Lead, Finance Business Partner - Heritage

About the Role

This role is the finance lead for the McLaren Heritage business, partnering closely with Heritage & TPC Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Production and Leadership teams. It provides the financial insight and commercial challenge needed to support Heritage and TPC programmes, customer projects and long-term strategic objectives. Operating at the centre of the Heritage business, the role helps shape future direction by strengthening financial governance, commercial decision-making and operational discipline while supporting growth and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance business partner to the Heritage Leadership Team, influencing decisions to improve profitability, margin performance and cash generation.
• Lead pricing reviews, business cases and investment appraisals, providing financial insight that shapes customer proposals, quotations and commercial terms.
• Coordinate cross-functional priorities across the TPC programme and partner with the Car Financial Performance Team to strengthen inventory governance, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.
• Own the financial control of Heritage programmes, customer projects and restoration activities from approval through to delivery.
• Track costs, hours and margin against approved budgets, identifying risks, opportunities and corrective actions, and report programme profitability and delivery progress to Heritage and Finance leadership.
• Manage the cost cap treatment and deployment of Heritage Asset Personnel into F1 workstreams.
• Own financial governance for Heritage inventory, vehicle assets and work in progress, improving visibility, asset utilisation and working capital performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and monthly performance reporting, developing meaningful KPIs and management information.
• Lead finance workstreams supporting operational and systems improvements, reducing manual activity and developing scalable financial processes and controls.
• Maintain strong financial controls, represent Finance within key business forums, and operate with a high level of autonomy, escalating material financial, regulatory and investment decisions in line with Finance governance and delegated authority.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Knowledge of F1 Financial Regulations.