Business Control Placement

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Business Control Placement

We are looking for two passionate individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment. As a Business Control Undergraduate, you will be an analytical thinker with exceptional numerical skills. If you're a driven individual and eager to combine your analytical expertise, creativity, and passion for storytelling through data into charts and reports then we want to hear from you.

This is what your time at Volkswagen Financial Services might look like: 

• Design and develop scheduled and ad hoc reporting on profit and performance.
• Update and analyse reports and processes used to drive decision making across the business
• Aid with the creation of business cases and growth plans to improve business performance
• Conduct data collation, interrogation and analysis on specified datasets within the Contract Hire, Finance Lease, Corporate and Value-Added Products areas in both Retail and Fleet
• Attend meetings with subject matter experts from across the business to create/update procedures
• Carry out the auditing, reconciliation and invoicing of Tactical investments, exceeding c. £100m per annum

About you:

• Studying a degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
• Be highly numerical and analytical.
• Have good attention to detail.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• MS Office Proficiency: Intermediate level of excel knowledge and skills.

What we can offer you:

• Salary of £22,250 per annum plus discretionary bonus and company pension scheme
• A wealth of experience and a fun and sociable workplace to start your career
• You’ll be joining a group of 49 undergraduates, so you’ll have a large group of peers to work alongside
• Access to Life Skills workshops, designed specifically for you as an undergraduate
• Opportunity to join a discounted loan car scheme 
• Physical and mental health support with our onsite Wellbeing Centre 
• Hybrid blend of working at our office based in Milton Keynes and working from home

Here’s what our process looks like: 

• Apply and upload your CV, covering letter and answer a few application questions.  
• You’ll then be invited to complete a Situational Judgement Test. This is a short multiple-choice question set to understand how you may approach situations.  
• If you pass this stage, you will be invited to complete an online video interview where you will have the opportunity to tell us more about yourself. 
• If successful, your final step in the journey is to attend an assessment centre at our Milton Keynes office where you will take part in a group exercise, complete a short interview and deliver a presentation. You'll also meet some of our managers and our current Undergraduates to find out more about a placement year with us.

About Volkswagen Financial Services UK Limited:

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. 

In our ever-changing world, this can be a challenge, so we aim to foster an openly entrepreneurial, pioneering environment, focussed on your mobility needs.

To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. 

We do this by offering a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems.

Volkswagen Financial Services are committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us, and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can.

Our undergraduate placement roles do not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.  

Please do not apply for more than one placement role. This will ensure that you are considered for the placement that you are most interested in, and your skills are aligned to.

How to apply

To apply for this programme and to find out more, please click on the apply button below.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.