SAP Finance Specialist in Harlow

Job Title

SAP Finance Specialist

Location

Harlow (Essex) or Glenrothes (Scotland)

Security Clearance

UK Eyes Only and either currently holds or is eligible to obtain SC

Company Overview

RTX is a leading aerospace and defense company that delivers advanced systems and services to commercial, military, and government customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Review transactions (Distribution, Purchase Orders, Pegging, etc.) and work with the business team to resolve errors.
• Manage financial calendars and SAP schedules.
• Provide training to users regarding business processes and SAP issues.
• Collaborate with key users to identify, scope, and implement system changes to improve processes and respond to business change.
• Serve as a single point of knowledge across Finance, Manufacturing, and SCM on data movement between functions.
• Act as the Business Process Expert/Super User for all SAP and SAP BW activities across Business and IT.
• First line of help for all business users.
• Review daily GPD Pegging error reports, investigate new errors, and suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD Distribution error reports, investigate new errors, and suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD ZCMR (Purchase Order) reports, analyze movements in error accounts, and suggest corrective action.
• Respond to GPD business queries, determining if issues arise from actual problems or misunderstandings.
• Explain GPD cost movements to the business, identifying causes.
• Provide GPD-related training when requested or where gaps exist.
• Act as the resident expert in SAP and SAP BW applications.
• Define processes and procedures for transaction use.
• Work with IT Technical System Experts to prioritize defects and describe needed system changes.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert in Finance, SCM, Quality, Manufacturing, and Commercial from an IT perspective.
• Plan work with the Head of ERP Services, ensuring operational integrity, compliance, and adherence to security, accreditation, and audit requirements.
• Lead troubleshooting of all business‑related service issues.
• Support implementation and measurement of key service level agreements (SLAs).
• Maintain service quality levels, overseeing complex customer service events.
• Manage incidents, problems, and changes efficiently, supporting release of updates in line with technology roadmaps.
• Maintain associated documentation, support procedures, and rota/cover arrangements as necessary.

Essential Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing and implementing the SAP R/3 ERP system, with recognised financial qualifications.
• Experience in analysing GPD (Grouping, Pegging, Distribution) issues within aerospace and defence.
• Strong experience with SAP ERP/MRP focusing on product cost management.
• Functional expertise with SAP R/3 FI/CO/PS and integration with SAP PP/MM/SD modules.
• Experience in manufacturing and supply chain environments.
• Understanding of IT systems disciplines, including requirements, configuration, change control, reliability analysis, and quality management.
• Ability to lead business‑centric requirements discussions and support technical designs through deployment and operations.
• Experience providing high‑demand/mission‑critical systems on a 24x7 basis.
• Knowledge of Service Management disciplines, engagement, design, delivery, and maintenance lifecycles.
• Effective problem‑solving skills in complex support incidents.
• Excellent relationship and communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaboration capability within virtual teams and multi‑party environments.

Desirable Qualifications

• SC cleared or ability to obtain SC clearance.
• Experience with other key transactional and reporting systems and data warehousing.
• Experience working closely with Manufacturing and Supply Chain functions.
• Appreciation of ITIL functions and processes.
• Leadership experience of teams utilizing complex ERP systems.
• Knowledge of project and service delivery disciplines, including business analysis, requirements gathering, resource planning, and full project lifecycle support.
• Degree‑level education in software engineering or substantial experience with tertiary qualifications.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday plus statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days.
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• Six times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice options, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle‑to‑Work.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family‑friendly policies including maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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.