Business Manager

Overview

As a Business and Transaction Manager at Guildford Skoda, you lead and coach the sales team to deliver compliant, high‑quality vehicle finance and insurance deals. You collaborate with management on planning, forecasting, and performance monitoring to hit dealership objectives. You champion customer fairness and regulatory knowledge while enabling your team to grow. This role combines people leadership with expert finance/insurance oversight in a fast-paced automotive retail environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary with progression
• Generous annual leave
• Enhanced family leave (maternity/adoption and paternity)
• Eyecare vouchers
• Smart Health 24/7 GP services
• Dental insurance

Responsibilities

• Support Sales Executives and tailor funding and insurance options to customers while upholding compliance and fairness
• Ensure accurate application of financial and insurance regulations during vehicle negotiations
• Monitor finance and insurance performance against targets and maintain a compliant sales process
• Coach and develop team members to achieve business objectives
• Assist management with planning, forecasting trends, and updating dealership plans
• Acquire deep product knowledge to confidently address customer queries and log activities for management review

Key requirements

• Previous automotive experience is essential
• Full UK driving licence
• Solid understanding of financial and insurance product regulations
• Ability to coach and develop a sales team
• Strong compliance focus and relationship-building skills
• Experience in forecasting and planning for a dealership

• coaching and developing others
• relationship building
• communication
• finance and insurance product knowledge
• compliance with financial regulations
• performance monitoring and reporting

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