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Financial Services - Demand Governance Placement - BMW Group

We believe in creating an environment where you, our placement student, can learn and develop during your time with us and where you are given your own areas of responsibility from the start. Our experts and mentors will treat you as part of the team from day one, encouraging you to bring your own ideas to the table and giving you the opportunity to show what you can really do.

Our Summit ONE in Farnborough is home to the National Sales Company for the BMW Group in the UK, as well as BMW Group Financial Services which offers retailers, corporate, and private customers a range of customised financial services. Alphabet (GB) Ltd. as a leading provider of Business Mobility Services is also located in Farnborough. We decided in November 2020 to bring together BMW Financial Services and Alphabet to stay relevant to our customers and continue to succeed in a rapidly changing business environment.

Within our self-contained campus, we offer a modern way of working with an empowering office culture, some aspects of which include:

• Our work persona shift – being yourself is effortless and so increases efficiency. For this reason, we allow our employees to express themselves through the way they dress.
• Flexible working hours - working flexibly improves mental perspective and increases sustained productivity. This means our leaders maintain balance, not burnout, through focusing on output, not attendance.
• The opportunity to get involved with our continued support of our house charity with a variety of fundraising events throughout the year.
• Throughout our offices, there are open creative spaces which hold facilities such as table-tennis tables to encourage innovation and employee engagement.

BMW UK, Financial Services, Farnborough – Demand Governance - 13 Month Placement (July 2025)

Supports the organisation with setting up project management resource model and project monitoring reporting process. You will support the annual Need4Change process and assist with establishing business architecture documents that connect our strategy to our day-to-day operations. You will also provide support to the project teams to enable the transformation to Agile project methodology.

What will you be doing?

• Prepare the monthly project reporting pack for distribution by collaborating with Product Owners and Heads of Departments. You will gain insight into all UK projects and how project progress is tracked.
• Assist with the annual Need4Change process. This will give you insight into our project demands and how we prioritise topics to ensure we deliver projects that enable our business to achieve our strategy targets.
• Investigate and validate project business resources requirements from project teams and collate the project resource requirements in an Excel spreadsheet (known as the Heatmap). You will engage with all departments in the organisation, developing stakeholder communication skills.
• Prepare the monthly YPA reporting pack for distribution by collaborating with Product Owners and Heads of Departments. You will gain insight into the documents required to support project delivery and how this is tracked.
• Assist with establishing business architecture documents that connect our strategy to our day-to-day operations, including assistance with mapping Applications and Services to our business capabilities / process landscape and customer journeys.
• Assist development of tools to track the benefit of embedding business architecture and clearly communicate the journey.
• Support the facilitation and take minutes for the monthly Business Change Huddle where all Business Change Requests are discussed. You will develop knowledge of the delivery of projects, how internal change is managed and experience of facilitating meetings.
• Support projects as required, including minute taking for steering committees and management meetings. You will gain exposure to the decision-making process of senior managers within the business
• Ownership and maintenance of the Process Management and Quality Team Intranet pages, utilising knowledge of the department to effectively communicate the team’s roles and responsibilities. This will provide you will knowledge of web page design and maintenance. 
• Manage and maintain Jira and Confluence spaces. This will develop your skills on these platforms which are commonly used in Agile project management and delivery.
• Demonstrates the values & principles of our Customer Driven Organisation in their work & behaviors to consistently drive good customer outcomes & effortless experiences.
• Create and distribute internal surveys to employees. You will use MS Office skills to analyse and present the survey results to internal stakeholders. 

Qualifications

• Studying for a product development or business related degree with a predicted grade of 2:1.
• GCSE level C+ (Or equivalent) English, Maths and Science
• Strong written and verbal communication, influencing and facilitation skills.
• Ability to adapt working approach depending on specific requirements.
• Confidence to challenge the status quo and put forward suggestions for improvement
• Ability to work at both a detailed and high level
• Ability to be pro-active, self-starter with a high level of initiative.
• Ability to prioritise activities, work under pressure and multi-task
• Data analysis skills
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office suite (Specifically Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Individual must be outgoing, inquisitive and confident with a professional approach
• Strong numerical and reasoning skills

Why choose us?

• Great Pay - A competitive annual salary
• Rewarding Work-Life Balance - Contracted working hours are 37.5 hours a week Monday to Friday, helping you develop a fulfilling work-life balance.
• Exciting Additional Benefits - You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits including access to our Advantages scheme, giving you access to a range of offers and discounts, and a subsidised on-site restaurant.

What are we responsible for?

• Supporting you in your training and ensuring you settle into your role and feel welcomed.
• Working sustainably and ethically.
• Providing you with the opportunity to bring your own ideas and develop yourself.
• Ensuring you are happy with your work-life balance and feel as though your contribution to the business is being valued.
• Encouraging you to develop your soft skills such as creating working relationships, communicating effectively, delivering presentations, and gaining confidence in your own ability, supporting you in both your return to university and your future career.

About BMW Group

No need to predict the future. You can create it. 

At the BMW Group, we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can learn from others and teach others. Here, our industry-leading experts will treat you as part of the team from day one and give you every opportunity to really show what you can do.

We look for passionate people, from all backgrounds, who will benefit from exploring every opportunity we have to offer; all while showing curiosity and ambition.

We also believe in giving people the skills and experience they need to thrive. That’s why we welcome around 200 individuals on six or 12-month placements each year, within a wide range of business areas.