Job Description

Business Unit: Group Finance
Salary range: 56,800 - 71,000 per annum
Location: UK Hybrid - Glasgow, Gosforth or London
Contract type: Permanent
Our Team
Business Banking has a clear growth objective, including scaling our lending book within the Nationwide Group, attracting and retaining customers in the right markets, aligned to risk appetite, while delivering on customer experience.
The Business Banking Finance Business Partnering team is key to supporting this ambition by delivering financial management services to stakeholders across the organisation, influencing performance and outcomes to drive the right commercial decisions.
The role will involve close working relationships with Finance and Commercial stakeholders to provide insight and support, understanding the portfolio, products, and processes, and applying this across a variety of initiatives and requests.
Our team are responsible for supporting the Business Bank Commercial teams in analysing and navigating financial performance. We help drive value creation by providing insight and influence on priority business issues.
What you'll be doing

• Analysing financial results, adding insight through identification and communication of key issues in business performance, drawing on standard and ad hoc analysis. Preparation of analysis and reporting to support the Senior Business Partner in presenting to key Finance and Commercial stakeholders.
• Using insight and acumen to positively influence forward looking planning and forecasting processes, including strategic business plans and outlooks, as well as regulatory stress testing.
• Being responsible for financial modelling to inform decision making, including commercial pricing assessments, business case appraisal, and supporting the reporting of returns metrics.
• Partnering the business to identify alternative actions to address business under-performance/ stretch performance, providing recommendations based upon financial and commercial insight.
• Ensuring that controls within the Business Bank Finance Business Partnering team remain effective and consistent, while seeking to improve and innovate existing processes to drive an efficient and flexible function that can react quickly to changing circumstances.
• Establishing and developing a network of internal stakeholders across the Business Banking team and other areas of Finance, including Financial Control, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, and Risk, demonstrating healthy challenge and collaboration.
• Mentoring and developing Finance Business Partnering team members, supporting a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

We need you to have

• Experience in building strong working relationships with a wide-ranging level of stakeholders, across a number of disciplines, with proficient knowledge of Business Banking.
• Excellent analytical skills to support decision making. Key analysis and supporting narrative to inform and influence is essential.
• Financial modelling skills (excel based) and ability to critically appraise outputs.
• Knowledgeable in financial factors and external market trends that may impact Business Bank performance (both risks and opportunities).
• A natural curiosity and drive to know more. Also be hardworking, with a real eye for detail.
• A strong control mindset when developing processes and procedures.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)? plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year?.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.
Say hello to Virgin Money
Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you'll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team
Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.
Now the legal bit
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Advertised: 07 Nov 2025 GMT Standard Time
Applications close: 14 Nov 2025 GMT Standard Time

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