Senior Treasury Consultant - Business Analyst

Operating at the heart of Nationwide’s Treasury function, you will be a part of shaping the new Treasury Optimisation team which will have a material impact on change, efficiency, and risk reduction.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of both technology and risk management as well as exposing you to diverse teams across both Treasury and Finance. It’s also an opportunity to support the maintenance of systems which are key to business decisions taken within the Function.

Part of a highly skilled, cross functional delivery team, you’ll develop and improve the way we deliver change across Treasury, ensuring we drive value from our technology investments. You will support projects to ensure Nationwide keeps pace with a constantly changing business landscape.

You will understand the needs of the Treasury teams through partnership to drive value add change, create efficiencies, bolster system integrity, and reduce risk. You will become a Treasury SME and the go-to for Murex change in your area, supporting with impact analysis, testing and efficient delivery.

You will be a part of shaping the purpose of the team supporting Treasury’s use of Murex through control, proactive repair, and delivery of enhancements. You will have sight of and support prioritisation of the demand backlog for change in Treasury, ensuring that outcomes are aligned to strategic objectives and teams involved are aware of priorities.

You’ll work closely with multiple teams across the Function to support the growth and development of our business through project activity, focusing on developing and improving our processes.

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 London, Swindon or Bournemouth 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.



What you’ll be doing

In direct partnership with the Treasury Middle Office business area you’ll become a subject matter expert, working together to identify areas where we could further exploit our technology suite. You’ll drive the enhancement of business processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase stakeholder satisfaction. Where relevant this may involve proactively identifying training requirements and liaising with external stakeholders to deliver these.

You’ll act as the first point of contact for the delivery of new Treasury product proposals, liaising with the rest of the Optimisation team and wider Treasury to manage the analysis of complex cross functional requirements for technology solutions. By articulating and quantifying the business impacts (and potential future benefits) in a tangible manner you’ll support stakeholders in making informed decisions and recommendations about the priority for technical solutions.

About you

• An in-depth knowledge of treasury, ideally with a “middle office” reporting background and understand of liquidity, capital, market risk or accounting.
• Experience leading business analysis in a Treasury facing role or equivalent.
• Experience using Murex or equivalent Front to Back Treasury trading system.
• Strong communication skills up to Senior Leadership team level with the ability to challenge when needed.
• Self-motivated and an appetite for learning.
• Strong time management and the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Experience of delivering change with experience of prioritising multiple workstreams.

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

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 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.

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