Consultant Risk & Control Partnering – Digital and Innovation

Digital Risk & Control is looking for a Risk & Control Consultant to join the team, with a specific emphasis on the support of our Digital and Innovation-focussed teams.

You’ll be part of a high performing and committed risk team, using your experience to support colleagues working at the forefront of digital technology, working to deliver high quality analysis to help us delivery digital experiences, safely. This will involve working with stakeholders, building & maintaining reports, challenging the status quo and being a voice for customers in the fast-paced world of Digital & Integration.

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. 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

As a Risk & Control Consultant you’ll be providing digital risk and controls expertise to help the team to deliver risk assessments, controls management and risk monitoring activities. You will be seen by your stakeholders as a trusted partner in a ‘high support and high challenge relationship’ which will require collaboration with multiple business areas and other specialist Risk & Controls SMEs to help Nationwide deliver change at pace, safely.

As part of this role you will:

• To design, maintain and continuously improve risk and control activities which support risk and control services, in adherence with Nationwide’s policies, procedures and frameworks. This role will initially be focussed at supporting colleagues in the Innovation space.
• Provide risk advice and support the presentation of formal risk assessments / committee papers to promote appropriate risk management and the delivery of fair customer outcomes and good experience for members.
• You’ll need to be prepared to show flexibility and work with momentum. We’re looking for collaborators who can deliver at pace and can listen and absorb quickly.
• Support the maintenance and reporting of risk profiles and risk reporting at an operational and strategic level.
• Work alongside other specialist risk and control partners to assess the business impact of risks
• Be an ambassador for better risk and control data
• Empower and support a diverse and effective team of risk practitioners, using your skills to enhance the already existing talent in the team.

About you

You’ll need to be pragmatic, be able to work collaboratively, and be able to adapt to a challenging and changing environment.

As a minimum requirement you’ll have:

• Proven understanding of technology and digital
• Experience of risk and control management techniques
• Experience in delivering / supporting the delivery of change
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Be able to demonstrate a data and MI focus

It's not essential but it would be nice if you have:

• Solid understanding and practical knowledge of the current regulatory environment and developments impacting the financial services sector from a Digital and technology perspective.
• Risk & Control knowledge in the areas of cyber, third party/ supplier, data, operational risk.
• Practical experience of embedding controls in technology solution design, delivery and operations, and as part of Agile / DevOps ways of working.
• Possess an industry recognised technology risk qualification.

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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