Finance & Treasury Industrial Placement

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Finance & Treasury Industrial Placement

Job Information

The Finance & Treasury function is offering four Industrial Placement opportunities across Financial Management, Financial Reporting, Treasury, and Data & System. Each opportunity is designed to help you develop knowledge, skills, and behaviours, contributing to the development and improvement of Nationwide's processes, products, and services in your department.

You’ll build rewarding relationships across the organisation and externally to understand customer needs, resolve problems, and support the delivery of the Society blueprint. You'll also attend development workshops and complete a project aligned with our Social Impact strategy. These placements provide a pathway to a role on our graduate development programmes post-university.

In the Finance function, we ensure responsible financial management to benefit our customers. Our diverse teams provide services including financial partnering, statutory and regulatory reporting, liquidity and funding management, social housing lending, and strategy development.

Location

We offer hybrid working, with time in the office dedicated to problem-solving, learning, and collaborative work. For:

Financial Management, Financial Reporting, or Data & Systems: Spend at least two days per week at the Swindon head office.Treasury: Spend at least two days per week in Swindon or London.

Note: Applications may close earlier than the advertised date if we receive a high volume of relevant applications, so apply promptly.

What You’ll Be Doing

Financial Management

The Financial Management pathway encompasses business partnering teams and the Financial Planning & Stress Testing (FP&ST) team:

Business partnering teams provide financial insights, analysis, and challenge to various parts of the Society, supporting their objectives while offering commercial challenges.The FP&ST team produces the 5-year financial plan, designs stress scenarios for resilience testing, manages in-year performance, and reports a balanced scorecard to the Board.

Potential roles include:

Financial Planning and Stress TestingRetail Business PartneringMortgages and Financial Wellbeing Business PartneringChief Operating Office Business Partnering

Financial Reporting

This team manages Nationwide's financial reporting, including the Annual Report and regulatory reports. They ensure compliance with accounting standards and handle complex accounting areas. Other functions include reconciliations and tax calculations.

Potential roles include:

Financial ReportingFinancial Controls and OperationsOperations and Strategic Development

Treasury

The Treasury team ensures financial safety, security, and sustainability. Key functions involve managing balance sheet risks, raising wholesale funding, and hedging interest rate and foreign exchange risk.

Potential roles include:

Balance Sheet Risk Reporting & ForecastingBalance Sheet Risk Framework & ModellingRecovery & ResolutionSustainability & Investor Relations

Finance Data & Systems

This team ensures reporting and analysis systems meet business and regulatory needs while exploring new technologies for improved performance. The role includes coding, change requests, project work, and involvement in system updates.

A knowledge or interest in coding (e.g., VBA, SAS, Python) is beneficial.

Potential roles include working within the Data & Systems team with responsibilities like coding, project participation, and system development.

What You’ll Gain

Through a bespoke 12-month project aligned with our Social Impact strategy, you'll develop core business skills while working alongside diverse individuals. You’ll also have opportunities to learn new skills applicable to your role and beyond.

About You

We’re looking for candidates who:

Demonstrate customer-first behaviours and a growth mindset.Expect and embrace personal development.Push for high performance and have excellent communication skills.Exhibit data analysis skills and problem-solving abilities to propose solutions.Show commercial awareness of the Financial Services industry and Nationwide.Possess strong organisational, time management, and prioritisation skills.Have experience using Microsoft Excel and possibly an interest in coding languages (e.g., VBA, SAS, Python).Are willing to engage in departmental activities such as recognition teams or events.

Entry Requirements

The placement runs from September 2025 to September 2026.You must be studying for an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

Our Customer First behaviours include:

Say it straight – Be honest and direct with good intent.Push for better – Aim high and seek continuous improvement.Get it done – Prioritise impactful tasks and take accountability for outcomes.

The Extras You’ll Get

Personal pension – Contribute 7%, and we top up by 16%.Up to 2 paid volunteering days per year.Life assurance worth 8x your salary.Additional benefits via the salary sacrifice scheme.Wellhub – Access to health and wellness options.Annual performance-related bonus.Training for career development.25 days of holiday.

What Makes Us Different

At Nationwide, we are owned by our members, not shareholders. This means we focus on creating fairer finances and delivering meaningful impacts for our customers and society. Joining our Early Careers programme makes you part of a positive change movement driven by customer advocacy and fairness.

About Nationwide

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

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

As champions of the mutual way, we challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We work on behalf of them. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

When you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about customers, you’re one of us. An advocate for positive change.

We're uniquely positioned to challenge the industry and make a meaningful difference in customers' lives, communities, and broader society.

To achieve this calls for courage. We're brave in speaking out and saying what we think. Honest and direct with good intent. We openly share our diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions. We say it straight.

We don’t settle for mediocrity. Challenging the status quo, we take responsibility for continuous improvement and our own personal development, demanding high performance in ourselves and of each other. We push for better.

We're decisive, prioritising what will have the greatest impact. Taking accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes. We get it done

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.