Business Insight Placement

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Business Insight Placement

Are you analytical and looking for placement opportunity that gives you real experience for the future?

Working as part of our Business Insight Team, you’ll join a team of enthusiastic specialists that support the delivery of management information across the business. This is a key area for us as the work the team does helps drive and inform leadership action. We’ll support you to get fully involved and you’ll learn to provide reporting and analysis that is reliable, easy to interpret and articulates a clear story.

If you are studying a Business or Numerate related degree, enjoying reporting and want to contribute to the success of the enterprise then this could be the perfect placement for you.

About the role:

Joining as one of two undergraduates in this role, you will be responsible for specific day-by-day and ad-hoc delivery of management information reporting outputs and contribute to the development of the quality and efficiency of reporting for the department. Here’s what you’ll get involved in:

• Develop sound working relationships cross functionally and companywide to improve and then maintain data quality across the Risk & Controlling department and the wider business.
• Active involvement in all relevant projects understanding the impacts on reporting requirements to include requirement gathering, testing and implementation.
• Proactively develop and continuously improve outputs to anticipate the future needs of internal stakeholders. Identify the right input sources and take ownership to deliver timely solutions and outputs which add value/meet business needs
• Be proficient in multiple systems in order to extract, combine and analyse relevant data (don’t worry, we’ll give you training on these systems when you join)
• Ensure all relevant procedures give optimal effectiveness for all reporting related activity

About you

• Studying towards a Business or Numerate related degree
• Aptitude for analysis with some analytical skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Able to work with stakeholders at varying levels across the enterprise
• Some Microsoft Excel skills would be great but we’ll teach you some of this too
• Ability to adhere to strict deadlines
• Good self and time management skills will help you to succeed.

What you’ll get: (apart from a wealth of experience for the future…)

• Earn whilst you learn and receive a competitive salary of £17,500 per annum plus discretionary bonus and access to company pension scheme.
• A fun and sociable workplace to start your career - You’ll be joining a cohort of around 50 undergraduates so you’ll have a large group of colleagues so that you can support each other throughout your placement year.
• Participate in LifeSkills workshops, designed specifically for our Undergraduates.
• Access to a discounted loan car scheme which means driving 2 brand new vehicles during your placement (a great way to make your mates jealous when you visit them at Uni)
• Chance to make a difference in the local community with various volunteering opportunities.
• Onsite wellbeing centre – think lunchtime massages, onsite HIIT classes and health check-ups.
• There will be a hybrid blend of working in our office based in Milton Keynes and working from home.

Volkswagen Financial Services is an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone.

About Volkswagen Financial Services

Here at VWFS, we provide finance and insurance services to customers across the entire Volkswagen Group in the United Kingdom. The Group includes some of the world’s most iconic automotive brands, like: Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, Ducati, Scania and MAN.

We strongly advise that you do not apply for more than one placement role to ensure that you are considered for the placement that you are more interested in and your skills are aligned to.

How to apply

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

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.