Swindon, United Kingdom
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Northampton, United Kingdom
What you’ll be doing
Role overview
This is a fast‑paced and highly visible role that requires strong organisational skills, sound judgement, and effective stakeholder management, alongside the confidence to operate credibly with senior leaders.
Risk Forum & Committee governance
You will be responsible for leading the governance of Risk Forums and Risk Committees, creating and coordinating high‑quality papers that are accurate, concise, and focused on key risks, decisions and outcomes. This includes owning end‑to‑end agenda planning, paper coordination and approvals, and working closely with paper authors and senior stakeholders to ensure materials meet governance standards. You will attend forums and committees to provide effective governance oversight, offer challenge where appropriate, and ensure actions and decisions are clearly captured and followed through.
Third Line of Defence (3LoD) review management
You will act as the central point of coordination for Third Line of Defence reviews, managing engagement with review teams and supporting the business throughout the review process. This includes ensuring clear and timely provision of evidence, coordinating effective responses to review findings, and maintaining appropriate oversight of management actions. You will also track review outcomes and emerging themes to support continuous improvement across Mortgage Policy & Risk.
Control assurance and issue oversight
You will coordinate control validation activity across the wider mortgages team, helping to maintain strong and consistent control standards. This includes managing local issue processes to ensure risks, actions and ownership are clearly articulated, tracked, and reported. You will also support the maintenance and governance oversight of End User Computing (EUC) artefacts in line with required standards.
Regulatory and governance support
You will coordinate relevant regulatory reporting inputs and governance returns, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. The role also includes supporting planning, prioritisation, and reporting across the Policy & Risk team, providing transparency of delivery and maintaining a clear focus on risks and key commitments.
Team leadership and collaboration
You will oversee a range of support activities delivered on behalf of the wider team, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment to expectations. You will work closely with colleagues across Risk Partnering, Compliance, Audit, and Business Services to ensure a joined‑up, effective approach to risk management and governance.
About you
The minimum requirements for this role are:
- Significant experience in risk governance, policy, or operational risk within financial services
- Demonstrable experience producing materials for senior forums or committees, with the ability to distil complex information into clear, decision‑ready content
- Proven ability to coordinate and manage assurance activities, such as internal audit or oversight reviews
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging and influencing at senior levels
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and dependencies
- Experience working within a regulated environment, with an understanding of regulatory and risk‑management expectations
Benefits
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- 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
Swindon, United KingdomBournemouth, United KingdomNorthampton, United Kingdom
What you’ll be doing
Role overviewThis is a fast‑paced and highly visible role that requires strong organisational skills, sound judgement, and effective stakeholder management, alongside the confidence to operate credibly with senior leaders.
Risk Forum & Committee governanceYou will be responsible for leading the governance of Risk Forums and Risk Committees, creating and coordinating high‑quality papers that are accurate, concise, and focused on key risks, decisions and outcomes. This includes owning end‑to‑end agenda planning, paper coordination and approvals, and working closely with paper authors and senior stakeholders to ensure materials meet governance standards. You will attend forums and committees to provide effective governance oversight, offer challenge where appropriate, and ensure actions and decisions are clearly captured and followed through.
Third Line of Defence (3LoD) review managementYou will act as the central point of coordination for Third Line of Defence reviews, managing engagement with review teams and supporting the business throughout the review process. This includes ensuring clear and timely provision of evidence, coordinating effective responses to review findings, and maintaining appropriate oversight of management actions. You will also track review outcomes and emerging themes to support continuous improvement across Mortgage Policy & Risk.
Control assurance and issue oversightYou will coordinate control validation activity across the wider mortgages team, helping to maintain strong and consistent control standards. This includes managing local issue processes to ensure risks, actions and ownership are clearly articulated, tracked, and reported. You will also support the maintenance and governance oversight of End User Computing (EUC) artefacts in line with required standards.
Regulatory and governance supportYou will coordinate relevant regulatory reporting inputs and governance returns, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. The role also includes supporting planning, prioritisation, and reporting across the Policy & Risk team, providing transparency of delivery and maintaining a clear focus on risks and key commitments.
Team leadership and collaborationYou will oversee a range of support activities delivered on behalf of the wider team, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment to expectations. You will work closely with colleagues across Risk Partnering, Compliance, Audit, and Business Services to ensure a joined‑up, effective approach to risk management and governance.
About you
The minimum requirements for this role are:
- Significant experience in risk governance, policy, or operational risk within financial services
- Demonstrable experience producing materials for senior forums or committees, with the ability to distil complex information into clear, decision‑ready content
- Proven ability to coordinate and manage assurance activities, such as internal audit or oversight reviews
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging and influencing at senior levels
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and dependencies
- Experience working within a regulated environment, with an understanding of regulatory and risk‑management expectations
Benefits
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- 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
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