Financial Accounting Manager in Harlow

Date Posted: 2026-03-02

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)
• Car/Car allowance
• 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
• Private Medical Insurance – dependant on grade

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).

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.

About the role:

The Accounting Manager plays a key role within the Central Finance function, overseeing the month end close process and ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting. This role is responsible for managing core financial controls, leading the preparation and submission of monthly results, and providing guidance to ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal governance frameworks.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience managing a month‑end close process within a central or corporate finance environment ideally within a US group.
• Strong accounting knowledge and understanding of financial controls.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Experience of working within an SAP environment.

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

Desirable:

• Experience working in a large, multi‑entity or multi‑currency organisation.
• Exposure to audit processes or an internal control framework i.e. Internal and External audit.
• Previous involvement in an ERP transformation project including supporting with process mapping, system design, and post‑go‑live support.

Responsibilities:

Month‑End Close & Reporting:

• Lead and coordinate the end‑to‑end month‑end close process across the business.
• Preparation and review of monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of financial submissions into group reporting systems.
• Analyse monthly performance results, identifying variances, trends, and potential risks or opportunities and utilise this to produce monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for senior leadership reviews.

Financial Controls & Compliance:

• Maintain a strong financial control environment, ensuring adherence to internal control frameworks (e.g., SOX and audit requirements) and provide support for any Internal audits.
• Oversee and improve reconciliation processes, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Design, implement, and monitor financial month‑end submissions and reporting cycles, whilst looking for ways to improve the processes across the team.
• Take the Lead on external audits, providing required documentation and explanations to the auditors.
• Ensure compliance with relevant company policies and accounting standards (e.g. US GAAP and UK GAAP).

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Work collaboratively across Finance teams to ensure accurate data submission and alignment with central finance expectations.
• Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and other functions to ensure consistent reporting and strong communication flow.

Continuous Improvement:

• Evaluate current close and control processes, identifying opportunities to improve speed, accuracy, and control quality whilst maintaining a strong control environment.
• Lead or support finance transformation initiatives, such as automation, standardisation, and system enhancements and provide support with enhancements and implementations of the ERP system.
• Develop best practices and standard operating procedures for month‑end and control activities.

RTX Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry‑leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.