Hybrid Financial Accountant — IFRS & German GAAP Expert in Milton Keynes

SALARY From £39,000 pa dependent on experience.

LOCATION Milton Keynes.

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

HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE Part‑time FTC, 32 hours per week, ending 31/12/27.

CLOSING DATE 28/05/26. We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.

OVERVIEW We’re looking for a Financial Accountant. In this role you will play a key role in supporting the financial control and regulatory framework of the organisation. You will be responsible for producing accurate and comprehensive supporting schedules for the monthly management accounts and regulatory submissions for Volkswagen Bank GmbH UK Branch.

What you’ll be doing:

• Prepare monthly management accounts, disclosure information, and variance analysis for VW Bank UK Branch in accordance with IFRS and German GAAP, up to management review.
• Analyse, reconcile, and investigate balance sheet and P&L positions to ensure accuracy and completeness, proposing correcting entries where required.
• Produce regulatory reports for VW Bank UK Branch for submission to HQ, including liquidity, solvency and deposit guarantee reporting.
• Review and update all regulatory submissions to reflect changes required by the regulator, HQ, or the Bank team.
• Prepare regulatory and statutory submissions for VWFS UK Ltd. to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
• Ensure all inter‑company balances are accurately accounted for, reconciled, and reported each month, including preparation of the monthly Intercompany Pack for management review.
• Complete VAT schedules accurately for review by the Tax Team, resolve queries collaboratively, implement VAT changes (including updates to the online tax tool), and support timely VAT return submissions.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
• Experience preparing accounts under both IFRS and German GAAP.
• Strong ability to work with large and diverse data sets, consolidating information into accurate final submissions.
• Proven experience managing relationships with multiple stakeholders across the business.
• Solid technical accounting knowledge, including exposure to regulatory reporting and taxation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, with strong Excel skills.
• Working knowledge of SAP FI is preferred.

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. Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
• Other benefits: Income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge, will‑writing service, cycle to work, and other salary sacrifice options. Private medical insurance after probation, with the option to buy additional family cover. Loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions). Annual benefit window access to critical illness cover and dental cover. LinkedIn Learning via Degreed platform, professional development programmes, mentoring schemes, and reciprocal partnerships.

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!

Equal Opportunity 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.