Finance Business Partner – Product Partnering

Job title:

Finance Business Partner – Product Partnering

Company

Nationwide

Job description

This Finance Business Partner role will support Credit Cards and Personal Loans within our Retail Finance team. Our Finance Business Partnering teams are integral to our success as a Society, working both within the wider finance team and directly with areas across the Society to ensure we achieve our strategic objectives and deliver value for our members. This role creates a great opportunity for someone to join a team providing key stakeholders with financial guidance, advice and creating great pieces of analysis to support and challenge through decision making.We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35.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 or London 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 .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

• You will be leading a team and will be responsible for understanding and explaining financial performance to the business.
• Helping the business define and understand the implications of pricing proposals, competitor strategies and market dynamics.
• Working with stakeholders across the Society to deliver robust forecasts, including Plan and external Stress Tests.
• You will be the Finance lead on high profile strategic initiatives to ensure that all requirements and impacts are understood to enable a smooth delivery across all aspects the team and working with key stakeholders in the Society.

About you

• You’ll be an experienced Accountant with the relevant professional qualifications (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
• Commercially-focused, you’ll have a background in business partnering and have experience with financial products and propositions using both internal and external information to inform complex pricing decisions.
• You will have a broad and deep knowledge of the dynamics of capital, balance sheet risk, sources of funding and be comfortable challenging outside of your areas of expertise, and a proven track record of working very closely with non-finance stakeholders to strike the right balance between customer outcomes and commercial sustainability.
• You’ll have strong communication skills, with the confidence and credibility to present the finance perspective to senior stakeholders within the Society.
• You’ll have strong analytical skills and will be able to understand complex data quickly and have a track record of generating innovative ideas and solutions to problems.
• You’ll be organised and able to manage a portfolio of deliverables to high standards in a fast-paced 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 getThere 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 societyWe 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 nextIf 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.#LI-POST

Expected salary

Location

London – Swindon

Job date

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:38:13 GMT

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