Principal Specialist, FP&A

About the role

Raytheon Finance Business Process team is looking for a highly motivated individual interested in supporting Raytheon Finance systems and processes. This role requires the ability to lead and develop complex process improvement initiatives. The candidate will be a change agent who drives process harmonization and continuous improvement across Finance. This high‑visibility position offers the opportunity to work with modern business intelligence and analytics tools while partnering with technical and non‑technical stakeholders from Digital Technologies, Enterprise Services, Finance and other Functions.

Responsibilities

• Support key business processes that affect the entirety of Raytheon Finance.
• Collaborate with a team that delivers standardized Big‑Data reporting, dashboarding, and bridges critical process gaps with automation and technology.
• Partner with SAP core teams, Digital Technologies, and Enterprise Services groups to drive enhancements to business processes.
• Design, build, and maintain automated data ingestion, transformation, and validation pipelines to support Finance use cases, focused on core UX/UI design principles.
• Partner with PRISM, APEX, SAP, BW, and other system owners to map data, troubleshoot issues, and ensure accurate and timely delivery of financial data.
• Manage work in Agile sprints and maintain visibility through Jira/Atlassian tools.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to streamline workflows, reduce manual touchpoints, and accelerate delivery timelines.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Finance, Digital Technology, and Program teams to understand requirements and ensure alignment of data products.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required (only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract).
• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
• Experience with analytics and/or statistical modeling.

Qualifications

• Ability to meet critical deadlines while managing a diverse workload.
• Intermediate to proficient with Microsoft 365 apps: PowerApps, PowerAutomate, PowerBI.
• Proven ability to influence, lead, and work cross‑functionally to achieve results.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to summarize, package, and present information to all levels of management.
• Strong understanding of Data Governance and Agile Methodology.
• Practical Raytheon Finance experience in any of the following: Program Controls, FP&A, Eng Finance, OSC Finance, E&P, or other Functional Finance.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex efforts and drive results on accelerated timeframes.
• Professional focus and experience with Continuous Improvement (CORE, Six Sigma, etc.).
• Experience with PRISM and APEX (SAP), Business Warehouse (BW), Rplan, NGW/PM Tools, or similar financial systems.
• Experience in large dataset analysis, developing financial models, and understanding financial baseline performance metrics.

Skills

• Snowflake, Matillion, Alteryx, Immuta, Github/Bitbucket, Jira/Dev_Ops, Azure/AWS, Microsoft BPEs, Visio, Python, C#, SQL, Atlassian Suite.
• Intermediate to proficient with SQL, Python, M, DAX, VBA, or JSON.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance.
• Short‑term and 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.
• Annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on position level and collective‑bargaining coverage).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $86,800 USD – $165,200 USD.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position: employees work regularly both onsite and offsite, with the onsite/offsite ratio determined in partnership with the leader. Interview steps may require in‑person attendance at an office location.