We’re Silverstone Museum, located at the world-famous Silverstone Circuit, and right now we’re looking to find a strategic, multi-disciplined, analytical and commercially savvy Finance Director to help lead and drive the success of Silverstone Museum.

About the role:

Reporting to, and working closely with the museum CEO, this is an amazing opportunity to shape the development, growth and future success of the museum, and ultimately help the wider positive impact we make with regards to education, conservation and preservation. 

As a not-for-profit organisation, it’s essential that we’re a self-funding and sustainable entity and we can only achieve this and our wider aims through the effective management of our finances.  

The Finance Director is a key leadership role which contributes to the attainment of the museum’s strategic objectives by ensuring that financial commitments are met, developing the policies required for sound financial control, supervising accounting-related activities and financial reporting – and co-creating the museum’s long-term business plans.

About us:

Opening our doors for the first time in autumn 2019, we bring the fascinating story of Silverstone and its association with British motor sport to life through a dynamic, interactive and compelling visitor experience, all housed in a restored WWII aircraft hangar. Whether it’s immersing our visitors in our journey from a Benedictine Monastery to WWII airbase and finally the home of British motor sport, to getting up close and personal to some of the world’s best racing cars and motorcycles, plus walking part of the former F1 circuit, we offer a diverse and multi-experiential day out.

Set up as a Community Benefit Society, our mission goes way beyond simply running an awe-inspiring visitor attraction. We have a strong commitment to preservation, conservation, education and inspiring the next generation in the world of science, technology and engineering.

About you:

Whilst we are a not-for-profit organisation, it’s essential that we have a robust and sustainable business model delivering incremental visitor numbers and earnings to enable us to meet our financial commitments and overall objectives, so you’ll bring proven experience of providing advice and guidance on financial strategy, cash-flow management, budgeting and delivering rigorous financial control policies and procedures.

The ability to manage and foster multiple stakeholder relationships both within and outside our organisation is essential, so credibility and influencing skills will be needed.  Being able to deliver credible and authoritative briefings to the museum’s Board of Trustees will be a must. You will be developing and maintaining an effective financial environment but always balancing that with our commitment to protect and conserve heritage, promote education and inspire visitors and young people.  

You’ll also be a very visible part of the leadership team here, and you’ll help drive our positive workplace culture through your engaging, transparent and people focused approach.

As for where you’ve worked before, experience in the heritage and museum sector is useful, or within visitor attractions. You’ll demonstrate how you’ve navigated and steered a business to deliver results whilst tightly controlling cash-flow and effectively managing multiple stakeholders.

The benefits:

As well as the opportunity to get in the driving seat of an evolving and exciting business, a not-for-profit organisation delivering a positive impact to the local community and cherishing the history and heritage of the Silverstone story, we offer a competitive salary, life insurance, pension plan, and a range of employee discounts and of course the opportunity to join a vibrant organisation at the home of British motor racing.

Selection process:

The closing date for applications will be 8 September 2024, it is intended that interviews will take place in the last 2 weeks of September.