FP&A Lead Analyst

Overview

RTX is seeking an FP&A Lead Analyst (P4 level) for the Enterprise Services Financial Planning & Analysis Digital Finance team. The role delivers strategic financial insights, strengthens cost management discipline, and drives improvements in enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.

What you'll do

• 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.
• 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.

What you'll need

• 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.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice to have

• 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.

Details

• Remote role, US-based; primarily offsite, with a possible degree of onsite presence depending on proximity to an RTX site.
• Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in person at an RTX office.
• Ability to travel up to 3 times a year.
• No security clearance required.