SAP Finance Specialist

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in developing and implementing the SAP R/3 ERP system.
• Recognised financial qualifications supporting the level of experience and knowledge of Finance.
• Experience in the analysis of GPD (Grouping, Pegging and Distribution) issues within the aerospace and defence industry.
• Strong, demonstrable experience with SAP ERP/MRP, with emphasis on product cost management.
• Demonstrated functional expertise with SAP R/3 FI/CO/PS and integration experience with SAP PP/MM/SD modules.
• SAP experience in a manufacturing and supply chain environment.
• Understanding of IT systems disciplines, including requirements management, configuration management, change control, reliability analysis, and quality management.
• Ability to lead business-centric requirements discussions, obtain stakeholder consensus, and support delivery through technical design, deployment, and operations.
• Experience of providing high-demand, mission-critical systems on a 24x7 basis.
• Knowledge of service management disciplines, engagement, design, delivery, and maintenance lifecycles in a high technology or IT services domain.
• Demonstrable evidence of effective problem-solving skills in complex support incidents.
• Excellent relationship skills with the ability to build positive relationships with both business and technical personnel.
• Experience of delivering high-demand business services within technology services environments in a complex matrix structure.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate effective collaboration within virtual teams and multi-party environments.
• Desirable: SC cleared or the ability to become SC cleared.
• Experience of other key transactional and reporting systems and data warehousing.
• Experience of working closely with Manufacturing and Supply Chain functions.
• An appreciation of ITIL functions and processes.
• Business leadership experience of teams and functions utilising complex ERP systems.
• Knowledge and experience of project and service delivery disciplines, including business analysis, requirements gathering, resource planning, and project proposal creation.
• Full project lifecycle experience, user support, and training experience.
• Preferably degree-level education in a software engineering discipline, although significant experience and a strong track record with tertiary qualifications is acceptable.

Responsibilities:

• Review transactions such as distribution, purchase orders, and pegging, and work with the business team to resolve errors.
• Manage financial calendars and schedules in SAP.
• Provide training to users on issues with business processes.
• Work with key users to identify, scope, and implement system changes to improve processes and respond to business change.
• Provide a single point of knowledge across Finance, Manufacturing, SCM, and other business functions on how data moves between them and how changes in one area affect others.
• Act as the Business Process Expert/Super User for all SAP and SAP BW activities in both the business and IT.
• Act as the first line of help for all business users.
• Review daily GPD Pegging error reports, investigate new errors, and suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD Distribution error reports, investigate new errors, and suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD ZCMR purchase order reports, analyse movements in error accounts, and suggest corrective action.
• Respond to GPD questions from the business, identifying whether issues exist or whether there is a lack of understanding.
• Answer questions on GPD cost movements, identifying where costs have moved and the reason for the movement.
• Provide training on GPD matters when requested or where knowledge gaps are identified.
• Act as the resident expert in the use of SAP and SAP BW applications.
• Define processes and procedures for how transactions should be used in the business.
• Work with IT Technical System Experts to prioritise defects and describe system changes needed for evolving business requirements.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert in Finance, SCM, Quality, Manufacturing, and Commercial from an IT perspective, bridging business and IT to maximise user engagement and understanding.
• Plan work with the Head of ERP Services, ensuring operational integrity and compliance covering information security, change management, asset management, and software licensing.
• Meet IS assurance, governance, and policy requirements to ensure secure and stable IT platforms.
• Lead troubleshooting of all business-related service issues.
• Support the implementation and measurement of key service level agreements.
• Support the maintenance of service quality levels and oversee complex customer service events.
• Manage incidents, problems, and changes to the service efficiently following agreed and documented processes.
• Support the release of updates into service in line with technology roadmaps and demand management.
• Maintain associated documentation, support procedures, and support rota/cover arrangements as necessary.

Technologies:

• ERP
• Support
• ITIL
• Matrix
• SAP
• SAP PP
• Security

More:

We are partnering directly with Raytheon UK to hire an SAP Finance Specialist for a hybrid role based in Harlow, Essex or Glenrothes, Scotland. We are part of RTX, the worlds largest aerospace and defence company, and we offer a purpose-driven environment focused on solving complex problems and helping protect freedoms. Our benefits include competitive salaries, 25 days holiday plus public holidays with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days, a contributory pension scheme with up to 10.5% company contribution, discretionary bonus, life assurance at 6 times salary, flexible benefits including health cash plan, dental and cycle to work schemes, enhanced sick pay, enhanced family-friendly policies, and up to 5 paid volunteering days each year. We offer a 37-hour working week, a flexible and output-focused culture, and hybrid and site-based working opportunities depending on role needs.

last updated 35 week of 2026