Management & Regulatory Reporting Lead in Bracknell

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement. Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role

The Management and Regulatory Reporting Lead owns the delivery and continuous improvement of key management and regulatory reporting across the business. The role provides high-quality, timely and insightful Management Information (MI) that supports senior decision-making, strengthens governance, reduces key-person dependency, and ensures reporting remains aligned to internal standards and external requirements.

Main Responsibilities

• Own the preparation and delivery of management and regulatory reports for internal and external distribution, including Monthly Operating Reports, Budgets, Finance and Leasing Association (FCA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Board and Honda Motor reporting, to agreed timelines, quality standards and working alongside other captive finance companies within the region.
• Co‑ordinate and collate Board, Committee, Site and other senior management reporting packs, ensuring high‑quality content, clear narrative, and timely input from internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to gather, validate and reconcile financial data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, auditability and fitness for executive and regulatory reporting.
• Monitor, interpret and communicate KPI performance, analyse variances, evaluate return metrics (including contribution, margin, ROA/ROE, cost‑to‑income and risk‑adjusted returns), identify risks, and propose opportunities and areas for improvement through clear insight and trend analysis.
• Own and maintain performance dashboards and recurring MI, ensuring senior stakeholders receive timely, accurate and decision‑useful reporting.
• Work closely with Honda Bank Germany (HBG) to maintain alignment on reporting standards, definitions, controls and overall reporting approach.
• Lead and implement reporting improvements to respond effectively to evolving stakeholder, business and regulatory requirements.
• Introduce and embed robust quality assurance processes and reporting controls in line with Honda Finance Europe (HFE) Quality Assurance Framework to strengthen data governance, improve resilience and reduce reporting fragility.

Qualifications, skills and experience

• Proven experience in financial or management reporting, ideally within financial services, automotive finance or another complex regulated environment.
• Proven track record producing board level and regulatory reports.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and manage priorities effectively within a collaborative team environment.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams, senior stakeholders and group‑level reporting structures.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial information, insight and recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a commitment to data accuracy and governance.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and stakeholder requirements.
• PowerPoint, BI/dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), Excel and SharePoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; confident presenting to senior management.

Desirable

• Experience within the automotive industry would be advantageous.
• Understanding of SOX compliance and internal controls frameworks.

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual. At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non‑discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities – regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers. This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.