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Finance Industrial Placement

Williams Racing

Location

Grove, England, United Kingdom

Department

Finance and Sales

Job Type

Full-Time

Experience

Internship

Job Description

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Our Finance team powers performance behind the scenes translating data, strategy, and insight into smart decisions that drive success on and off the track. With a focus on precision and agility to inform business leaders, these roles offer the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the financial health and long-term sustainability of Williams Racing.

The Finance Department plays a pivotal role in enabling the team to compete at the highest level. Every pound spent or saved contributes to performance, innovation and long-term competitiveness. From managing budgets and the cost-cap to analysing data and optimising resource allocation, the team ensures financial resilience in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment. Their work supports every aspect of the business, empowering our mission to return to the front of the grid.

Finance Industrial Placement

We are seeking a Finance Placement student to join our dynamic team, contributing to strategic decision-making and operational efficiency across the organisation. This role offers hands-on experience across the spectrum of the finance function. From business partnering, to financial reporting, to cost-cap optimisation you will be helping shape the financial future of a Formula 1 team.

Shape the Future

  • Join a finance team that plays a strategic role in guiding Williams Racing’s long-term growth and performance.
  • Gain exposure to financial tools and techniques that support data-driven decision-making.
  • Contribute to the development of financial strategies that align with broader organisational goals.
  • Embrace innovation and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, performance-driven culture.

Make Real Impact

  • Work on real-time financial analysis and reporting that influences operational efficiency and resource allocation with tangible business outputs that happen as a direct result.
  • See the results of your work in the team’s financial resilience and strategic agility contributing to performance race after race.
  • Discover your strengths through hands-on experience and find your place in a team that powers performance behind the scenes.

Find Your Place

  • If you’re studying a degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field this role will turbo-charge your development and understanding.
  • Be part of a collaborative and analytical team that values precision, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
  • Build strong relationships across departments and develop a deep understanding of how finance supports every aspect of the business as a strategic enabler and business co-pilot.

Company Description

History doesn’t repeat itself. It’s rebuilt - one breakthrough at a time. Be part of the team redefining performance and writing the next winning chapter for Williams Racing.

Atlassian Williams Racing – Shape our team’s next chapter:

For nearly 50 years, Williams Racing has pushed the limits of speed and innovation. As one of the most successful teams in F1 history, with 16 World Championships and a legacy shaped by legends like Sir Frank Williams and Nigel Mansell, we’re now on a bold mission to reclaim our place at the front and win multiple championships again.

Our People Promise

Join a high-performance team where ambition and our people promise guide everything we do. In a fast-paced, challenging environment, your work directly shapes our winning formula. Collaborate with the brightest minds in motorsport, building on our rich heritage and pushing the boundaries of speed and innovation. We want people who live our values - innovation, teamwork, resilience, excellence, and accountability to create the winning formula that drives Williams Racing back to the top.

Early Careers

At Atlassian Williams Racing, our Industrial Placement gives ambitious students 12 months inside Formula 1. You’ll take on real responsibility with projects that shape the future car and our business. Grow with a cohort from day one, then head back to university with experience you can apply immediately. Join a high-performance team, push boundaries, make an impact.

Additional Information

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be reviewing submissions on a rolling basis from 29th September. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

Life at Williams

Based at our Grove campus in Oxfordshire, enjoy competitive benefits, exclusive events, subsidised dining, and 24/7 gym access with fitness classes. Need a break? Relax in green spaces or explore nearby Oxford city centre, just 30 minutes away by bus.

Additional Information

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion and welcomes discussions about reasonable job adjustments.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.