Project & Value Analyst Milton Keynes, England
Job description
Milton Keynes with hybrid working
What's in it for you? Salary up to £38,000 with company car, healthcare, pension, 27 days holiday, Wellbeing support and much more
Closing date: 14th April 2023 Please note we will close the vacancy earlier if we receive a high volume of applications, so don't delay
You will be a Project & Value Analyst within our Risk & Controlling department. You will have the responsibility of monitoring incoming business cases, outcomes and reporting on progress of these projects through to delivery, ensuring value realisation. You will offer valuable support to the Controlling team, enabling meaningful data insight, effective controls and realisation of company benefits. This role is varied and also entails completion of other cost management, data analysis and presentation and, stakeholder management
This is what your day might look like:
- You will support the General Manager Controlling within IT, Corporate Portfolio and Value Realisation and, Controlling functions ensuring accurate forecasting, effective budget management and business benefit delivery
- You will also support the management of the Benefit Realisation Committee by providing required data and recording meeting outcomes
- Manage all incoming business cases/outcomes, operating a governance process to ensure those submitted are to an acceptable standard and in-line with company goals. Ensuring all key stakeholders identified, are engaged.
- Manage and develop the Business Change log, to track and report on business case/business outcome creation, approval status and declared tangible benefits
- You will produce and manage a project review schedule, coordinating review meetings with key stakeholders for annual project reviews, preparing data and recording output for presentation to senior management
- Extract and record all ongoing “Run the Bank” costs expected from business change activity and communicate to the wider Controlling team to ensure its implemented into reforecasts and planning rounds
- You will review and manage incoming Headquarters (HQ) CTB (Change the Bank) offers to ensure they are logged and aligned to planning
- Manage the process for the HQ quarterly invoice relating to HQ system development and IT services hosted at HQ, ensuring that it accurately reflects project costs and services provided to the UK and is aligned with the UK IT landscape
- Analyse and calculate monthly accruals and prepayments for all HQ invoicing to ensure that costs are accurately reflected in the correct periods
- You will prepare for review IT/Project Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Dashboards and HQ IT CMIS reporting for monthly actual submissions, reforecasts and annual planning round
- In addition, you will also structure presentations and updates on data insight when required to support effective story-telling and meaningful insight
- You could also be involved in conducting ad-hoc software testing to support any IT developments impacting the area as required
- You will also be involved with other ad-hoc investigation and analysis, both internally (UK BoM) and externally (HQ Controlling)
- During this fixed-term you will develop strong working relationships with your peers across VWFS UK to share best practice and embed shared learnings
It would be great if you have the following skills and experience:
- In this varied and critical role, experience working and delivering in Project/Programme Management environments is desirable
- You can communicate to all levels within the company including Board of Management, to challenge and make recommendations regarding forecasting and budget setting
- You will use your analytical and reporting skills fully in this role and be comfortable with numerical data
- You have a methodical and disciplined approach to work with exceptional organisational skills
- You will be able to demonstrate that you can interrogate and analyse data and present in a structured manner
What’s in it for you?
An excellent remuneration, Company Car, healthcare, pension, discretionary bonus and 27 days holiday in addition to statutory bank holidays plus much more!
We are committed to developing our colleagues and offer ongoing support and training to help people achieve their career aspirations. Whether that is to become the next leader within our business or to develop your current set of skills, we support many cross-functional opportunities. We want you to your best self and enjoy a successful career with us
About Volkswagen Financial Services
Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To 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.
Volkswagen Financial Services is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you being your 100% self during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can
