Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

• About The Role

• SALARY: From £49,354 pa dependent on experience

LOCATION: Milton Keynes

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.

HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time permanent

CLOSING DATE: 24/8/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications.

We're looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager who will play a key part in driving financial performance across the VWFS UK Group, delivering insightful forecasting, planning, reporting, and budget management that supports informed decision-making.

As a champion of data and continuous improvement, you'll leverage BI tools to streamline processes, enhance performance analysis, and deliver high-quality financial insights that maximise efficiency and focus on value-added activities.

What you'll be doing:

• You'll lead and challenge cost centre budgeting and expenditure reviews, promoting accountability, efficiency, and value for money.
• Develop and enhance financial forecasting and planning models, leveraging BI tools to improve accuracy, automation, and decision-making.
• Provide meaningful analysis and commentary on financial performance and key business metrics, translating data into actionable insights that drive results.
• Partner with colleagues across Controlling to support strategic planning, forecasting, and financial modelling activities.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and business performance reviews to support senior leadership decision-making.
• Act as the data and reporting subject matter expert, ensuring data quality, consistency, and confidence across UK and international stakeholders.
• Develop and enhance financial forecasting and planning models, leveraging BI tools to improve accuracy, automation, and decision-making
• Maintain compliance with regulatory and governance requirements, including FCA, ECB, E-OHB, and internal policy standards.

What you'll bring:

You'll be at least part-qualified ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent) with experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Management Accounting, or Controlling within a complex corporate environment.

You'll have a passion for data, process improvement, and delivering high-quality insights. And, be able to turn financial analysis into clear business actions and measurable results.

Essential experience & skills

• You're a confident business partner with a track record of challenging and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, to support effective decision-making and cost optimisation.
• Well-organised and process-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive and solution-focused, demonstrating initiative, sound judgement, and a continuous improvement mindset, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• You have experience working within regulated environments and applying accounting standards, forecasting methodologies, and governance requirements.
• You'll have proven experience developing and maintaining financial models, forecasts, budgets, and performance reporting, ideally within financial services, automotive finance, or a similarly regulated industry.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with the ability to translate complex financial data into meaningful insights and recommendations that drive business performance.
• Advanced data literacy with experience championing data quality, governance, and reporting improvements through automation and business intelligence tools.
• Strong systems capability, including SAP BW, Power BI/Tableau, and advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.

What's in it for you?

Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)

Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.

Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance

OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.

Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).

Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.

We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You'll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

• About You

• About Us

• Why join VWFS UK?

You'll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission.

Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn't just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.

This role does not meet the UKVI's criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

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