Senior FP&A Analyst

Date Posted:

2026-03-31

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)
• 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; 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.

About the role

Raytheon UK is seeking systems-oriented senior FP&A Analyst to join our dynamic Mission Area Finance team. This role plays a critical part in bridging between Mission Area Business Programme Finance teams, the Financial Planning and Analysis team and with the other central finance functions, ensuring seamless reporting, forecasting, and system operations.

Reporting to the FP&A Manager (Mission Areas), the role encompasses managing the Mission Area Reporting Suite (MARS) and the MARS user community, collaborating across numerous finance teams, supporting the various reporting requirements and assisting with future developments.

If you're passionate about financial systems, data integrity, and driving process improvements in a complex, fast-paced environment, this is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

This role is Hybrid working.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Systems-oriented thinker with the ability to model and visualize data flows.
• Strong analytical mindset with a proactive, hands-on approach.
• A natural innovator with a strong desire for understanding & identifying improvements to the existing business model to deliver meaningful and actionable insight.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Resilient and adaptable in high-pressure environments.
• Experience in commercial programme finance roles, including exposure to reporting, forecasting or Business Partnering.
• General programming knowledge (any language).
• Part-Qualified accountant (CIMA preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills (ideally with VBA and Power Query).

Desirable:

• Experience with Excel VBA or Power Query will be highly beneficial.
• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA preferred).
• Prior involvement in financial systems development or enhancement projects.
• Background in defence, aerospace, cyber security, or other complex contracting environments.
• Experience with Power BI and/or SAP.

Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Partner with Business Programme Finance teams to produce consistent monthly management reporting packs (Pre-Month End and Ops Packs), ensuring alignment across the businesses.
• Ensure data validation and correlation checks are complete to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Lead the Mission Area Short Range Outlook (SRO) reporting process, ensuring timely updates and dashboard accuracy.
• Collaborate on the development of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Long-Range Planning (LRP) reporting packages.

Systems & Data Management

• Lead the MARS Power Users team ensuring coverage and timely execution of all tasks on the timetable is agreed and communicated.
• Perform analysis of unresolved issues flagged by the MARS Power User team, debugging, identifying root cause and proposed solutions
• Build, maintain and tailor reporting datasets including Cost of Sales reporting.
• Manage scheduling and communication of Scenario updates and system rollovers.

Process Improvement & Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify and implement process enhancements to streamline forecasting and reporting processes across Mission Areas.
• Spearhead the design, development, implementation and testing of new capabilities within MARS.
• Deliver high-quality, actionable insights to support Mission Area Heads of Finance in strategic decision-making.
• Develop the Mission Area Reporting SharePoint site.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead the timetable planning to meet the deliverables of Month End, the Annual Operating Plan and the strategic Long-Range Plan.
• Regularly review and communicate updates to the reporting schedules, resolving any bottlenecks.
• Drive the operational tempo and reporting requirements for the Mission Area Finance team, ensuring all stakeholders are clear on their commitments and the timeline for delivery.
• Monitor all finance inputs, refresh processes and outputs, identifying and communicating any delays to the timetable to all relevant stakeholders, ensuring sign-off is complete within the deadlines.
• Delegating for the FP&A Manager (Mission Areas) when unavailable.

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