Senior Consultant Risk & Control Partnering

We are looking for a pro-active, self-motivated, and dynamic Senior Consultant, Risk Control and Partnering to join the Retail Risk business function. Your role will present a great opportunity to work in our Retail Risk function, as a first line Risk expert helping ensure application of key process, policy and risk changes which support performance expectations and good customer outcomes, meeting our strategic and regulatory expectations. We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. 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, based at either our Swindon, London or Dunfermline office.

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll be working alongside your colleagues in Retail to maintain a safe risk environment.
• You’ll be working with business and change teams to ensure risks are identified, appropriately mitigated and understood, maintaining the documented risk profile and supporting effective risk reporting.
• Your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing risk expertise, objective advice and actionable insight to one or more teams within Retail, primarily focussing on Retail Business Services.
• Completing risk assessments across the range of risk categories.
• Supporting business teams to design, operate and evidence a robust, effective and efficient control environment.
• Maintaining the risk and control profile, supporting reporting into forums and committees as needed.
• Staying abreast of regulatory and legislative change which may impact the risk environment, working with risk owners to ensure appropriate steps are in place to mitigate future risk.
• Deputising as appropriate for other risk Manager(s) and/or Senior Manager, which will include participating in senior committees and forums as well as leading meetings and contributing to projects.

About you:

The minimum requirements for the role are:

• Practitioner level experience working in a first line risk environment within financial services.
• Able to evidence proactively identifying risk issues, supporting the creation and management of actions and aiding the delivery of compliant solutions.
• Proven track record of providing high quality risk reporting and documentation.
• Strong relationship management skills, providing accurate pragmatic risk advice, building trust and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of an organisation.
• Has taken ownership of risk management support and delivery within a business function.
• Evidence of working in collaboration with multiple business functions and across lines of defence in a solution-oriented approach.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind.
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand.
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development.
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

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.