Accountant - Financial Reporting

This role is within the Finance community, where there is a focus on ensuring that the whole organisation makes decisions in the best financial interests of our members. 

This Accountant role is a vital one, contributing to important objectives of the broader Financial Reporting team. This role will be a hybrid working opportunity in a team located at our Swindon head office, with an expectation of two days per week in the office. The main responsibility is ownership of the accounting for Nationwide’s fixed assets.  This includes maintenance of the fixed asset register, accounting for additions, disposals, revaluations and impairments, running monthly depreciation calculations and asset summaries and reconciliations and also significant contributions to the year end group financial statements assets disclosures.  In addition, the role holder will play an important part in the general preparation of Nationwide subsidiary company annual financial statements.   

This role will suit someone who enjoys the technical and core accounts preparation aspects of their accountancy qualification, works well in a team and can deliver under pressure.  There is a requirement of this role to line manage a more junior team member.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, at one of our offices in Swindon. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work within the Financial Reporting team, with the main focus being the maintenance of Nationwide’s fixed asset register, consisting of c.£2bn of tangible and intangible assets. You’ll manage a more junior team member, and will also have the opportunity to get involved in the team’s wider remit, including the preparation of statutory annual financial statements for Nationwide’s subsidiary companies.

You’ll ensure that all the required accounting for fixed assets is done accurately on time, which at times could be under tight time pressure. You’ll also be required to understand and explain the business drivers for period-on-period variances, which will involve building close relationships with key colleagues.  You’ll be keen to understand and improve processes, rather than just replicate them. You will be well supported by your experienced colleagues, with plenty of opportunity to learn and develop in the role.

The role would particularly suit someone moving from audit/accounts practice or someone already doing an equivalent role in financial services.

About you

As a minimum, you should:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Have good analytical skills with significant Microsoft Office experience (especially Excel)
• Be good at process and stakeholder management
• Enjoy working within a team and also helping others develop
• Have a focus on high standards and attention to detail
• Enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with more junior team members

It would also be good to see:

• Financial Services experience
• Audit/accounts practice experience
• Recent fixed assets accounting experience

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

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The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Gympass – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

What makes us different

 Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank. 

As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. 

When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead. 

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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