[Hiring] FP&A Lead Analyst @RTX

Role Description

RTX has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Analyst (P4 level) to join the Enterprise Services (ES) Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Digital Finance team. This position plays a pivotal role in delivering strategic financial insights, strengthening cost management discipline, and driving improvements in enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.

This role requires advanced knowledge of financial systems, strong business acumen, and the ability to optimize and automate financial processes. The ideal candidate will work independently, lead reporting automation efforts using Business Intelligence tools, and work in a fast-paced environment.

• Create and maintain financial models, variance analyses, and performance dashboards to inform business decisions and resource allocations using data aggregation and dashboarding tools, including Power Query and Power BI.
• Identify and drive process improvements and reporting enhancements through automated financial workflows, increasing forecast accuracy, transparency, and operational efficiency while navigating change management considerations.
• Serve as a lead analyst across the ES Digital portfolio, managing overhead cost center expenses across multiple service lines including FTEs, software, hardware, and contractor labor.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast and planning activities through creation of a uniform set of processes, ensuring compliance with government accounting regulations (CAS/FAR) and alignment with AOP and Long-Range Plan (LRP) targets.
• Develop and maintain financial models, variance analyses, and performance dashboards to inform business decisions and resource allocations.
• Partner directly with ES functional leadership to understand financial drivers, evaluate trade-offs, and present insights that guide strategic execution.
• Analyze cost allocations and lead transformation initiatives that optimize cost structures across digital programs.
• Prepare and present executive-level financial briefings summarizing key performance drivers, risks, and recommendations; translate complex financial data into clear leadership narratives.
• Contribute to the development of goals, operational plans, and budgets across the discipline, with visible impact on broader organizational outcomes.
• Serve as the lead technical resource across the Digital Finance team.
• Influence policies, practices, and procedures within and outside the finance function at an operational level and support internal and external audits; ensure adherence to internal controls and disclosure requirements.
• Ensure compliance with government accounting regulations (CAS/FAR) and disclosure statement obligations across all financial activities.
• Communicate and coordinate with parties within and outside the organization - including customers, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders - on financial governance matters.
• Ability to travel up to 3 times a year.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated subject-matter expertise in FP&A with a track record of operating independently and delivering results with minimal oversight.
• Advanced experience with Excel, data & scenario modeling, and financial systems experience (SAP, AO, PRISM, APEX, Power BI, Power Query, Dataflows).
• Experience with project or task financial management leveraging large datasets and data manipulation techniques including analyzing budgets, monitoring actual cost data, developing forecasts, and providing variance analysis.

Requirements

• Experience in leading financial transformation initiatives and reporting modernization efforts.
• Demonstrated drive for leading process change and partnering with cross-functional teams to improve forecast accuracy and reporting quality.
• Inquisitive with strong analytical and mathematical skills; organized with emphasis on tracking multiple concurrent workstreams and revisions.
• Ability to meet critical deadlines and drive process improvements in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated experience presenting financial insights to executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with government compliance requirements (CAS/FAR) and disclosure statement governance.
• Experience supporting Digital Technology, Applications, or Infrastructure portfolios in a large, regulated enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with cost center management, cross-charging, and labor planning in a matrixed organization.
• Comfortable making decisions with imperfect information in a fast-paced, geographically dispersed team environment.
• Experience with intercompany cost allocation, shared services cost models, or government-compliant disclosure structures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance.
• Short-term disability, long-term disability.
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules, employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program, parental leave.
• Paid time off, and holidays.