Senior Accountant – 15 month FTC

Job title:

Senior Accountant – 15 month FTC

Company

Nationwide

Job description

As a key member of the Financial Reporting team, the role of Senior Accountant will be involved in the production of the Society’s Regulatory Reporting to the PRA and the Bank of England with additional responsibility to drive improvements and efficiencies across the reporting process.This role will suit someone who is looking for a fresh challenge to broaden their financial accounting experience whilst also supporting major business initiatives.This role sits within the Financial Reporting team and is a great opportunity to be part of a team delivering essential reporting to the PRA and the Bank of England. A key focus is ensuring accurate and reliable reporting, helping to maintain our strong relationship with the Regulators.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, at our office in Swindon. 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 doingYou’ll support the Senior Finance Manager and the Head of External Financial Reporting, taking a primary responsibility for producing reports, understanding reported information, maintaining quality assurance and control.As a role model you’ll also drive the implementation of efficiencies, playing an important role in the ongoing financial success of the Finance and Efficiency community and helping towards the achievement of Nationwide’s strategic goals, as well as overseeing delivery through others while following internal controls frameworks and performing quality reviews.About youWe expect you to have the following:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven post qualification experience
• Have experience of Statutory/regulatory reporting
• Experience of examining financial reports and making recommendations

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.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.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

What makes us differentNationwide 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 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

Swindon

Job date

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:23:53 GMT

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