Find More Than 10K+
United Kingdom Jobs

Looking for more than a job?
A job with meaning is more than a job. Creating the kind of positive change, we’re planning will need the skills of the world’s most talented people. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to affect your future and that of millions of others in ways you may never have thought possible. Curious?

Volvo Car UK Finance - let’s introduce ourselves:
Our purpose: Through business partnering and the use of digital tools, we are steering performance, championing compliance, and ensuring sustainable growth.
The Finance team at Volvo Car UK is a business partnering focus department responsible for a) Accounting, statutory reporting, tax, internal control, and procurement. b) Financial planning and analysis, management reporting, business planning and forecasting future scenarios. c) Improve performance, through business partnering support to all operational parts of Volvo Car UK. We are a diverse team of around 13 members, highly engaged, and on a mission to enable great business partnering support.

What you’ll do:
The purpose of the Data analyst is to provide data and insights support to the entire Finance department of Volvo Car UK and the wider organization, as well as liaise with our Digital department. The role will develop the functionally needed for Finance to be an agile and data driven team, using the latest digital tools and avoiding manual reporting process to the highest extent possible. This role involves a high degree of interaction with the Finance team and VCUK departments whilst requiring consistently high-quality strategic analysis and data management. Pro-actively search opportunities and make strategic plans to mitigate risk and avoid pitfalls in the area. Actively work to deliver goals and sustainable growth.

• Own month end reporting and dashboard development for key P&L areas
• Provide self-service Power BI dashboards to Finance Business Partners and be a key contact for any dashboard related queries
• Support Finance Business Partners in tracking the performance of strategic initiatives
• Map new data and reporting requirements that the Finance team will need as we transform from wholesale to a DTC business model. E.g., new inventory reports, FCA reporting, and total distribution cost.
• Get involved with ad-hoc Analytics requirements or projects
• Create efficiencies by automating as many reports as possible
• Liaise closely with Digital department at VCUK as well as Headquarters digital and central commercial finance functions

What you‘ll bring:
We believe you are an analyst with some years of experience with measuring data. You have an interest to bring data together from multiple channels to derive insights and learnings.
Further, you are able to use data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI to bring the data to life.

You also have:

• Ability to understand large data patterns, decipher what the underlying drivers are, and an ability to move data into insights
• In collaboration with Finance Business Partners – aspire to move from delivering insights to foresight
• Experience in building dashboards, identifying new and tracking key metrics to closely monitor performance and identifying quick and long-term opportunities for improvements
• Demonstrated experience and ability to present and persuade complicated findings in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience and interest in building something new, not just maintaining existing processes
• Good understanding of accounting and finance concepts, principles, and processes
• Highly proficient with numbers
• University degree in Computer science, Engineering, Finance or equivalent area

Diversify our future:
Volvo Cars is an equal opportunities 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 a make a difference.

Want to know more?
We’d like to receive and review your application by Monday 10th April 2023. Any CVs or applications sent via email will not be kept or considered, please apply via the link in this ad. Please note that your application has been received once you get a confirmation e-mail from the system. We will do our best to keep you updated throughout the process. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter: Maria Nilzon at [email protected]

We are Volvo Cars!
Volvo Cars’ continued growth is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your expertise and aspirations so you can reach your full potential.
For the right person, an inspiring, and creative workplace awaits. Did you know that every Volvo Cars employee worldwide has the right to our Family Bond, our new all-gender, paid parental leave policy? You’ll also enjoy a culture and benefits package that’s made us one of the world’s most awarded and progressive employers.
By 2025, we aim to sell 1.2 million cars annually, 50% of which will be electric vehicles and sold directly to customers through digital channels. Join us on the journey of a lifetime as we create the driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

#LI-MN1