Volkswagen Financial Services (UK)
Risk Control Officer
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Risk Control Officer
SALARY: from £29,854 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: 19/10/2026 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications.
We’re looking for a Risk Control Officer to provide extensive administration and analytical support for the Enterprise Risk Management framework and to support the framework of the Enterprise Risk Committee and the Operational Risk & Financial Crime Risk Committee.
This administrative role will be instrumental in delivering collaboration with the wider Risk Control team, Senior Management team and up to Board of Management level to achieve the high quality risk reporting through the design and production of accurate, appropriate and timely risk reporting
What you’ll be doing:
- Develops and prepares all agendas through consultation with relevant Chair and senior management to ensure all standard agenda items are addressed.
- Collates and organises materials for committees; quality reviews for consistency, accuracy and timeliness of data reported; challenges inconsistencies / errors.
- Distributes meeting packs electronically as required and within agreed timeframes for each committee.
- Produces technically accurate and comprehensive minutes from the material risk committees and ERC which are a true reflection of the confidential discussions held. Ensure decisions made are recorded appropriately with all relevant actions captured.
- Manages and owns the risk committees meeting schedules, planning the meeting schedules and associated business calendars to ensure the risk committee meetings take place in the correct sequence to allow efficient upward reporting to the Board of Management.
- Responsible for the annual review cycle of the Terms of Reference for the material risk committees and ERC. Ensuring membership and content are correct and appropriate.
- Maintaining strategic crisis management documentation and reporting.
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What you’ll bring:
You’ll be an individual with excellent attention to detail and the ability to be discreet and treat their work with confidentiality.
You’ll have a passion for accuracy to detail with the ability to work to deadlines.
Essential Experience & Skills
- Solid previous experience within Automotive finance or the banking industry.
- Accuracy and attention to detail are essential for minute taking and production of committee packs; critically important that committee minutes are accurate and reflect the discussions held at the committees.
- A detailed thinker, able to understand multi-threaded arguments and draw clear and concise conclusions.
- Ability to treat confidential conversations and information with required discretion.
- Able to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines, whilst paying attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate at all levels including Senior Management.
What’s in it for you?
- Bonus: 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.
- Car schemes:
- Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance
- OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
- Other benefits: 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, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.
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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 through working collaboratively with the wider Risk Control team to deliver risk reporting helping us to achieve our mission.
Our mission is straight forward; 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.
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