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About the Role

Deliver high-impact audit work across diverse business areas, including model risk and credit risk, to ensure Nationwide operates safely, sustainably, and in the best interests of customers. Play a visible role in strengthening governance, risk management, and control across a large, purpose-driven organization.

Responsibilities

Execute audits end-to-end, applying a risk-based approach to identify key issues, provide meaningful insights, and offer constructive challenge.
Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and communicate findings clearly to support better decision-making and drive improvements.
Plan and deliver audit assignments, ensuring work is completed to a high standard and in line with methodology.
Engage with stakeholders throughout the audit lifecycle, maintaining a no-surprises approach while identifying risks, testing controls, and producing clear, impactful outputs.
Track and validate issues, support continuous improvement, and contribute to a collaborative and high-performing Internal Audit team.

Requirements

Proven experience in internal or external audit, or comparable risk management roles, ideally within financial services.
Relevant professional qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIA, or CISA.
Experience with Payments systems, the wider payments industry (including certification requirements), relevant regulation, payment types and payments operations and processes.
Experience with Auditing technology, security and resilience risks (or working in some other risk and control oversight or testing role).
Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering audit work, including testing controls and identifying risks.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate findings clearly and influence outcomes.
Ability to analyse complex information and use data insights to identify themes, trends, and issues.
Experience of producing high-quality audit documentation and reports to professional standards.
Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

Skills

Model risk
Credit risk
Data analysis
Risk management
Control testing
Stakeholder management
Communication
Time management
Organizational skills

Location

Swindon
London
Glasgow

Work Type

Hybrid working
Full-time
Part-time

Experience Level

Principal

Education Level

ACA
ACCA
CIA
CISA

Benefits

25 days holiday, pro rata
Access to private medical insurance
Highly competitive pension
Access to an annual performance-related bonus
Training and development
Salary sacrifice scheme
Life assurance
Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

About the Company

Nationwide is a mutual, owned by its members. We challenge the financial sector status quo, sharing profits with members and putting their needs first.
We are purpose-driven, uncompromisingly customer-focused, and unstoppably Nationwide.

Equal Opportunity

We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.
We’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion.
If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support.