Accounts Specialist Placement

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

JOB TITLE: Accounts Specialist Placement

LOCATION: Milton Keynes (hybrid between 1-3 days in the office required per week)

CLOSING DATE: 30th September 2024

SALARY: £22,250, 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, loan car scheme, pension and a discretionary bonus

CONTRACT: June 2025 - June 2026

To apply for our undergraduate placement scheme, you must be studying for an undergraduate degree that requires a placement year. Master’s students are not eligible for this placement.

Are you a driven and ambitious individual with a strong interest in Finance? We have an opportunity for an undergraduate to join our Finance team as an Accounts Specialist undergraduate. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our Accounting and Customer Operations teams and develop essential skills in financial analysis, problem solving, and communication. If you are keen to make a difference with excellent attention to detail, we want to hear from you!

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

• Building your expertise in Excel to support financial operations.
• Managing customer refunds and investigating financial discrepancies through analytical problem-solving.
• Participating in cross-functional meetings with Rental Car Mobility and Customer Operations teams to ensure seamless collaboration.
• Contributing to additional projects based on your abilities and interests, driving continuous improvement in our finance processes.
  
  

About you:

• Currently studying a degree in accounting, business, finance, or a related field.
• Demonstrate drive, keenness to learn, and a strong desire to achieve a successful career in Finance.
• Quick learner with the ability to adapt to new challenges and a commitment to continuous professional growth.
• Independent problem-solver with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Excel, with an eagerness to expand your technical skills
• Confident, outgoing, and possessing a positive attitude, enabling effective collaboration within the team and across departments.
  
  

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 colleagues so that you can support each other throughout your placement year
• 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.