Collins Aerospace
Principle Specialist FP&A (Interim)
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Principle Specialist FP&A (Interim)
Senior Finance Analyst – EMEA Connected Aviation Solutions Team (Fixed-Term, 12 Months)
Position Overview
- Type: Hybrid (3+ days per week in office during initial training period then subject to business requirements)
- Location: Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Contract Type: 12-month fixed-term
- Team: EMEA Airports business under Connected Aviation Solutions
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with the Airports business, adding value and providing governance. This role requires driving financial insight, development of budgets, forecasts, and plans, and mitigating risks in a pressured environment.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Insight & Decision Support
- Proactively deliver financial and strategic insights to support business risk & opportunities, including:
- Variance analysis against Plan and latest estimates
- Opportunity identification, mitigation strategies, and reviews
- Governance support for long-term planning (AOP, 5-Year Plan), Quarterly EACs (Earned Value Analysis), and monthly forecasting
- Champion best practices, empowering the business through data-driven decision-making
Business & Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with Program and Commercial teams to enhance collaboration
- Build and maintain strong networks with stakeholders across key areas
- Own and ensure integrity of product profitability tracking, conducting in-depth cost reviews
Financial Reporting
- Prepare and present monthly program profitability updates with variance analysis
- Generate SAP-based financial reports for EMEA Airports, including actuals, forecasts, and risk analysis
- Compile and communicate monthly results for stakeholders (management dashboards, trend analyses, and analysis of performance drivers)
- Engage in variance explanations, responses to ad-hoc reporting requests, and query resolution
- Balance regulatory compliance with operational agility
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Planning & Forecasting
- Develop Accurate & actionable financial forecasts, Annual Operating Plans (AOP), and Strategic/Long-Range Plans (LRP)
- Maintain tight alignment between business operations and financial planning; standardise performance tracking methodologies
- Improve business planning processes, designing templates and controls to support financial forecasting
- Generate basis-of-estimate calculations, foreign exchange management, and risk assessments for Gate Reviews of new business
Internal Controls & Compliance
- Ensure full adherence to US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other applicable accounting guidelines
- Maintain compliance with internal financial control policies and statutory reporting deadlines
- Monitor risk provisions, with strategic escalation when necessary
Continuous Improvement
- Drive toward flawless program execution and best-in-class financial practices
- Actively propose systems and process optimisations
Required Qualifications & Skills
Mandatory
- Qualified accountant or a part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables) and PowerPoint
- Microsoft SAP experience (essential)
- Project accounting experience
- Proven customer-focused mindset, leveraging financial strategies to enhance business value
- Operational/commercial acumen with experience of whole-life business cases
- Demonstratable attention to detail in high-stakes work environments
- Adaptability – ability to respond to changing priorities and scope.
- Proven collaboration skills with Program and Commercial teams
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Preferred
- Experience in a complex contracting environment or similar commercial aviation secondaries industry
- UK/US GAAP, experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, or similar regulatory precedents.
- Analytical thinking – applying root cause analysis to refine processes
- Strong communication skills – clarity in conveying complex financial decision-making impacts to non-financial stakeholders
- Proactive, highly driven, with determination to succeed in mission-critical roles
Future Growth & Learning
This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your analytics, strategic planning, and stakeholder communication skills while supporting demanding projects and calibrating internal financial governance. Ideal for career-oriented individuals seeking exposure to a globally recognised manufacturing and aerospace leader.
About the Organisation
Collins Aerospace is part of RTX, a technology leader in aerospace, defence, and manufacturing. As a diverse, inclusive organisation dedicated to equality and safety, they uphold global baselines for security clearance—requiring candidates in impactful roles to participate in an initial identity and vetting process.
Collins ensures strict compliance with anti-discriminatory principles, offering equal opportunity to all qualified individuals:
RTX or Collins Aerospace does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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