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. 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.
In return, we offer a competitive basic salary of £24,800, 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.
To apply for our undergraduate placement scheme, you must be studying for an undergraduate degree that requires a placement year. Master’s students are not eligible.**
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 Commercial Marketing Team to join us in July 2026.
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. Download Data for the Central Team to create global reports
Track competitor offers through manufacturer and intermediary websites
Prepare quarterly kick-off documents for Regional Finance Development and Retailer teams
Analyse and present back on customer retention data
Create ad hoc BI reports using the data pool
Identify new sales opportunities for existing or new finance products
Currently studying for a degree in Marketing, analytics and/or business
An interest in Marketing and analytics, knowledge of, or interest in PowerBI would be beneficial.
A self-starter who can adopt a pro-active approach and take initiative with minimal supervision
Our placement is open to any university student who is in their penultimate year (those who will be returning to their final year of study after their placement with us). We have a duty of care to our people and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our undergraduates to be based within a reasonable radius of our Maidenhead office. Our Hybrid Working requires you to be in the office a minimum of 3 days/week.
Once you have applied, you will receive a phone call to discuss your application so that we have a chance to get to know a little more about you. Please submit your application using the ‘Apply’ button on this LinkedIn job post by Sunday 28th December 2025.
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.