Finance Department Manager

Honda Racing Corporation UK Ltd. (HRC UK); United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading motorsport company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Finance Department Manager. This role involves managing the finance team, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and enhancing processes and control environments. Candidates should be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with significant experience in a similar role within engineering. Proficient Excel and presentation skills are essential for communicating complex financial issues. Travel within the UK and abroad is required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a similar position, ideally in motorsport, automotive or aerospace.
• Experience building a sustainable finance team.
• Ability to communicate complex financial matters to non-financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Finance team and oversee accounting, reporting, and compliance.
• Guide the team on financial regulations for F1 PU suppliers.
• Develop processes and enhance the control environment.

Skills

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified

Experience in a fast-paced engineering business

Comprehensive understanding of IFRS

Excellent problem-solving skills

Collaborative working style

Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

Experience in business partnering

Job description

Honda Racing Corporation, broadly known as HRC is a racing arm of Honda Motor Co Ltd. HRC UK has been established in 2024 as a European base for its F1 activities.

We are seeking a Finance Department Manager to manage the Finance team and take responsibility for accounting; reporting; tax; compliance; treasury; planning and budgeting, together with finance business partnering. Development of processes and enhancement of the control environment will also form part of the role.

Furthermore, we expect the person in this position to demonstrate proactive leadership, guiding the team and wider business on the various reporting requirements and financial regulations for F1 PU suppliers as mandated by the FIA.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Significant experience of holding a similar position in a fast-paced engineering business, ideally motorsport, automotive or aerospace.
• A comprehensive understanding of IFRS.
• Experience of building an effective and sustainable finance team.
• Excellent, pragmatic problem solving skills.
• A collaborative working style, with the ability to understand and empathise with the business challenges, whilst at the same time deliver financial and budgetary control and compliance.
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills, including clear communication and presentation of complex financial matters to senior non-financial stakeholders.
• Delivering budgets and forecasts.
• Working with and developing an ERP system in order to provide a high level of timely and accurate transparency and control.
• Experience of business partnering engineering, operations and administration stakeholders.
• Ability to travel within the UK and abroad.
• Full driving license and competence to drive in the UK