Risk Analyst - Credit Risk Measurement (Reporting) (Northampton)

This is a great opportunity for a Risk Analyst to join our Reporting, Data Governance and Controls team within Credit Risk Measurement. The teams cover a span of accountabilities including credit risk regulatory and critical reporting, as well as leading governance for data in the credit risk and modelling data domain, and all credit risk and financial controls on behalf of the Chief Credit Officer. The role will play a key part in delivering high-quality reporting for Retail and Commercial Credit Risk, with a strong focus on control execution and regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Producing regular critical and regulatory risk reports across Retail and Commercial portfolios using SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Viya, and Microsoft Excel, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Completing annual reviews, ensuring that the Credit Risk reporting suite remains relevant, accurate and efficient.
• Adhering to established controls and reporting standards, escalating any data quality issues or anomalies identified during report preparation.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, as well as regulatory bodies, responding to queries and providing clear, data-driven insights.
• Supporting other team members on ad-hoc reporting requests, through data extraction and data analysis.
• Identifying opportunities to improve and streamline reporting processes, contributing ideas that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and the overall value of risk reporting.

In this role you will play a critical role in the production of Credit Risk reporting. A variety of training options will give you the knowledge and skills you need to be able to thrive in the role. Working with other regulatory reporting specialists in the Society you’ll be encouraged to identify and implement changes that enhance efficiency and the long-term reporting capability.

About you:

• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills, including the use of Pivot Tables.
• An aptitude to learn, or previous experience of, coding using analytical tools such as SQL/SAS.
• Experience of analysing and interpreting data.
• Able to support the production of high-quality reports and outputs that ensure confidence from stakeholders and regulators.
• A passion for understanding processes and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Able to work autonomously, demonstrate a logical approach to performing a task, whilst paying attention to detail.

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:

• 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.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve.

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.