Job description
Lotus Cars builds world-class, high-performance and lightweight sports cars that are sold all around the world. 

Lotus Cars Limited is the manufacturing site of Lotus in the UK. Here we produce all sportscars types such as the Emira and the Evija. To bring the company to the level we want it to be, we are looking for a Financial Accountant in the Finance Department to join us in our manufacturing plant based in Hethel.

Summary

Lotus is recruiting an experienced finance professional to join our finance function based out of our prestigious manufacturing site in Hethel. The role of the Financial Accountant will be to ensure all internal and external financial reporting activities from a group and legal entity perspective are delivered. There will be a focus on continuous improvement of processes and controls.

What You'll Do
• Improve reporting efficiencies and controls to ensure we meet the tight month end close deadline.
• Robust controls on Balance sheet reconciliations - regular reviews of balance sheet control accounts.
• Month end balance sheet review and variance analysis.
• Month end procedures, including journal postings & key control account reconciliations.
• Audit support (annual statutory audits / internal audits)
• Statutory accounts preparation
• Intercompany and related party transactions controls, including month end intercompany matrix reconciliation.
• UK VAT returns completion and reconciliations.
• Fixed asset reporting support and control, including right-of-use leased assets.
• Oversee other statutory reporting, for example ONS returns.
• Direct line management of team of 3
• Input on technical accounting policies and considerations.
• Ad hoc internal or external reporting requests as required.

Essential

What you'll bring:
• ACCA or ICAEW qualified
• Good knowledge of IFRS, FRS101 and UKGAAP
• UK VAT knowledge
• Fixed Asset reporting experience.
• Accuracy, detailed, but able to deliver requirements under pressure.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Good excel skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills

Desirable
• SAP experience
• US GAAP/ SOX experience
• UK Corporation tax knowledge
• Experience of working in manufacturing sector
• Leadership skills, mentoring and coaching of direct reports.

What We Offer

In addition to a competitive salary, you will have access to the following benefits:
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 6% pension contribution
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme, based on your contribution and the performance of the company
• Private Healthcare
• Group income protection based on length of service
• Paid time off for medical appointments
• Employee Car Ownership Scheme
• Family Friendly policies
• Exclusive Employee discount, wellbeing and recognition platform #ForUSLOT

Additional Information
• This role will be working from our Hethel plant within our flexible working policy
• This role is Permanent / Hybrid

Our Company

Group Lotus is a leading sports car manufacturer with a 75-year long history of iconic designs, groundbreaking engineering and legendary victories on the F1 track. Today we are transforming into a truly global performance car brand focused on the electrical future. In 2022 we launched the Eletre, the world’s first all-electric hyper-SUV, and in 2023 our fully-electric Hyper-GT, Emeya.  By 2026 Lotus will produce three more all-electric lifestyle models that change the game.

As part of the Lotus team, you push boundaries. Those of the car industry and of your own. Every member of the Lotus family has some of the pioneering mindset of founder Colin Chapman in them. 

Hethel, Norfolk, England has been the home of Lotus for over 60 years, ever since Colin Chapman, our founder, started making championship-winning racing cars. In conjunction with production facilities in Norwich, and research facilities near Warwick, our UK sites offer a wide breadth of roles for all disciplines.

We're not just a car company; we're a diverse mix of talent from all walks of life. At Group Lotus, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords but essential pillars of a thriving and successful organization. Read more here: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Lotus Cars.

Do you want to know what Sophisticated, Rebellious and Pioneering mean for Lotus Cars Limited? Come and take a look at our career site and join the incredible adventure: https://lotusukmanufacturing.teamtailor.com/

For more than six decades, Hethel, Norfolk, has stood as the headquarters of Lotus, tracing back to the visionary inception of our founder, Colin Chapman, crafting championship-winning racing cars.

Complementing our legacy, production facilities in Norwich and Warwick collectively form an integral part of our UK footprint, providing a diverse array of opportunities

Hethel hosts our race track, engineering functions, and the newly established Chapman Production Centre. This centre of excellence is renowned for its world-class standards and is presently engaged in crafting the Emira, Lotus's ultimate petrol-powered masterpiece.

The Chapman Production Centre stands as one of the world's most advanced low-volume automotive manufacturing facilities, with a capacity to produce approximately 5,000 cars annually.

Featuring a cutting-edge paint shop equipped with automated processes, and robots - including primer, colour, and clear coat application, it ensures an unparalleled finish, efficient throughput, and flawless consistency for our vehicles.

As part of the Lotus team, you push boundaries. Those of the car industry and of your own. Every member of the Lotus family has some of the pioneering mindset of founder Colin Chapman in them.