Marketing Compliance Executive
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent (Hybrid)
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary and Benefits: starting from £34,037, company car scheme, bonus potential, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, generous pension scheme, private healthcare and so much more!
Closing date: 21st August 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Compliance Executive to join the Digital & Direct team within Volkswagen Financial Services UK Ltd. The role will review and approve financial promotions including retail marketing materials, TV, web content, video, and social activity for all VWG brands, in adherence with regulatory rules as outlined by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The role will provide helpful and timely feedback to Marketing Managers and agency colleagues ensuring that required amendments are made and processes are followed within set SLA's. The role will create and supply promotional terms and conditions and support the Marketing team with checking key regulatory information for the timely launch of tactical finance offers, events and campaigns.
Who We're Looking For:
If you have previous marketing experience, exceptional attention to detail and previous experience of working in an FCA or regulated environment then this might just be the role for you, please do read on!
Responsibilities include:
- Manage the review and approval of all FCA financial promotions across national and local channels, including digital, print, TV, radio and point of sale.
- Be the dedicated subject matter expert (SME) for financial promotions, managing the approvals process end-to-end ensuring all materials are reviewed within set SLA's and are clear, fair and not misleading.
- Work collaboratively with Marketing Managers to respond to briefs for promotional terms and conditions and advise on the creation of compliant financial promotions.
- Manage and monitor workflow, assigning all inbound jobs and enquiries to relevant departments across Marketing, Compliance, and Campaign Development teams.
- Create training materials and deliver regular training webinars and workshops to VWG brand marketing teams and marketing agencies relating to regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
- Collaborate with ecommerce and integrations teams to review and approve customer facing digital platforms to ensure adherence to regulatory standards.
- Assess competitor (and outside of category) financial promotions activity to benchmark and assess opportunities for improvements.
- Create and distribute financial promotions guidance to the VWG retailer network.
- Manage the updates to VWFS UK advertising guidelines, ensuring any new regulation and changes to advertising approach are accurately represented.
- Identify opportunities to develop clear and concise briefs for marketing initiatives from VWFS Marketing Managers and other VWFS stakeholders across the business.
- Production, delivery and stock management of brochures and other POS materials
- Raise purchase orders and seek sign-off, manage expenditure approval forms
Skills and Experience required:
- Knowledge of FCA guidance on financial promotions
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to review and interpret complex information
- Ability to constructively question and challenge information and opinions of all
- Credible and confident, able to communicate at all levels across the business
- Customer orientated approach
- Commercial thinking
- Creative approach to problem solving
- FCA or regulatory environment knowledge
We do not think this role will be for you if:
- You do not have the necessary experience within a similar financially regulated or legal role previously - sorry but we need someone to be able to hit the ground running with this opportunity
- You prefer solo working, this role involves multi-stakeholder and collaboration with brands, agencies, and internal teams
What's in it for you?
We are passionate about employee development by offering ongoing support and training to help people meet their career aspirations. Whether that is to become the next leader within our business or to develop your current tool kit of skills, we support many cross-functional opportunities. We want you to achieve your full potential 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
As part of our hybrid working arrangements we are giving our colleagues the opportunity to work a minimum of one day in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected and you can work in the office more if you'd prefer.
