Lead Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC, Nationwide House (Swindon) / 1 Threadneedle Street (London)

Description

We’re currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to work with us within our Central Functions - Finance team. The team is responsible for compliance with key regulatory requirements such as Basel 3.1 and PRA110 and ensuring that our IT systems provide the capabilities required by Finance & Treasury.

As a Lead Business Analyst you will be responsible for designing and delivering business solutions which add significant value, achieve business success and help us to meet our statutory & regulatory obligations. We’re looking for a candidate who is proactive, motivated, with strong leadership skills and drive for quality.

You will be supporting our Finance Product Owners in defining a prioritised business value driven roadmap of change. You will be accountable for the scoping, shaping and analysis approach, defining outcomes and priorities, translating business needs into relevant deliverables and providing insightful analysis and design expertise to ensure successful completion of OKRs.

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, working from Nationwide House, Swindon, or our London 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.

What you’ll be doing

You will be leading analysis on one of our prioritised initiatives supporting our Product Owners with shaping & defining the scope and measurable outcomes. Working in partnership with other change roles you will ensure the full breadth of change is understood and the design meets the need, dependencies are identified and required insight & metrics 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 & business resolutions with confidence and innovation taking into account any external factors and dependencies.

You will lead a team of 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 Lead Business Analyst, you’ll strive for continuous development in your work and the work of your team, identifying areas for improvement throughout the lifecycle of an initiative.

About you

We ask that you have:

Extensive experience of working within a business analysis or solution design role, on complex, cross-functional initiatives with the ability to lead a team of people, preferably within financial services.
A conceptual, lateral thinker with excellent insight in defining business outcomes and requirements within a Finance environment with the ability to analyse and problem-solve to determine solutions.
Knowledge in business solution/analysis techniques, tools, and methods with a strong understanding of their purpose, fit and relevance when initiating developments.
A strong understanding of the role of demonstrable compliance and governance within a rapid delivery environment.
Detailed understanding of and ability to accommodate and blend the differing needs of multi-disciplined teams, consisting of internal and external resources e.g. Third-party suppliers, remote colleagues and contractors.
The ability to confidently communicate; with the ability to present information to senior stakeholders and design forums and influence stakeholders at all levels
Strong leadership skills with a proven experience of leading a team
A fundamental understanding of Finance function, processes and technologies

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 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

What makes us different

Nationwide 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.