General Manager Corporate Credit Assessment

JOB TITLE: General Manager - Corporate Credit Assessment

SALARY: Up to £85,271pa dependent on experience

LOCATION: Milton Keynes

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires 20% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and for this role you will need to be available for up to 3 days in the office.

HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE 35 hours per week

CLOSING DATE: 29/08/2025 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.

We’re looking for a General Manager to provide effective oversight of our Corporate Credit Assessment requirements in relation to Retailers and Corporate customers of Volkswagen Financial Service and Volkswagen Bank..

This specialist role leads the Corporate credit team to ensure credit reviews and recommendations (1st vote) are managed whilst managing credit relationships with multiple stakeholders. It also ensure duties are conduction in line with the Organisational Manual for European Banks (OMEB) guidelines and regulations and MaRisk principles.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Guide and motivate your team ensure high performance and service standards with an eye on continuous improvement in quality and efficiency.
• Ongoing preparation of corporate credit assessments along with timely submission of reviews in line with responsible lending protocols.
• Work in partnership with VWFS Sales and Fleet to manage relations with the Retailers and Corporate customers in terms of credit assessment and securities, funding requirements and approved facility utilisation
• Identify, recommend and develop improvements across the Corporate Credit Assessment area and champion IT systems change request to progress efficiencies and service provision
• Hold regular meetings with the Head of Corporate Credit Assessment and Retailer Services and Head of Corporate Credit Assessment (2nd Vote) to discuss any credit reviews issues and develop improvements in the delivery of the Credit Assessment strategy
• Build and develop relations with all Brands and Group Network Development in respect of funding requirements across VWG networks
  
  

What You’ll Bring

You’ll be a positive target driven leader who understands the best way to drive performance and has the confidence to be curious.

You’ll have a tenacious and solution focussed approach to get things done effectively.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Solid people leadership skills including managing projects
• Ability to understand and interpret complex financial information
• Extensive Banking and Credit experiences or worked in financial services with automotive.
• Experience in Credit Management and able to evidence developing teams in a regulated business
• The ability to be agile, embrace change and comfortable to make decisions when faced with ambiguity
  
  

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 and fuel card

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.

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.

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Why join VWFS UK?

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.