial controls, leading the preparation and submission of monthly results, and providing technical guidance to ensure compliance with US and UK accounting standards and internal governance frameworks.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a previous background in Audit or someone who is looking to make their first move into industry from practice.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience managing a month‑end close process within a central or corporate finance environment ideally within a US group.
• Strong accounting knowledge and understanding of financial controls.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Experience of working within an SAP environment
• This role requires SC clearance and therefore the successful applicant must be eligible to receive SC clearance.

Desirable

• Experience working in a large, multi‑entity or multi‑currency organisation.
• Exposure to audit processes or an internal control framework i.e. Internal and External audit.
• Previous involvement in an ERP transformation project including supporting with process mapping, system design, and post‑go‑live support.

Responsibilities

Month-End Close & Reporting

• Lead and coordinate the end‑to‑end month‑end close process across the business.
• Preparation and review of monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of financial submissions into group reporting systems.
• Analyse monthly performance results, identifying variances, trends, and potential risks or opportunities and utilise this to produce monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for senior leadership reviews.

Financial Controls & Compliance

• Maintain a strong financial control environment, ensuring adherence to internal control frameworks (e.g., SOX and audit requirements) and provide support for any Internal audits.
• Oversee and improve reconciliation processes, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Design, implement, and monitor financial month‑end submissions and reporting cycles, whilst looking for ways to improves the processes across the team.
• Take the Lead on external audits, providing required documentation and explanations to the auditors.
• Ensure compliance with relevant company policies and accounting standards (e.g. US GAAP and UK GAAP).

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Work collaboratively across Finance teams to ensure accurate data submission and alignment with central finance expectations.
• Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and other functions to ensure consistent reporting and strong communication flow.

Continuous Improvement

• Evaluate current close and control processes, identifying opportunities to improve speed, accuracy, and control quality whilst maintaining a strong control environment.
• Lead or support finance transformation initiatives, such as automation, standardisation, and system enhancements and provide support with enhancements and implementations of the ERP system.
• Develop best practices and standard operating procedures for month‑end and control activities.

This role is Hybrid: 3 days a week on siter

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process.

Typically has broad knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization.

Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience

Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

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