Lead Manager Economic Crime Advisory - United Kingdom - Nationwide

Description

As a Lead Manager you will take the primary role in Treasury's activties related to Economic Crime. The activities range from interactions with stakeholders in the Economic Crime function, to developing enhancements to ensure Treasury maintain a best in class standard in managing Economic Crime risk.

You'll take complex developments and consider how these impact Treasury and the risks associated with wholesale markets. You'll be able to train colleagues in the wider team on emerging Economic Crime subjects, using language that can be easily understood.

You will be proactive in helping the team understand how these subjects may impact them, providing strategic thinking on how changes may be most effectively adopted.

This role is based in Treasury's Conduct Risk & Compliance team, who are responsible for monitoring and developing contros which mitigate Treasury's key Economic Crime risks.

This is a new role within the team. It has a key role to play in nurturing relationships and deepening understanding of the Economic Crime agenda to ensure Treasury maintains a high standard of managing the associated risks.

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, at one of our offices in Swindon or London.

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.

Who we are looking for

• You will have a key role in regular dialogue with stakeholders from Nationwide's Economic Crime team. These will range from formal forums where Treasury are members, through to direct engagement with key stakeholders to discuss specific, technical challenges.
• You will organise upcoming Economic Crime developments to ensure the necessary planning is in place to support a controlled and timely delivery of any activities required.
• We'll need you to prepare written submissions to forums and write papers on specific pieces of development work.
• You'll be able to assess how your workstack may impact wider Treasury Conduct Risk & Compliance team. You'll articulate to the wider team in a clear and methodical approach, and train others on subjects of specific technicality.

What you'll be doing

As a minimum requirement you'll need to have:

• Proven experience of managing risks and developing business capability related to Economic Crime.
• Ability to maintain a complex, technical agenda and convert into a structured delivery plan.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory and policy standards associated with Economic Crime.
• Confidently communicate to senior leadership on Economic Crime matters with the ability to articulate the risk exposure and strategic options.
• Ideally be able to apply the above skills within a financial services wholesale environment.

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
• Gympass – 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

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.