Job Description
Job Title: Finance Business Partner – Global Defense IT
Working Pattern: Fulltime
Working location: Indianapolis, IN
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner IT to join the Defense Finance Team. Join us and we’ll provide an inclusive environment where you can be yourself, with a culture that gives you a platform for continuous learning, delivering an incredible breadth knowledge and direct customer experience. On behalf of Defense IT, you will support and influence key operational and strategic decisions whilst driving business performance, prioritizing long-term value creation and simplicity in decision making. You will also be responsible for effective stewardship over the Defense IT cost base.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.
Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.
At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.
What you will be doing
With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:
- Review, understand and drive improvement to the entire Defense IT cost base alongside business partnering the Defense Chief Digital Information Officer and their leadership team.
- Consolidating, analyzing and reporting on business and financial performance of Defense IT spend to provide actionable information to management. In the short term and over the medium-term window (5-year plan).
- Business partner the Defense IT and Digital team through robust performance management. Including but not limited to Operating Costs, cost rate performance and investment cases.
- Manage a robust risk and opportunities process to steer the business through periods of change and challenging environments.
- Develop and drive improvements to the total defense IT cost base. Enabling cost transparency and opportunity creation.
- Influence and champion the defense business within the roll out of Rolls Royce’s multiyear Digital and IT strategy program.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Basic Requirements:
- Associate’s degree with 7+ years in finance/accounting experience OR,
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years finance/accounting experience OR,
- Master’s Degree experience with 3 + years of finance/accounting experience OR,
- PhD/JD with experience in finance/accounting
Preferred Requirements:
- Resilient, self-motivated and accomplished at forming relationships and influencing people at all levels in the company.
- Knowledge and experience of SAP preferable.
- Be based in the UK/US and be willing and able to travel to our operations anywhere in the world from time to time (if required).
What we offer
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace
for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.
Relocation assistance is available for this position.
Closing date: December 11, 2025
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Benefits
Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
