Senior Risk Analyst

at  Nationwide

The Secured Credit Risk team covers a variety of accountabilities from portfolio management to new lending strategies, managing risk appetite and building our lending policies.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Secured Credit Risk Strategy team as a Senior Risk Analyst. Nationwide is making significant investment to improve our mortgage journeys and the Secured Credit Risk Strategy team has a vital role in supporting this. You will be tasked with analysing data from a range of sources to provide insight into our mortgage lending and will have the opportunity to communicate your findings to a varied audience.
We invest in our employees supporting you with your development, and this opportunity will suit an individual who is looking to take on greater responsibilities, take ownership of projects and wishes to develop and enhance their technical analysis.
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 Bournemouth 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 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.

ABOUT YOU

As a minimum requirement you’ll:

• have a good understanding of the financial services sector, you can already read the data and understand what that means to Nationwide.
• have previous experience of analysing/interpreting data in a professional environment.
• have advanced excel skills with experience of pivot tables and lookups.
• enjoy working with data, you’ll have experience gained either through your degree or on the job experience of generating insight and providing recommendations.
• be self-motivated, articulate and highly numerate, you’ll have experience of presenting/explaining your findings to others either verbally or through a written report
• have experience of building relationships and communicating with confidence whilst also working well on your own initiative.
• demonstrate a logical approach and an attention to detail.
• demonstrate a strong aptitude for programming and coding tools.

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.

• Collating information from a wide range of data sources, forming a cohesive story and preparing reports and recommendations to be presented to senior stakeholders.
• Providing the business with insight into how mortgage lending is performing and to develop lending strategies that balance risk appetite with our growth and financial targets.
• Supporting and coaching SAS analysts, using your experience to help drive best practice and instil new analytical techniques.
• Exploring new data sources and technology solutions that improve our mortgage journeys following from proof of concept to implementation, working with third parties and making recommendations to senior management.
• Employing relevant statistical and analytical techniques to develop and maintain adjustments to our forecasting and IFRS 9 models.
• Your work will be varied and technically demanding, and you could be working on your own or as part of a wider team.