Associate Director, Strategic Finance

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Country: United States of America

Location: US-CT-FARMINGTON-0010 ~ 10 Farm Springs Rd ~ 10 FARM SPRINGS

Position Role Type: Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity.

The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate FP&A Team:

The Senior Manager, Strategic Finance, will play a critical role in enabling and accelerating oneRTX initiatives and adoption of Business Solutions offerings. You will partner closely with functional leaders across Finance, HR, IT, Supply Chain, Legal, and Print & Proposal Solutions to drive full picture investment (capital, expense and headcount) transparency, disciplined investment decision-making, and measurable value realization as we scale and mature our shared services model.

In this role you will help provide the ROI data our leaders to support conversations with our customers (Collins, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon).

• Partner with Business Solutions domain leadership to model multi-year transformation initiatives, focusing on headcount and colors of money for the domains
• Manage financial frameworks to evaluate transformation investments, benefits realization, and ROI tracking
• Translate strategic priorities into integrated financial plans, forecasts, and performance metrics that reflect impacts of investments in LRP.
• Lead annual operating plan, long-range plan, and rolling forecast processes for assigned domain(s)
• Establish clear cost-to-serve, unit cost, and productivity metrics to support scale and decision-making
• Provide variance analysis, trend insights, and forward-looking recommendations to senior leadership
• Serve as a trusted finance business partner to functional leaders, helping them balance service quality, cost, and transformation pace through illustration and executive-level storytelling
• Align stakeholders across multiple functions with varying priorities toward common goals
• Mentor and support the development of teammates, building strong analytical and business acumen
• Promote continuous improvement, automation, and simplification within FP&A processes
• Contribute to the evolution of FP&A capabilities as the Business Solutions organization matures

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and performance management skills
• Proven ability to influence without authority in a complex, matrixed organization
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights
• Experience in a large, complex enterprise (e.g., Fortune 100, regulated, or government-contracting environment)
• Ability to travel, as needed, up to 10% of the time.

• Experience supporting shared services, business solutions, or large-scale transformation initiatives
• Exposure to operating model transformations, service centralization, or digital/automation initiatives
• Systems experience including ERP, reporting, along with tableau and MS office
• Advanced degree (MBA) or professional certification (CPA, CFA)
• Finance business partner experience

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

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