We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to work in the Credit Risk Value Stream within Central Functions.
Credit Risk enables the Society to: lend safely, allowing members to borrow money to purchase their home and help them manage their finances whilst keeping Nationwide safe and secure. We decide how Nationwide sets its lending criteria and who Nationwide lends to - for mortgages, loans and other credit products.
As a Senior Business Analyst you will be collaborating with and influencing senior stakeholders designing and delivering business solutions which add significant value, achieve business success and help us to meet the societies needs. The current portfolio of work would include change initiatives such as:
Event based Cloud architecture that delivers next generation customer risk management, AIV and Proof suppression projects that improve our straight through processing rates, Integration of Property and Consumer Credit Risk management technologies onto our Cloud architecture, Strategic pre-assessment capability that can be leveraged across all credit portfolios, Technology simplification, consolidation and decommissioning activities that reduce costs and improve change efficiency, Supporting M&FW and Retail Product with Strategic Business Priorities and efficiency gains.
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. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you're an internal applicant based in a different location we would welcome your application and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. 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 doingA key priority for this role is to support our colleagues within Credit Risk - working in partnership with other change roles to ensure the full breadth of change is understood and the design meets the need, dependencies are identified and required insight incorporated.
With relevant experience under your belt, you'll be using your business analysis or solution design knowledge to identify solutions that achieve the best business outcome, influencing technology and business resolutions with confidence and innovation, taking into account any external factors and dependencies.
You will be responsible for task and line managing Business Analysts ensuring that their work is estimated, scheduled, prioritised and meets quality expectations. You will use your strong communication skills to engage with diverse change team participants and establish influencing relationships with business stakeholders and the leadership team.
You'll be using your own initiative in this role and required to work with a pro-active mindset and an aim to identify, escalate and resolve issues/risks. As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll strive for continuous development in your work and coach your team in terms of using Best Practice Techniques.
About youWe ask that you have:
- Proven task and line management experience
- Ability to accommodate differing needs of multi-disciplined and geographically dispersed teams - consisting of internal and external resources e.g. Third-party suppliers, remote colleagues and contractors
- Experienced at prioritising, sequencing and sizing Business Analysis activities
- Proven analytical skills in defining business outcomes, business requirements, operational designs and supporting end-to-end delivery
- Adept at problem identification and resolution - providing meaningful insight and recommendations to facilitate solution discussions
- A strong understanding of Nationwide's compliance, governance and change deliverables
- Adopts a collaborative approach - working in partnership with other change roles ensuring the full breadth of change is understood
- The ability to confidently communicate; with the ability to present information to senior stakeholders reporting on progress, blockers and challenges
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.
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