Title: Business Evaluations Ops Manager
An exciting opportunity arisen for a Manager to work in the Business Evaluation Team within Civil Aerospace in Derby.
The role is Level C.
The Team
The BE Team produces financial evaluations on sales campaigns. We work closely with Sales and Commercial to find deal constructs that meet our customer’s needs and achieve Rolls-Royce’s objectives. Our evaluations are vital in helping shape sales strategy and in supporting decision making. The deals we evaluate are large and often very complex meaning the work we do is challenging, rewarding and of very high value to the company.
The Business Evaluation Team is a flexible group of professionals with a variety of backgrounds, covering Finance, Commercial, Engineering, Marketing, Planning & Control and more. The BE Team has two sub teams, which work very closely together:
BE Operations Team
The BE Operations team conduct financial evaluations on sales campaigns using sophisticated Excel models. They partner with Sales and Commercial forming a vital part of the sales campaign team. Their analysis is used to shape strategy and inform decision making. Producing a robust financial evaluation in line with our processes and policies is the core of the team’s role. Building on this with creative thinking to find win-win solutions for Rolls-Royce and our customers is the next level that makes this team so valuable.
BE Capability Team
The BE Capability Team create, maintain and evolve the foundation that the Operations team use. This covers systems, tools, policies, processes and governance. They strive for continuous improvement to make the team as efficient as possible. When Rolls-Royce introduces new products and services the Capability Team play a vital role in bringing these to market. The team also act as subject matter experts / consultants to the BE Operations Team and the broader business.
This role is in the BE Operations Team.
To learn more about the team please visit our Yammer page, which includes an introductory presentation:
https://web.yammer.com/main/groups/eyJfdHlwZSI6Ikdyb3VwIiwiaWQiOiIxMTQxMzg1Nzg5NDQifQ/all
Key accountabilities will include:
- As part of an Integrated Campaign Team, provide expert advice and solutions on campaigns to solve business challenges and aid the development / optimisation of the evaluation for both Rolls-Royce and the Customer.
- Oversee the creation and delivery of accurate business evaluations within committed timescales.
- Ensure compliant deployment of relevant policies, process and governance for all campaigns.
- Identify and assess business risks and liabilities and make recommendations on how to manage, minimise or mitigate such risks.
- Oversee the generation of product assurance guarantees and pricing matrices as well as evaluation methodologies for non-standard services.
- Deliver decision support information for all Business Evaluations and provide support for approval meetings up to and including board level.
- Use campaign experience to collate and as required deliver process improvements to ensure the continual evolution and development of the Business Evaluation framework and methodologies.
- Use campaign experience to identify opportunities to improve the outcomes for both Rolls-Royce and the customer in future sales campaigns.
- As a leader of a cross functional team of professionals, build sustainable capability which ensures business performance and continuity, while committing to career and professional development
Role Requirements
- An individual who relishes solving business problems and is customer focussed
- Holistic business mind-set with the ability to formulate strategies and/or significantly influence them, to solve major business challenges.
- Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills with an ability to create and agree workable solutions.
- A strong business or finance aptitude with a track record of delivering within committed timescales and maintaining customer focus.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic high pressure environment
- Strong audit and process mind-set, but comfortable working with ambiguity
- Strong Excel skills
- A proven track record of making the complex simple. Making the insights from financial analysis accessible to non-finance people is vital.
- Ability to understand contract structures and language.
- Track record of promoting and sharing best practice in their specialist areas of knowledge and commitment to professional development.
- Product and/or Services knowledge preferable but not essential
Job CategoryFinancePosting Date10 Jul 2025; 00:07Posting End Date24 Jul 2025