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Form of work
SalaryThis is a business partnering role within our Finance Function. You will be partnering one of the areas that make up our Technology business unit giving you valuable insight to the Society’s technology base and the way in which the Society manages it’s IT spend. The Chief Operating Officer Finance team (COO Finance) is at the core of the activities that deliver against the Society’s Strategy.
Our role is to manage and maintain Nationwide’s financial strength, by ensuring we are spending our members money wisely and helping build great customer propositions to maximise income potential. This role creates a great opportunity for someone to be part of a team who provide key stakeholders with financial guidance & advice and create great pieces of analysis to support & challenge through decision making.
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 or London.
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 Financial Analyst Senior Accountant you will have previous experience in core management accounting processes and business partnering. You will have significant experience working with financial data and you’ll thrive in a high-pressured environment driven by strict deadlines and competing demands. Your nature will need to be one of inquisitiveness, as well as having an appetite to challenge and improve existing processes. You will have a desire to successfully engage and influence all areas of the business to drive the finance agenda.
The role would suit someone who has a number of years commercial and business partnering experience. The role offers an opportunity to develop advanced technical skills; interpreting and developing financial data to create MI and insight to be shared with the stakeholders we partner, using that data to support them with commercial discussions and financial decisions. You’ll have the chance to further develop influencing and collaboration skills with colleagues across the Society about the costs managed in their areas.
About you
As a minimum requirement, you’ll:
- Be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Significant experience working in a financial environment
- Have excellent Excel skills with experience of consolidating large amounts of data into management information
- Be experienced in the presentation of financial information for use by senior stakeholders and able to take a big picture view
It would be nice if you also had:
- Stakeholders management experience
- Experience of providing financial support to a significant cost base
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%
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- 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.
- 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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