Junior Cost Cap & Financial Controls Analyst

McLaren Racing Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Racing Ltd is seeking a Junior Financial Regulations & Reporting Associate to help ensure the integrity, accuracy and audit readiness of Cost Cap reporting. You’ll own transaction validation, exception management, controls and supporting evidence processes.

You will review Cost Cap data, resolve routine issues, maintain controls and drive data quality improvements across the Cost Cap framework. Strong numerical and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• You’ll bring experience from an administrative, finance, accounting, data, operations or analytical environment, alongside strong attention to detail and good numerical and analytical skills.
• You’ll need strong written and verbal communication skills, confidence working with colleagues across the business, and the ability to investigate routine issues, gather supporting information and maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Experience supporting financial reporting, reconciliations, controls or data quality activities would be beneficial, as would an understanding of finance, accounting or regulatory compliance principles.
• Experience with ERP, finance or business systems, audit support, evidence management, governance, reporting, data analysis or process-improvement tools is also desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor accounting transactions for coding anomalies, incomplete information and unusual Cost Cap treatments, investigating exceptions and working with transaction owners to resolve routine issues.
• Execute assigned Cost Cap controls, undertaking completeness, integrity and population checks while maintaining clear evidence and remediation records.
• Prepare recurring reconciliations between financial records, Cost Cap populations, supporting systems and reporting schedules, investigating and documenting reconciling items.
• Prepare first drafts of Cost Cap schedules, working papers and supporting analysis, carrying out validation and reasonableness checks ahead of management review.
• Maintain audit-ready evidence repositories and coordinate supporting documentation from Finance and wider business stakeholders, including audit sample preparation and request tracking.
• Maintain reference data, mappings, ownership records and registers used across Cost Cap processes, including relevant classification structures and data sets.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, streamline or automate recurring activities, supporting the testing and adoption of improved reports, analytics, controls and workflows.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

Analytical mindset

Tools

ERP systems

Data analysis tools

Job description

McLaren Racing Ltd is seeking a Junior Financial Regulations & Reporting Associate to help ensure the integrity, accuracy and audit readiness of Cost Cap reporting. You’ll own transaction validation, exception management, controls and supporting evidence processes.

You will review Cost Cap data, resolve routine issues, maintain controls and drive data quality improvements across the Cost Cap framework. Strong numerical and analytical skills are essential.