Assistant Management Accountant

Application Deadline: 2 March 2026

Department: Finance

Location: Silverstone

Description

FINANCE TEAM

As part of the Finance Team, we are responsible for all the nitty-gritty – that means, producing timely financial information and reports across the business as we cover some of the most iconic racing events in the history of British motorsport, including the Formula 1 British Grand Prix, MotoGP British Grand Prix, and the largest historic race festival, the Silverstone Classic.

We support all areas of the business including the Corporate Events team, drive experiences, partnerships & sponsorships, track hire, catering, and merchandising. Supporting all business functions with accurate and timely reporting is an essential part of the finance function and is therefore a truly unique and exciting opportunity for a driven finance individual.

JOB PURPOSE

• All internal management reporting, including month-end accounts, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts, is prepared to a high level of accuracy and robustness, and to the timescales required by the business.
• All external reporting is prepared to a high level of accuracy, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and to the statutory deadlines.
• The balance sheet accounts have integrity and that appropriate financial controls are in place across the business.
• The daily transactional processing is maintained in a complete, accurate, and up-to-date manner by supporting the work of the Transactions Team.
• Management is regularly updated with financial issues relevant to the business, including both internal (e.g., fraud / control weaknesses) and external (e.g., compliance / regulatory) risks.

Key Responsibilities

• To support the year-end statutory audit process by providing complete, accurate, and timely responses to the auditors as requested.
• To prepare the month-end management accounts for assigned SCL departments in an accurate manner and to the internal deadlines set.
• To analyse the actual monthly P&L results and to understand key variances to budget and to the prior year.
• To support departments in preparing their quarterly P&L forecasts and annual budgets by providing financial information and by reviewing the proposed figures for reasonableness.
• To prepay / defer future costs in a complete and accurate manner and to support the process of reconciling the balance sheet accounts for these costs.
• To accrue committed costs in a complete and accurate manner and to support the process of reconciling the balance sheet accounts for these costs.
• To ensure that revenue is recognised in the month in which the corresponding good or service is delivered and to provide supporting evidence for the reported revenue figures, e.g., sales invoices, ticketing reports, event lists.
• To ensure that future revenues are deferred for future months in a complete and accurate manner and to have a robust understanding of the deferred revenues for assigned SCL departments.
• To review accrued purchase orders each month to identify potential orders that are no longer required and can be released.
• To ensure that departments have a robust knowledge of the purchase ordering process such that genuine purchase orders are not omitted from the reported results.
• To ensure that the reconciliation between stock recorded on the balance sheet and physical stock recorded on stock system reports is updated monthly and any material variances investigated.
• To support the Transactions Team with their regular workloads, e.g., processing cash transactions, raising ad-hoc sales invoices, resolving purchase invoice queries, etc.
• To attend regular departmental meetings and to offer financial guidance where appropriate.
• To provide accurate and timely analysis of existing business activities and assist in preparing financial information for new or proposed product offerings.
• To identify and escalate financial issues, e.g., with business systems, financial processes, etc., in a complete, accurate, and timely manner.
• To approve third-party payments on the banking systems by checking the accuracy of the payment details input and by raising reasonable queries in a prompt manner.
• To provide cover for other team members as necessary.