We are looking for a pro-active, self-motivated, and dynamic Consultant Risk Control and Partnering to join our small and friendly Customer, Brand and Engagement Risk team.
This is an exciting opportunity to expand your risk management expertise while supporting an expanding high performing and increasingly innovative function deliver its objectives safely.
The role brings a fantastic opportunity to build a network with stakeholders, through the facilitation of a number of cross-function risk and control activities, such as quality assurance on the end to end communications process and producing value-adding MI to feed into the function's Risk Committee.
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 Bournemouth offices.
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 Proportionate risk management underpins the activity across the CB&E function.
You will be working alongside your colleagues in CB&E Risk to provide guidance and support in identifying, assessing, managing and monitoring risks, ensuring the voice of the customer remains at the forefront.
You will play a pivotal role in maintaining the CB&E Risk team's Horizon plan, utilising the wider function's plans to support a holistic risk view and enabling the team to properly plan and resource according to the type of activity and level of risk exposure.
Main responsibilities will be: Supporting and managing cross-team risk and control activities, ensuring timely and value-adding delivery.
To include the oversight of the Risk Toleration and Risk Assessment processes, ensuring risk considerations are robustly assessed and recorded.
Providing subject matter expertise across all levels within CB&E, including Directors and their leadership teams.
Facilitating a clear and comprehensive plan of activity, incorporating key deliverables from across the three Lines of Defence, policy refreshes, change programmes and key activities across the function which have a risk and control implication.
Completing gap analyses against policy refreshes, assessing impact on the risk profile, supporting the team to implement and track control improvement plans where required.
Support with reviews from Audit, Compliance, Chief Controls Office and our regulators, supporting the assessment of and subsequent management of control improvements required.
Supporting the Governance & Controls Manager on an ad-hoc basis on cross-functional governance activity.
About you As a minimum requirement you'll need to have: Experience within financial services Experience working in a first line regulatory environment The ability to analyse information and produce concise and informative reports and presentations Experience in providing accurate and expert regulatory and risk advice A logical, inquisitive mind with an interest in regulations, policies and processes Strong relationship management and influencing skills, to help build trust and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders across the business and externally Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together.
You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.
Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room.
It's also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.
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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 What makes us different Nationwide is the world's largest building society.
With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK's population.
We've got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we're not a bank .
As a building society, we're owned by our members – that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us.
It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself.
You'll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match.
You'll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK.
We want everyone in the UK to know that they don't have to bank with a bank.
They can choose a modern mutual instead.
What to do next If this role is for you, please click the 'Apply Now' button.
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