Business Program Finance Analyst

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Location: Gloucester Manchester Glenrothes or Harlow (Hybrid working)

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)
• 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

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; were 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.

Cyber

Our National Security Cyber business delivers mission-critical solutions that safeguard our national security 24 hours a day seven days a week. Working in a mature agile environment our SCRUM teams work synchronously with our customers to solve some of the toughest digital challenges faced in the world today.

Role Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Analyst / Business Partner to join the business supporting both the Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) and the Space-ISR (S-ISR) Teams.

Reporting to the Finance Manager the Finance Analyst will be responsible for providing high quality accurate and actionable financial analysis and insight to the Finance and Programme teams.

Working in our finance team is not just about producing numbers its about understanding what drives them and making complex financial issues easy to understand. C&I and S-ISR is a geographically diverse business and offers multiple site locations as office based working solutions combined with hybrid flexibility also including occasional travel to our other sites such as Harlow and Glenrothes as required by the business.

The main focus of the role will be on providing high quality business partnering providing robust and accurate financial insight including maintenance of financial reports analysis of performance data generation and analysis of cost data support to new business opportunities support to management/programme teams production and analysis of varying degrees of financial reports and support of internal/external reviews.

The individual must have the resilience to work in a pressured environment and will be relied upon to support in the development of the AOP and Long-Range Plan Quarterly EACs Pricing requests for bid work monthly forecasting financial reporting and variance analysis. This role would suit an individual looking to grow their career potential and skill set supporting the flawless program execution of the existing portfolio.

As part of the C&I and S-ISR Finance team the candidate will sit within a high performing team who are consistently looking to improve on how we provide support to the business. The successful candidate will need to be ambitious highly motivated in expanding their technical knowledge commercial acumen and have a drive to focus on their own personal development ensuring that the business receive 1st class financial analysis & support.

Skills and Experience

Essential:

Part/Qualified accountant (CIMA preferred)

Resilience and able to adapt to changes in a fast-paced growing organisation

Commercially astute

Proactive analytical and inquisitive

Attention to detail and process adherence

Highly organised and self-motivated

Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data

This role requires SC clearance and therefore the successful applicant must be eligible to receive SC clearance

Desirable:

Relevant commercial/business experience in a similar defence or complex contracting environment

Project Accounting / Business Partnering experience

Experience interfacing and conducting business with a various functional discipline (Business Development Contracts Operations Engineering Quality Supply Chain Management Program Management etc.)

A creative problem solver who can operate effectively under changing constraints

Experience of working with SAP Power BI MS Office Applications (Word PowerPoint Excel)

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the achievement of all metrics (bookings sales profit cash).
• Support in the establishment of the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and Long-Range Plan (5 year) targets.
• Support the Program Execution Team with Quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting.
• Supporting new business proposals as and when required for Gate Reviews including pricing basis-of-estimate generation foreign exchange management and risks and opportunities management.
• Understanding and communication of the link between programme and financial performance for the business
• Act as the financial conscience of the business and ensure excellent governance through Business and Financial Policy adherence.
• Providing financial insight to support the business risk & opportunities process (development analysis mitigation & review).
• Actively promote the importance of accuracy predictability and value add analysis across all finance metrics promoting where possible the importance of financial data and information
• 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 analysis as required by the business and wider finance teams

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.

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