Controls Analyst - Finance

We are looking for an individual who can really make a difference to Financial Controls as part of a highly professional and friendly team. As a Controls Analyst, you’ll be responsible for supporting and helping the team to deliver the annual certification process, ensuring financial control design and operation are appropriately assessed, alongside communicating areas of control improvement to stakeholders.

The Finance Risk and Control team are a 25-strong team with a variety of risk and control backgrounds. We use our expertise, critical thinking, and experience to strengthen the Society’s Financial Control Framework. To support this, our Finance Risk and Control team is currently looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and energetic Controls Analyst with an interest in auditing or risk and control.

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 Controls Analyst you will support business areas in the review and documentation of their financial control processes, and associated testing of key financial controls. 

This will include undertaking periodic testing of the controls which make up the financial controls framework in order to identify design or operational issues which could increase the risk of material misstatement in the financial statements of NBS.

The results of this testing, along with any commentary from business leaders or additional control assurance activities performed, are communicated to the Directors and Leaders in the business area where the controls are owned and operated through this annual certification report.

About you

As a minimum requirement, you’ll:

• Demonstrate knowledge of risk and control principles, particularly in respect of financial reporting processes
• Be inquisitive as well as have an appetite to challenge and improve existing process and controls
• Be able to manage multiple workstreams, working through planning, controls maintenance, enhancements, testing and reporting results.
• Working with various senior stakeholders to obtain and collate information which will be used for process mapping.
• Be able to help and coach junior team members.

It would be nice if you have:

• Have started or be willing to start progress towards a recognised accountancy qualification or equivalent (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Experience in financial reporting or risk and control roles within the financial services sector.

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
• Wellhub- 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, and so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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