Brand Financial Controller - Milton Keynes in Bow Brickhill

Location: Volkswagen Group UK - Milton Keynes

Department: Finance and Legal - Controlling

Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full time

Our Finance team are recruiting for a Brand Financial Controller on a permanent full time basis.

What you will be doing:

• Reporting into the Head of Controlling you'll be responsible for the financials of one of our car brands or group aftersales function.
• You'll establish and manage all budgets and forecasts for your respective brand and ensure sound commercial advice is given to the Brand Director and the management teams, to maximise financial and commercial performance.

Skills and experience you can bring to the role:

• You'll be an established Senior Finance Manager and be either CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified with a good knowledge of SAP.
• You'll ideally have a background in the automotive or retail industry and understand a thing or two about fast-paced, time-pressured, commercial industries.
• You'll have frequent interactions with board members and know how to build solid working relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Being able to manage relationships and influence your network is essential.

What can we offer you? Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), fuel card, discretionary bonus, enhanced pension contributions, private medical insurance, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life insurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.

Controlling Join us and you'll work closely with every brand and Group function. Acting as financial managers, we deliver strong budgeting and forecasting, develop strategies and business cases, and analyse financial performance. Using our expert financial planning skills, we offer strategic support and add value by helping them make transparent decisions to improve performance across the business.

We're driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof each with its own history, designs and innovations we've created some of the world's most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you'll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won't find anywhere else. It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.

There's never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we're actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge, and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you. We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.