Finance Analyst - Undergraduate

During your placement, you will provide support to subject matter experts within the team as they make key strategic decisions that will shape the future of VCFSUK. You'll contribute significantly to the success and future of the brand by delivering fresh ideas and viewpoints and challenging current assumptions to meet the needs of future customers - so an innovative mindset is essential. We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and driven 12-month placement student within our Finance Team to join us in July 2025. The role will be a mixture of understanding business operations, translating business needs into requirements, assisting in projects from concept to completion, and learning from those around you. You will:

• Assist with financial reporting to the Senior Management Team; including P&L, Balance Sheet and pricing.
• Ensure files are created accurately on a monthly basis to support the month end processes.
• Assist the Finance Manager in creating financial reports on an ad hoc basis and assisting with ad hoc duties when required.
• Own the invoicing process, to include obtaining approvals from the wider business and the Finance team, payment runs, tracking the status of invoices and following up on any queries.
• Have responsibility for the SMT and RFDM credit card expenses, reconciling statements to receipts, ensuring sign off from HR for payroll deductions alongside the monitoring of RFDM expenditure.
• Support in the annual budget and business plan preparations.
• Assist with checking quarterly pricing, subsidies and campaigns when required.
  
  You will have a real passion for problem-solving and the curiosity to understand business challenges and deliver innovative solutions. You will also have strong interpersonal skills and the confidence to champion new initiatives. You will:
• Currently studying for a degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
• Excellent mathematical skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work independently as part of a small team
• Excel skills at an intermediate level
• A desire to accomplish the ACCA/CIMA, or equivalent, qualification in the future
  
  Volvo Car Financial Services UK (VCFSUK) is a financial services joint venture business, part-owned by Volvo Cars and Santander Consumer Finance, operating across the UK Volvo retailer network, and also supporting Polestar and London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC). Everything we do starts with people. It's what makes us different from other companies. If you share our belief in the power of people and our passion for human-centric innovation, you will thrive together with brilliant, like-minded colleagues who are committed to making a true difference., Volvo Car Financial Services UK is an equal opportunity employer. We are a company for people who care about other people and for the world we live in. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, and promotion. It's what you do that counts and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future. With us, you can truly be yourself, embrace new opportunities, thrive and make a difference.
  
  People are at the heart of our business. We want you to innovate, challenge, and build a future career at VCFSUK. In return, we offer a competitive basic salary of £23,200, a discretionary performance-related bonus, generous pension contribution and £500 flexible benefit allowance.
Hybrid working allows for greater flexibility and work-life balance, further enabling us to reduce our environmental impact and support your personal circumstances. We offer flexible working and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Health & wellbeing initiatives, charitable giving days, and continual learning and development opportunities.