Senior Accountant in Glasgow

Join a team at the heart of one of the Society’s key growth areas. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role as the Business Bank growth strategy is delivered, helping to shape its success. Working closely with Commercial colleagues as well as teams across Finance including Treasury, Financial Planning and Stress Testing, you'll support strategic decision-making by assessing the financial impacts of different deposit raising alternatives, translating business plans into financial outcomes and assessing their sensitivity to different economic 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 role, you'll be based at your nearest regional office or hub. We value time spent together to connect with colleagues for collaboration so there will be a regular requirement to attend our Glasgow, Swindon or Gosforth site approximately once per month. If you are based at an office location, you'll be expected to meet our hybrid working requirement of at least two days a week, or 40% of your working time if part-time, in the 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. 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

In this role, a typical day will see you delivering insightful analysis to support the Commercial Team's performance and strategic decision-making. This could range from deep dives into product performance and customer behaviour, through to assessing returns on investment, forecasting outcomes and conducting scenario and stress-testing exercises. You will analyse the key drivers of the Business Deposits portfolio, combining internal data with external market insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities. You will work closely with other Finance Business Partners, Treasury and wider Finance teams to translate complex data into clear recommendations that inform commercial decisions, longer-term strategy and regulatory requirements. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills will be critical, alongside the ability to communicate findings effectively to a range of stakeholders.

In addition, you may support aspects of integration activities, including product and system migrations, evaluating data design, reporting frameworks and planning processes, and undertake testing to ensure robust and reliable outcomes. You will prepare high-quality analysis, forecasts and briefing papers for Senior Business Partners, helping to support discussions with the Bank Leadership Team. The ability to synthesise complex information into concise, evidence-based insights will be a vital part of the role. We also expect you to continually seek opportunities to simplify and improve processes, embedding effective controls and leveraging data to drive efficiency and insight. Building strong relationships across Commercial and Finance teams will be key to understanding business challenges and influencing outcomes.

About you

As a minimum, you will have/be:

• Highly developed analytical capability, with the ability to translate insight into meaningful outcomes
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel capability, with the ability to build and refine financial models
• Proficient in planning and forecasting within a financial services environment
• A well-developed control mindset, with experience of designing and improving processes and procedures
• A confident communicator, able to engage and influence senior stakeholders both verbally and in writing
• Solid commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret key drivers and apply critical analysis
• Comfortable working in a hands-on role within a small, collaborative team environment
• A qualified accountancy qualification (or equivalent) or relevant work experience

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 Sharon Shaw, and the main recruitment contact is Kris Mason.