Finance Analyst

Full-time
On-site
Washington (UK-BR) United Kingdom

Job Description

Finance Analyst
Full time /Hybrid (3 days on site per week)
Washington, Tyne & Wear

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Analyst to join our Civil Aerospace Manufacturing Operations team based in Washington. This role will be known internally as a Domestic Finance Analyst.

This role will be based out of our state of the art manufacturing facility in Washington, Tyne & Wear supporting the two manufacturing plants on the campus. The manufacturing campus is our centre of excellence for disc manufacturing and plays a key role in manufacturing parts to a large array of customers stretching a number of sectors. The role will report directly into the Site Finance Business Partner (Site FBP) on site and features as part of the wider Compression Systems Manufacturing Business Unit, a key business within Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Manufacturing Operations. The role of a Domestic Finance Analyst is to provide robust Analyst support to the Site FBP, along with the first line leadership teams. Provide challenge to the business to help make the right business decisions, and providing business acumen to help drive efficiency, cost effectiveness and standardisation across Manufacturing Operations. The role supports financial governance and ensures that financial controls are operating effectively for the relevant area. This role is to be executed whilst adhering to relevant standardised procedures & systems whilst maintaining/contributing to the required level of functional stewardship.

Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference

What we offer
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

  • Support the Site FBP and the North East team to provide information, insight and challenge to the teams, and drive strong financial performance on P&L/Balance sheet.
  • Robust and timely completion of Ap’ly reporting, including SAP, journals, P&L and balance sheet
  • Support and complete financial forecasts, including planning models and review packs, understanding key movements with comparators
  • Support Manufacturing and functional teams to improve financial acumen, and promote a cost-conscious culture
  • Support cost engagement across the site(s); ensuring that regular cost reviews & idea generation are held; P&L status is understood to ensure key levers behind actuals and forecasts are recognised, as well as major risks identified/mitigated, and opportunities highlighted & maximised
  • Robust review of actuals against forecasts to provide insightful commentary, identifying trends, and ensuring any corrective actions required by the Manufacturing & Functional teams are identified and prioritised
  • Ensure that management information and insights can be relied upon, and robust governance & stewardship is achieved
  • Provide financial & business advice to the business in raising capital schemes; ensure that capital is appropriately planned and business cases are sound and adhere to the appropriate governance
  • Provide robust support to PMO and business cases, as required
  • Provide leadership support and delegation to the Site FBP when required
  • Work closely with the Man Ops HQ team and EFSC to ensure that appropriate finance support is provided to the sites
  • Accountable for effective business & financial controls and compliance for the Site(s), including Blackline, AUC reviews, Impairment reviews
  • Work pro-actively with Site Domestic CoP to simplify/standardise key processes, and share and deploy best knowledge

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. To be successful in this role you will need to have the experience listed below:

  • Finance Professional (part of fully qualified)
  • Knowledge of SAP and HFM advantageous.
  • Strong Excel skills.
  • Able to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and teams.
  • Experience in communicating to non-Finance personnel.
  • Experience working in an accounting role.
  • Customer focused, with a drive for process improvement.

Please note that there will be occasional travel to the Rolls-Royce site based in Derby.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category

Finance

Posting Date

15 Nov 2024; 00:11

Posting End Date

21 Nov 2024