Accountant

at  Nationwide

This is a business partnering role within our Finance Function. You will be partnering one of the areas that make up our COO business unit giving you valuable insight to the Society’s technology base and the way in which the Society manages its investment portfolio.
The Chief Operating Officer Finance team (COO Finance) is at the core of the activities that deliver against the Society’s Strategy. Our role is to manage and maintain Nationwide’s financial strength, by ensuring we are spending our members money wisely and helping build great customer propositions to maximise income potential. This role creates a great opportunity for someone to be part of a team who provide key stakeholders with financial guidance & advice and create great pieces of analysis to support & challenge through decision making.
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 one of our 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.

AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, YOU’LL:

• Be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or finalist with a good track record of passing your professional exams.
• Significant experience working in a financial environment.
• Have excellent Excel skills with experience of consolidating large amounts of data into management information.
• Be experienced in the presentation of financial information for use by senior stakeholders and able to take a big picture view.

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.

As an Accountant you will have previous experience in core management accounting processes. You will have significant experience working with financial data and you’ll thrive in a high-pressured environment driven by strict deadlines and competing demands. Your nature will need to be one of inquisitiveness, as well as having an appetite to challenge and improve existing processes. You will have a desire to successfully engage and influence all areas of the business to drive the finance agenda.
The role is an entry-level partnering role and could suit someone who is recently qualified or is looking to move into a more commercially focused role. The role offers an opportunity to develop advanced technical skills; interpreting financial data to create MI and insight to be shared with the stakeholders we support. At the same time, it offers an opportunity to grow stakeholder management, commercial and influencing skills engaging with colleagues in other parts of the Society about the costs managed in their areas.
The main focus of this role will be to support the Cloud, Digital & Integration business area deliver a number of key Strategic Programmes commercially, making good use of customers money and ensuring the implications of financial decisions are fully understood.