Location
London
Department
Asset Risk

About The Role

Motability Operations is recruiting an RV Analyst to join the Asset Risk department based in London. With a fleet of c.780k vehicles, Motability Operations is the UK’s largest car leasing company and you will play a key role in managing the risks this brings as the automotive industry undergoes the biggest transformation it has ever seen. 

Reporting to the RV Manager, you will:
  • Play a vital role in understanding how changes in the wider economic and automotive landscape will impact the residual values (RV) and maintenance spends (SMR) of our car and wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) fleet
  • Forecast vehicle level RVs and maintenance budgets for our fleet on a quarterly basis
  • Use our suite of tools to build reports and draw succinct analytical insights for senior stakeholders on key industry trends
  • Manage cross-functional forums and internal governance meetings, using these meetings to clearly articulate and explain the factors behind market developments and individual RV forecasts to wider business stakeholders 
  • Collaborate with key business stakeholders including the Analytics, Pricing, VRM, Manufacturer Relations and Conversions & Adaptations teams to develop and share key insights with senior management on a timely basis
  • Develop relationships with car manufacturers, retailers, vehicle converters and wider industry contacts by attending vehicle launch events and external automotive conferences
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on future product and technological development in the industry, explaining how trends such as electrification, connected vehicles and the agency model will impact residual value risk in the future
  • Use your technical abilities to maintain and contribute to the continued development of Asset Risk’s forecasting processes and to drive automation of regular tasks 

About You

The successful candidate will:

  • Possess a comprehensive understanding of how data should be used to answer complex business challenges 
  • Be commercially minded and able to apply analytical approaches to deliver workable solutions in a fast-paced business environment 
  • Work collaboratively with team members to develop clear solutions to complex problems
  • Have a high level of technical proficiency and the confidence to question the status quo with the aim of continually developing our forecast approach and departmental thinking 
  • Communicate comfortably to internal and external stakeholders of all levels of seniority and function, with an ability to construct clear and coherent arguments on complex challenges
  • Display high levels of organisation to manage multiple projects with different stakeholders and deadlines

Minimum Criteria:

  • Graduate with a minimum of a 2.1 degree 
  • Experience of working in an analytically oriented commercial environment
  • Strong analytical, data visualisation & problem-solving experience
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence others
  • Advanced MS Office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint
  • Comfortable in transforming complex data in to easily digested insights
Desirable Criteria:
  • Experience of working in an analytical role within the automotive sector
  • Experience of producing a forecast
  • Experience of SQL / Snowflake
  • Experience of Power BI

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

  • We find solutions
  • We drive change
  • We care

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers.  It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

  • Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
  • 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
  • 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
  • Free fresh fruit and snacks in the office
  • 1 day for volunteering
  • Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
  • Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
  • Funded health screening for over 50s
  • Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
  • Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
  • Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
  • Generous family leave policies

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.  We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

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