Technical Assistant - Executive in Milton Keynes

Salary Up to £65,000 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, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 29/05/2026. We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.

Position Summary: We’re looking for a Technical Assistant working in our Executive Office, to provide analytical and operational support to the CEO and CFO, ensuring they have timely, accurate insights and well‑prepared materials to drive effective strategic and operational decision‑making. This high‑impact and analytical role will be instrumental in delivering clear executive insights, streamlined leadership reporting, and well‑coordinated inputs that enable faster, data‑driven decision‑making at the most senior level, while requiring strong stakeholder management and excellent communication skills, and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Translate complex financial, operational and regulatory information into clear, executive‑level insights
• Produce concise briefings, reports and presentations by distilling data from across the organisation
• Provide proactive analytical, technical and coordination support to the CEO and CFO, working closely with the Executive Assistant
• Partner with Data and Performance teams to develop effective executive reporting, dashboards and KPI/OKR tracking
• Build and maintain strong relationships with HQ stakeholders to ensure alignment and information flow
• Support executive governance activity, including Board and regulatory reporting, alongside the Head of Executive and Strategy
• Integrate inputs from multiple teams to ensure consistent, high‑quality and compliant executive reporting
• Support executive‑led investigations, fact‑finds and strategic projects
• Conduct research on key business issues, delivering clear recommendations and business cases
• Continuously improve executive reporting, data visualisation and information flow across the Executive team

What you’ll bring:

You’ll be someone who can turn complex data into clear, compelling stories, with a genuine passion for using insight to drive better decisions. You’ll have a delivery‑focused mindset, combined with strong relationship‑building skills, enabling you to build and maintain trusted networks across the organisation and with key external stakeholders.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Experience operating within a regulated and compliance‑driven environment
• Proven ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders
• Strong data literacy, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, accessible insights
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills, with strong relationship‑building capability
• Experience managing complex, cross‑functional stakeholder environments
• Highly analytical and commercially minded, with strong quantitative and financial analysis skills
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability and a delivery‑focused mindset
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, ambiguous environments and make sound decisions with incomplete information
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise, plan and manage multiple activities
• Advanced problem‑solving skills, with the ability to structure and resolve complex business challenges
• Ability to build networks and drive collaboration across multiple teams and functions

What’s in it for you:

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.

Why join VWFS UK: You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straightforward; 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.