SAS Data Engineer - E1 in Birmingham

Are you passionate about data and ready to make a real impact? We’re looking for a SAS Data Engineer to join the small but dynamic team in SAS Data Engineering that is responsible for maintaining and updating regulatory models in the production environment and providing a trusted operational run service to deliver critical data for month-end reporting, whilst ensuring the quality of the data that underpins these models.

Ahead lies the rewarding challenge of integrating Virgin Money data into these established processes and working with Retail Credit Risk to develop Group models upon successful integration, as well as the opportunity to participate in other key data-related projects. Combining accountabilities for delivery, continuous improvement, and automation, this role will provide the opportunity to work on our new cloud warehouse as part of the SAS estate along with some cutting-edge technologies, industry leading vendors, and help shape and drive the next phase of the strategy execution.

SAS Data Engineering is part of Data and Functions Technology Delivery (DFTD), which provides value by delivering data of the highest standards to consumers across the society, using the best technology for the task and ever-improving Governance and Controls to do so. This means using various technologies to deliver, control, and govern the data that we deliver to stakeholders, both internally and externally.

This is a 12-month secondment opportunity. 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 be located at our nearest regional office or hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration and in some locations you’ll be expected to spend at least two days a week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, in the office.

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. If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing: You’ll liaise with Credit Risk stakeholders to deliver on-time important changes to production code on the SAS cloud platform (SAS Viya) using controlled and governed processes that meet critical and regulatory requirements, and which are subject to internal and external audit. In addition, you will have shared responsibility for running time-critical regulatory models each month in the production environment, whilst also running and maintaining data quality processes against key data items to ensure the integrity of the data underpinning these models. You will use Service Now for incident management. You will also have the opportunity in the future to participate in strategic data-related projects such as Virgin Money Integration.

About you

As a minimum you will bring:

• Demonstrable SAS coding experience, including the use of SAS macros, ideally having worked with large sets of data from a variety of sources.
• A capability to work in a regulated and audited environment whilst producing quality documentation that adheres to defined standards.
• Awareness of the importance of data governance, data lineage, and data quality.
• A curious mindset and ability to demonstrate a drive for continuous improvement.
• Evidence of being a strong team player who enjoys and thrives on collaboration with colleagues within and across teams from different business functions, who can also work independently when required.
• Good stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.

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.

Qualifications

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 Peter Ridgway, and the main recruitment contact is Nathan Richens. Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be Engineer E1.