Finance Department Manager

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