Assistant Accountant - Mortgages & Financial Wellbeing

The Mortgages & Financial Wellbeing (M&FW) function is a hugely important part of Nationwide and this role within the finance business partnering team provides a great opportunity for someone to be part of a fast paced, highly commercial finance team at the front end of member propositions.

Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner for M&FW Costs, you will be working closely with the rest of the cost team as well as interacting across the wider M&FW Finance team with our income colleagues.

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 our Swindon office. 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

For this role you do not necessarily need previous finance experience, although this would be desirable. Every month you will be preparing the accounts by creating accruals and prepayments and interacting with our core finance systems.

You will also support our accountants to create accurate cost and FTE forecasts which will enable us to gain confidence that we will operate within our allocated financial plan.

You’ll support key stakeholders by responding to their queries and assist the accountants in analysing data and preparing regular reports and MI using Board, Excel & PowerPoint.

About you

As a minimum requirement, you’ll:

• Have Strong A Levels/ equivalent or accountancy focused qualification such as AAT
• Have achieved grade A-C/5-9 in Mathematics GCSE (or equivalent)
• Actively be looking to pursue a professional accountancy qualification
• Have experience of using excel to analyse numerical data, using formulae and pivot tables
• An ability to deal with conflicting demands and priorities

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
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

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.

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