Senior Finance Analyst - Weapons Business Programme Finance

Date Posted:

2026-06-11

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Harlow, Essex

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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.

Reporting to the Finance Manager within the Weapons Mission Area, the Senior Finance Analyst will be responsible for providing high quality, accurate and actionable financial analysis and insight to the Finance and Programme teams.

This role is for the finance lead on a high profile programme, which underpins the financial performance of the Mission Area for several years. The individual will be relied upon to provide proactive business partnering to the Programme Manager and wider team. The individual will ensure compliance with financial governance and policy requirements; monthly business forecasting; AOP and 5-year strategic planning; project accounting (EACs); balance sheet reviews; and cash management.

 Key Responsibilities:

Understand and communicate the link between programme and financial performance, providing insight into the numbers for business leads and key stakeholders helping shape decision making and business strategy
Ensure financial processes are delivered on time and well understood by the business and other key stakeholders including Risk and Opportunity Management, Earned Value Management, Forecasting
Supporting the achievement of all metrics (bookings, sales, profit, cash)
Actively promote the importance of accuracy, predictability and value add analysis across all finance deliverables, promoting where possible the importance of financial data and information
Support the Programme Team with Quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting.
Support in the establishment of the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and five-year plan targets.
Act as the “financial conscience” of the business and ensure Business and Financial Policy adherence.
Providing financial insight to support the business risk & opportunities process (development, analysis, mitigation & review).
Building a network with all Stakeholders.
Champion best practice and look to improve systems and processes.
Support the Finance Manager to develop meaningful financial analysis to support new business investment decisions and pricing.
Ad-hoc financial analysis and decision support.
 

Skills and Experience

Essential:

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or Finalist
Project Accounting experience
Business Partnering skills, working across different internal functions
Relevant commercial experience in a similar defence or complex contracting environment
 

Desirable:

Experience of working with SAP, Power BI, MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Proactive, analytical and inquisitive
Attention to detail and process adherence
Highly organised and self-motivated
Excellent communication and presentation skills

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.]

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Requires advanced knowledge of work area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project
management. Practical to substantial knowledge of RTX projects, programs or systems with the ability to make enhancements and leverage in daily work.

Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience

Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science,Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

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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