Senior Risk Partnering Consultant (Economic Crime Strategy)

As a Risk & Control Partner within Economic Crime Strategy, you will be a critical part within the Protect function, providing expert guidance and support across our retail and ‘non-retail’ business areas.

The role deals with a captivating subject matter and works to keep Nationwide and our members safe by providing expertise and guidance to those detecting and preventing money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions contravention, fraud, bribery, corruption, and corporate facilitation of tax evasion.

You’ll be part of the Economic Crime Strategy Team in Nationwide’s First Line of Defence (1LOD), helping to ensure that an effective Economic Crime risk control framework is in place.

This will involve working with colleagues across our retail and ‘non-retail’ areas supporting the business in protecting Nationwide from financial crime.

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

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 be located at our nearest regional hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events in one of our office sites. This is anticipated to be quarterly, in either London or Swindon. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. 

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’ll work to deliver Risk and Control services to the product/business areas within Retail, providing relevant subject matter expertise, objective advice, and actionable insight to 1LOD business areas. This will help them to better understand their economic crime risks and control environment, improve their control environment in order to manage the economic crime risk profile within stated risk appetite and help to deliver good member outcomes.

You will be part of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for economic crime risk management, building effective relationships across the first line to foster a collaborative culture, working together and breaking down siloes in order to deliver best-in-class support.

You will act as a role model for collaboration, working with key stakeholders to support the management of economic crime risk and control within Protect.

About you

For this role, you will have/be:

• Experience of working in a financial crime environment across retail and non-retail business areas

• Demonstrable relevant industry experience and knowledge of associated regulatory requirements, including Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud and Counter-Terrorist Financing

• Proven negotiating, facilitation, and influencing skills

• Extensive knowledge of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) frameworks and controls to support regulatory compliance

• Experience in analysis, interpretation, and application of regulatory requirements

• Provide SME expertise, advice and guidance on Economic Crime Risk and issues 

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

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• 25 days holiday, pro rata

• Access to private medical insurance

• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

• Access to an annual performance related bonus

• Training and development to help you progress your career

• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

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. 

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.