Finance Leadership Development Program (Hybrid)

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract. This role is based in Arlington, VA and is designated as onsite.

About the role

Discover an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate your financial career and develop into a future operational leader at RTX. Our three-year rotational Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP) provides challenging, high-visibility assignments across the enterprise, allowing you to build a powerful global network. You will receive high-caliber training, professional mentoring, and frontline, hands-on experience directly within our operational business units. This fast-paced path expands your business acumen, sharpens your functional expertise, and prepares you to make a lasting impact on our global financial organization. Now recruiting for the next cohort that begins in July 2027.

Responsibilities

• Complete three 12-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting quickly to new business units, corporate functions, and financial teams.
• Execute core accounting and corporate finance milestones within one or more specialized program tracks, including Accounting, Estimating & Pricing, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Internal Audit, Operations Finance, and Program Controls.
• Stretch your professional capabilities by taking ownership of frontline, hands-on financial analysis, modeling, and reporting deliverables.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, engineering, and program management to optimize financial forecasting, manage budgets, and evaluate risk.
• Present financial reviews, variances, and strategic business data clearly and effectively to stakeholders and leadership teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related business-centric major. Degree must be obtained by start date.
• Willing and able to operationally relocate to various RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 12-month program assignments.
• Experience or coursework utilizing quantitative data tools and core financial frameworks, such as a strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced modeling, pivot tables, and formulas), corporate financial modeling techniques (Discounted Cash Flow, forecasting, and scenario analysis), and practical exposure to business intelligence platforms (Power BI or Tableau) or enterprise financial systems (SAP or Hyperion/HFM).
• Demonstrated leadership experience through accountability, project management, or coordinator roles within student organizations, collegiate athletics, professional work environments, or structured volunteer organizations.
• Demonstrated experience or academic coursework in one or more core financial domains, including accounting principles, financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, business case studies/simulations, or financial risk and control evaluation.
• Relevant internship, co-op or work experience with exposure to financial data tracking, modeling, or reporting metrics. Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Self-motivated and team-oriented work style with the agility to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic corporate finance environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a proven capability to communicate financial metrics clearly and collaborate effectively across all levels of management and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously on complex financial assignments or successfully execute milestones within matrixed project teams.
• Strong organizational and project management capabilities with a track record of taking initiative and driving process efficiencies.
• Functional exposure to program finance concepts, government contracting structures, or Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
• Demonstrated analytical rigor with the ability to manipulate, extract, and translate key insights from complex corporate datasets.
• Strong communication skills with a demonstrated ability to summarize complex financial findings, variances, and data models concisely for executive leadership.
• Prior RTX internship, co-op, or work experience.

Benefits

• Parental (including paternal) leave
• Flexible work schedules
• Achievement awards
• Educational assistance and child/adult backup care
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Paid time off and holidays
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role and collective-bargaining agreement)
• RTX leadership, functional and business acumen training

Pay

The salary range for this role is 59,000 USD - 139,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Schedule

This is a three-year rotational program beginning in July 2027. Employees in hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite, with the ratio of time working onsite determined in partnership with your leader.