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This is a business partnering role within our Finance Function. You will be partnering one of the areas that make up our IT business unit giving you valuable insight in to how the Society’s technology base works.

The Chief Operating Officer Finance team (COO Finance) is at the core of the activities that provides decision support for the societies Technology cost base. Our role is to manage and maintain Nationwide’s financial strength, by ensuring we are spending our members money wisely. 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 openly put our 16 million members at the centre of every decision we make as a business. Every role, no matter what it’s doing, is member focused.

Your success isn’t based on how long you spend at your desk. You’ll have contracted hours, but we’re always happy to support flexible working wherever we can. That might mean working from home or different Nationwide offices or agreeing a working pattern to help you balance work and life. We will always strive to find a way that works for everyone.

The role will primarily be remote working but will be based in either Swindon or London with attendance at the office expected approximately one day a week.

What you’ll be doing

As a Finance Analyst you will have previous experience in core management accounting processes. 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 is entry-level partnering role and could suit someone who is recently qualified or is looking to move into a more commercially focused role. The role offers an opportunity to develop advanced technical skills; interpreting financial data to create MI and insight to be shared with the stakeholders we support. At the same time, it offers an opportunity to grow stakeholder management, commercial and influencing skills engaging with colleagues in other parts of 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

We’re also interested in who you are as a person. Why? Because our membership is made up of so many different kinds of people, so we want our employees to be just as diverse. We’d love to hear about:

• Your values, and what makes you who you are
• How you’d make a difference to our members in this role

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
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

Why work at Nationwide

We’re a building society founded by ordinary people, our members, who came together to help each other get the most from their money, buy homes and save for their futures. For over 130 years, we’ve supported each other and our communities, and we’ve done the right thing for wider society too.

If you come to work here at Nationwide, you’ll be part of that. Part of something a bit different. And something really quite special.

What’s more, we have a strong ethic of care for each other and our members. We recognise that our employees feel most appreciated when their thoughts and values are respected and considered. We’re committed to creating a culture that recognises and truly values our individual differences and identities. So, if you’d like to be a part of an inclusive workplace where you can be yourself, where your talents are nurtured, and you feel empowered to contribute, then please apply and help us in building society, nationwide.

What to do next

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