Date Posted: 2025-10-01Country: United KingdomLocation: GBR13: Home - Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NAJob Title: Senior Finance Analyst - Functional Business PartneringFunction: FinanceDuration: PermanentHours: Full time 37 hrsLocation(s): Harlow/Hybrid with 1 or 2 days a week on site.Security Clearance Requirements: SC EligibleRaytheon UK is a leader in defence and aerospace technology, 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.About the role:A key role supporting the Head of Finance – Operations to deliver business advice and coordinated management of functions, capital and opex investment. It will directly impact the profitability and competitiveness of the organisation and cuts across all functions and business, offering a wide exposure to senior leaders on both tactical and strategic issues.Responsibilities:Functional Business Partnering:Owning Business Partnering relationships with senior leaders and complex functionsFunctional headcount, utilisation and overhead forecasting & reporting to support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP), LRP, AOP and monthly cycles.Transform & standardise forecasting & reporting across the whole businessOwning the functional plans/forecasts, driving performance versus annual plan/forecast and cost optimisationPrepping for and supporting the monthly SLT Rates Review Boards for all rate decksDrive interlock between functions and the business. Embed tactical workload forecasting into budgets and forecastsSupporting functional leads to create, manage, and monitor functional dashboards/metrics, service level agreements (SLAs) and service catalogues, to drive efficiency and operational performanceSupporting Manufacturing operational planning by acting as the conduit for PM, BD and Ops teams.Supporting functional leads to create and manage zero based budgets and new and robust finance governance processesInputting into the Risk and Opportunities register for ratesSupporting Business Restructuring and Indirect Cost Optimisation ProjectsSupporting the implementation of new Finance Systems and associated processes as it relates to functional forecasting and ratesCapex & Change:Support the consolidated capital and change forecast, driving performance versus annual plan/forecastDrive maximum ROI out of capex and change projects. Track benefit realisation of capex and change projectsSupporting UK forecast for capitalisation of assets and the depreciation forecast aligned to the latest forecast capitalisation plan.Creating functional business cases and AR generation (inc. but not limited to Capex, Change and M&S), basis of estimate and make v buySupporting the monthly SLT Investment Review Boards covering capex and change projects (AR spend v plan v approved AR, etc).Supporting SLT AR Gate Reviews and approvals for UK and RCL. Reporting on and chasing actions and approvals progressSupporting AOP and LRP prioritisation process/meetingsSupporting UK SLT reviews for material capex and change projectsInputting into the Risk and Opportunities register for investmentsCandidate Requirements:A University degree or equivalentCIMA / ACCA / ACA (or equivalent) part qualifiedRelevant years’ experience in finance rolesExcellent presentational skills. Comfortable with data and detail but having the ability to extract high level messages.Ability to work on concurrent issues/problems with multiple senior stakeholders and sources of information, both internal and external, under time pressure.Experience of working collaboratively within teamsExcellent planning skillsStrong communicator and networker with a thirst for understanding the business model, providing meaningful and actionable insight, critical thinking and an ability to think differently about existing problems.Ability to solve issues, and deliver effective outcomesStrong analytical and strategic thinking skillsetsExcellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial staffExcellent systems skills, including SAP and Microsoft OfficeWorking in a programme environment / knowledge of accounting for long term contractsNegotiation experience and being an effective influencerCreative and entrepreneurial, providing innovative solutions that drive value to the businessExperience of working in a matrix organisationUnderstanding of Project reporting including EACs & EVMSRTX 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr