Purpose of the Role: To Support the Finance Manager in providing a first-class financial service
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Oversight and management of foreign VAT reporting and returns ensuring returns are completely accurately and on time, reporting to the Director, Financial Control & Planning
- Detailed working knowledge of VAT rules and regulations in the multiple jurisdictions that McLaren operates
- Direct liaison with KPMG and the McLaren internal tax function to ensure indirect tax compliance, minimise risk and maximise indirect tax recovery
- Assist the Finance Manager in the preparation of year end accounts and Tax pack information
- Management of McLaren Racing’s sales ledger, ensuring invoices are raised accurately and in a timely fashion and outstanding debt is cleared quickly and efficiently
- Management of McLaren Racing’s Suppliership agreements, ensuring accurate offset invoicing to reflect the value of goods and services received enabling McLaren to track and record the value derived from each relationship
- Reconciliation of hotel bills including identification and billing of recharges
- On-going analysis of financial trends on a project by project basis. This will require working closely with the business partnering teams to identify areas that require further investigation e.g. travel and expenses
- Ad hoc financial duties as requested
Principal Accountabilities:
- Financial Management & Control
- Maintain accurate books and records using current standard accounting practice
- Work with the Finance Manager and Finance team to ensure all deadlines and reporting requirements are adhered to
- Relationship Management
- Work with the Finance Manager and other colleagues across the business, maintaining healthy working relationships
- Proactively assist in putting in place improved systems to allow better decisions to be taken which will drive growth of profits and delivery of cash
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Newly qualified / well advanced in CIMA / ACCA exams
- Experience of operating in / with foreign tax jurisdictions
- Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable experience
- Experience using SUN Systems & Infor would be an advantage
- Confident using Excel
- An aptitude for figures is essential
- Management experience would be beneficial
Results Focus and Initiative:
- The drive, determination and commitment to get things done whilst maintaining a high standard
- To move things forward, achieve, get results and do things better
Planning and Organising:
- Ability to achieve goals and deadlines
- Confidence to recognise and deal with arising problems
These are our core values. They support our vision ‘to deliver the most exciting and inspiring performance in racing‘ and are the things that we believe are most important in the way we live and work within the McLaren Racing family. They should directly inform how we think, how we behave, and how we perform at every level of our team.
Ingenuity
We never stop pushing forward
We look for advantage in everything
We bring creativity to challenges
We strive for simplicity
Energy
We bring energy to everything we do
We connect people to the thrill of racing
We share passion for our great sport
We never give up
Humility
We are respectful
We roll up our sleeves to get the job done
We serve the team
We are custodians of our legacy
Openness
We are open minded and curious
We own failures, learn and improve
We communicate with clarity and honesty
We are open to challenge
Bravery
We are at our best when we’re at our bravest
We embrace opportunity
We take responsibility for our actions
We believe in what we do
All employees must ensure compliance with the Company Health and Safety Policy, and all relevant other statutory Health and Safety legislation.
This job description may not detail some less major duties allocated to the post holder, nor cover duties of a similar nature, commensurate with the role, which may from time to time be reasonably required by the relevant manager.