Senior Finance Manager - Manufacturing

MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Woking is looking for a Finance Business Partner to oversee financial management for lifestyle manufacturing. You will support cost tracking, manage budgets, and improve processes within a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with experience in cross-functional business partnering and a drive for continuous improvement. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced company pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Career development framework

Qualifications

• Proven post‑qualified experience in finance.
• Experience in business partnering with sales, marketing, and operations.
• Ability in managing budget control and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Financial management of lifestyle manufacturing.
• Support cost tracking and reporting.
• Conduct month end closure and process improvements.

Skills

Financial management

Cost tracking

Change management

SAP

Budget control

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Job description

What to Expect

Finance Business Partner responsible for outsourced manufacturing and integrated supply chain activities. Key member of Manufacturing and Finance senior management teams reporting into Head of Finance for operations & procurement. Responsible for supervising & development of one direct report. Responsible for financial management and oversight of Lifestyle manufacturing.

What You’ll Do

• Full financial management and support of lifestyle manufacturing.
• Business partner support for all associated costs for lifestyle manufacturing prior to production and supporting with delivery on budget & approval of changes through governance processes.
• Devise and manage processes for cost tracking, forecasting and reporting.
• Annual fixed costs ~ £100m.
• Annual variable costs ~ £100m.
• Capital investment ~ £150m.
• Month end closure, process improvement and proactive business partner support for all financial aspects of outsourced manufacturing including headcount.
• Programme gateway support with detailed casual factor analysis against prior gateways, targets and business plans.
• Ensure all Directors and Heads‑of have full budget responsibility for their areas, that this is reported on, and appropriate targets are set, managed and controlled.
• An integral part of the Manufacturing Operations team so that all decisions are made having been fully analysed by both the team and finance.
• Control and maintain live register of risks and opportunities and communicate to business partners.
• Play a key role to support the Operations leadership team in respect of outsourced manufacturing & supply chain.
• In conjunction with Manufacturing Management Team, develop and report against key manufacturing KPIs both financial and non‑financial.
• Ensure robust development of "best practice" automotive manufacturing techniques and measurement.
• Liaison with external auditors on items of CoGs , WIP and raw materials.
• Develop reports to follow best practice, encouraging knowledge sharing across teams.

What You’ll Bring

• Fully qualified accountant with proven post‑qualified experience.
• Demonstrable experience within a cross‑functional business; operations engineering and product development, fast‑paced and ever‑evolving environment.
• Experience of business partnering with sales & marketing and/or operations and product development.
• Experience of team management in a lead management position with cross‑functional outward‑facing business partnering experience.
• Provides examples of change management and process implementation.
• Demonstrates a continuous improvement approach to work, including but not limited to, identifying areas for process improvements and implementing robust solutions.
• SAP and managing SAP standardisation/new processes would be an advantage.
• Experience in managing budget control, forecast and reporting to manage multiple areas of cost and activity with multiple stakeholders in order to deliver the collective whole on target. To manage the trade‑offs and risks and opportunities, working collectively to deliver improvements across the business.

Personal Attributes:

• High attention to detail and quality standards.
• Punctual.
• Willing to learn and train others.
• Conscientious.
• Commitment and drive to succeed.
• Self‑motivated and is able to motivate others.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.
• Supportive of team working.
• Demonstrates a willingness to achieve targets & deadlines whatever it takes.
• Flexible approach to working hours, including shifts, mid week and weekend work.

What We’ll Do for You

• Structured career development framework.
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days.
• Enhanced company pension scheme.
• Discretionary annual bonus award.
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan.
• Life assurance benefit.
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• Generous parental leave policies.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice.

Who Are We?

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It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.