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Creating and publishing regular reporting to the Operations function within VWFS. Managing a central mailbox for the team, answering stakeholder queries where possible. Supporting other reporting areas for Fleet and Retail.
On a day-to-day basis, my tasks may vary. You work across Financial Crime, Compliance and Risk Control teams and constantly adapt to new tasks to assist with the detection and prevention of financial crime. Within Compliance, you are responsible for identifying changes in the regulatory landscape . Working across the different teams within Internal Control Systems(ICS) means that, you interact with a wide range of people both internally and externally.
The role is very diverse with no one day being the same. The role involved tasks such as the testing and reporting of procedures, carrying out audits, ad hoc reporting that is sent to various stakeholders within the business and also data correlation and analysis of data within Contract Hire, additional products within Fleet etc and producing monthly reports to present this data.
I support the deliverance of our national finance campaigns. Ensure specific documents are updated to allow campaigns to be signed off.
My day to day job would vary depending on the time of the month. It may include updating CRM communications and reviewing these before deployment, working to prepare for the quarterly update process for our retailer renewal software or providing other general marketing support.
Play a key supporting role - providing reporting, analysis and administrative support. Supporting my team. Ownership of the team mail box, organising financial and resourcing clinics, team reporting and a lot more. Getting involved with IT comms. And lots of opportunities to get involved with a lot more.
No day is the same but I align priorities with my team and my manager on Monday and work on the specific tasks and projects for the week which usually involves research, data analysis, and reporting. My job is to primarily support the Commercial Development Managers in anything they need to build business cases and improve the product channels
Supporting the team with all VWFS internal communications activity, from our company intranet to delivering colleague events. Maintaining a detailed annual communications plan, to keep the team focused and delivering at pace and on time. Writing and distributing internal communications and working on employee engagement campaigns. Providing creative and logistical support for all communications and engagement activities to the wider business. Support with logistics and preparations for internal events and stakeholder meetings including creating slides and materials. This includes creating all promotional material and filming/editing any post event videos. Liaise with key stakeholders in the business to help share desired messages with our colleagues, whether it’s about an IT system upgrade or how to book holiday. Manage analytics and reporting on the effectiveness of how we communicate our messages to the business and make recommendations for improvements in order to increase employee awareness and engagement. Play a lead role in Marketing and Innovation team engagement and development activities. Act as the communications lead for our corporate LinkedIn account, managing what content goes on it and seeking appropriate approvals.
On a day-to-day basis, you are required to manage the recruitment inbox and provide support to the Resourcing team when requested. You have the responsibility of maintaining the temp/contractor records and approving extensions when needed. Across the year, you organise the monthly Life Skills opportunities provided to the entire cohort of Undergraduates, ranging from presenting skills to excel skills. You are also responsible for the company's LinkedIn page where you will create weekly posts to showcase what is going on in the business. You are also involved in both the attraction and selection of the Apprentice and Undergraduate recruitment. This involves advertising the vacancies and inviting candidates to interview/coordinating the assessment centre.
Day-to-day the role involves performance reporting, stakeholder management, project co-ordination and communication skills in order to successfully act as a go between for different areas of the business in relaying information in clear and concise way, and providing reporting for management to make decisions based upon.
I have recurring responsibilities each day in which i use cash sheets to identify any funding needs or cash surpluses. I then raise a deal sheet for loans and deposits to be made with internal and external counter-parties. I am involved with the process from start to finish including raising high value payments.
Each day is completely different depending on the time of the year. I complete a mixture of admin tasks as I am responsible for the teams inbox as well as more bespoke tasks including monthly reports. I work closely with the internal team and external suppliers to organise training sessions throughout the year and am responsible for getting people to sign up to our courses and ensuring they attend on the day.
The general overview of the role is to monitor data and come up with competitive pricing strategies for our vehicles in the used car market. You can also expect to be involved in more daily pricing of individual cars, depending on a variety of different factors, whilst ensuring these are always up to date and the most effective they can be.
Dealing with suppliers daily and having a big input into the business as a whole. We manage the fleet services the company provide and act as people in the middle for both the customer and business so if and when something goes wrong or issues occur then we step in and solve the problems at hand. In short, this role is constantly solving problems which keeps you thinking.
My role consisted of getting involved in different audits in my team. This includes the start to finish process of an audit. I performed many reviews of documents and sought recommendations. On a monthly basis I would create the BoM report. Every day is a different day; completing new tasks and learning new skills.
I couldn’t have asked for a better placement! I really enjoyed taking on new tasks and developing new skills in a professional but friendly environment where my work had a direct impact on the company. I worked in Asset Risk as a Vehicle Forecasting Analyst which gave me the chance to work closely with the cars belonging to Volkswagen Group. I was one of twenty-six undergraduates so it was great to have a group of people who I could spend time with outside of work. The job came with a number of perks, such as the employee car scheme, which helped make the year as enjoyable as it was.
I throughly enjoyed my placement at VWFS. It was an invaluable experience which helped me to grow both as a person and as a professional. I got the chance to work with a wide variety of stakeholders across the business and was given the responsibility to lead my own projects. I gained so many skills and made life-long friends and relationships which will prepare me for my future career after university.
Thoroughly enjoyed my placement, with a varied range of projects.
This was a great placement with so many opportunities to grow and develop. Your team are super supportive and always try to put you in the best positions to learn and enhance your skills. I know when I leave I’ll have lots to talk about in future interviews.
