Date Posted: 2025-04-11 Country: United Kingdom Location: GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA Position Role Type: Unspecified Job Title: Finance Manager - Advanced Products Function: Finance Duration: Permanent Hours : Full time 37 hours Location(s): Harlow/Hybrid with at least twice a month on site. Security Clearance Requirements: Baseline with eligibility to obtain SC. Why join Raytheon Raytheon UK is a powerhouse in defence and aerospace, where innovation meets impact. As a key partner to the UK government and global customers, we tackle the toughest challenges across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Beyond cutting-edge defence solutions, we lead the way in digital training transformation for both military and commercial clients. At Raytheon UK, you will work with pioneering technology, collaborate with top industry experts, and be part of a dynamic team that fuels your growth. Whether you're looking to push boundaries, develop your skills, or make a real-world impact, your future starts here. What You Will Do Raytheon is seeking a Finance Manager (Advanced Products) who will report to the Senior Finance Manager. This position manages and develops a small team of qualified and part qualified accountants within the Sensors business pillars. You will be responsible for providing high quality business partnering and accurate, actionable financial analysis and insight to the programme business team and to Finance leaders across Raytheon UK and US. We are looking for someone who must have the resilience to work in a pressured environment and will be relied upon to provide proactive strategic input and leadership across the Business Programme Finance team. You will ensure compliance with financial governance and policy requirements; monthly business forecasting and reporting; AOP and 5 year plan strategic planning; project accounting (EACs); investment; balance sheet reviews; cash and foreign exchange management. Responsibilities: - Partner and act as the Strategic Finance Business Partner for the Business Team and its Functional leaders, ensuring that finance is at the heart of the business. - Responsible for financial management, reporting and forecasting on key metrics including but not limited to: Bookings, Sales, Profit, Cash, Functional Budgets and New business investment. - Understand and communicate the link between programme and financial performance across the business providing insight into the numbers for business leads and key stakeholders helping shape decision making and business strategy. - Support the business in establishing Annual Operating Plans (AOP) and Long-Range Plans (LRP) ensuring interlock with functions. - Support new business proposals for Gate Reviews including, pricing strategy, basis-of-estimate generation; foreign exchange management; risk and opportunities management; investment and contract negotiation support. - Management of Quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) processes including high profile fixed price programmes with complex commercial and financial arrangements. - Management and reporting of Inventory AR balances, ensuring balances and burndown plans are monitored and well understood across the business team. - 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. - Line manage and develop team members to maintain a high performing business partner team supporting the Advanced Products business. - Establish and manage relationships with Collins US/UK business counterparts ensuring support to UK Senior Finance Analyst to deliver against financial commitments. - Act as the "financial conscience" of the business and ensure Business and Financial Policy adherence. - Champion best practice and look to improve systems and processes. - Work closely with the wider Finance Team and collaborate on cross functional improvement projects. - 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. What You Will Learn/Desirable Skills - Excellent systems skills - SAP, COGNOS Enterprise Planning and Business Intelligence, Power BI - Experience in programme environment with knowledge of accounting for long term contracts, including Estimate at Completion - Excellent presentation skills. Comfortable with data and detail, although having the ability to extract high level messages to support business decisions. Your Skills: - Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) with relevant commercial experience in a similar defence or complex contracting environment. - Previous experience in a business partnering role, interfacing and conducting business with various functional disciplines across a matrix organisation. - Commercially astute and adept at strategic planning - Financial leadership experience or related experience - Proven ability to actively drive resolution on critical business challenges and key issues. LI-MF1 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. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link (http://www.rtx.com/privacy/Job-Applicant-Privacy-Notice) to read the Policy and Terms Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.