Finance Business Partner in Glasgow

Join a team at the forefront of one of the Society’s key growth areas. You’ll step into the role at a pivotal point, as the Business Bank growth strategy is executed, offering a genuine opportunity to shape its success. This team plays a central role in supporting the Business Deposit Commercial function to deliver the strategy effectively. Working closely across Finance, including Treasury, you’ll help assess funding impacts at an entity level. You’ll also partner with Financial Planning and Stress Testing to translate strategy into robust financial plans and ensure these stand up to both internal and regulatory stress scenarios.

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 Glasgow office. If you’re based at our Glasgow office, this will apply from 1 April 2027 and ahead of that there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events.

If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.

Responsibilities

In this role, a typical day will see you reviewing trading performance and analysing the key drivers, using internal and external insights. You’ll work closely with Commercial colleagues to keep plans and forecasts on track, helping shape decisions that feed into longer‑term strategy and regulatory requirements. The role will cover Business Deposits performance. As well as analytics, you’ll also look for opportunities to keep processes simple and effective with inbuilt controls. As a Finance Business Partner, a key part of your role will be building meaningful relationships with both the Commercial and the wider Finance teams. You’ll prepare clear, well‑structured papers and analysis to support discussions with the Bank Leadership Team, Board and regulators. You will also partner with the Commercial team to support analysis for product pricing papers and targeted product reviews. You will take the lead on month end and evaluating potential threats and opportunities.

About you

As a minimum, you will have/be:

• A professionally qualified accountant (or equivalent) with a proven track record of progression and achievement
• Highly developed analytical capability, with the ability to translate insight into meaningful outcomes
• A confident communicator with experience of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders
• Solid commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret key drivers and apply critical analysis
• Experience in leading a small, collaborative team, with the ability to balance hands-on delivery, team coaching and effective prioritisation to ensure high-quality outcomes
• A well-developed control mindset, with experience of designing and improving processes and procedures
• Excellent Excel skills, with the ability to build and refine financial models as well as experience of AI and data applications
• Experience in financial planning and forecasting within a financial services environment

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:

• 25 days holiday, pro rata
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. We forge our own path at Nationwide. As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives. If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us. 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. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

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. The hiring manager for this role is Jonathon Haycox, and the main recruitment contact is Kris Mason.