Senior Business Analyst

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to work in the Finance Value Stream within Central Functions.

Nationwide's Finance area is responsible for managing the organisations financial health, ensuring regulatory compliance and supporting strategic decision making. Key functions include: Financial Reporting, Reconciliation and Accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting, Profitability and Performance Analysis, Risk and Compliance, and Treasury.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be collaborating with and influencing senior stakeholders designing and delivering business solutions which add significant value, to achieve business success and help us meet the societies needs.

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.

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

A key priority for this role is to support our colleagues within Finance, working in partnership with other change roles to ensure the full breadth of change is understood, the design meets the need, dependencies are identified, business analysis approach and artefacts are planned and delivered, with the required insight incorporated.

With relevant experience under your belt, you'll be using your business analysis or solution design knowledge to identify solutions and approaches 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 you

We ask that you have:

• Experience at delivering, prioritising, sequencing and sizing Business Analysis activities.
• Proven analytical skills in defining business outcomes, business requirements, process modelling, operational designs, target operating models 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.
• The ability to confidently communicate; with the ability to present information to senior stakeholders reporting on progress, blockers and challenges.
• 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.

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 get

There 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 society

We 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 next

If 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.