Data & Analytics Industrial Placement

Nationwide; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured learning

Personalised development

Bonus potential

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing options

Competitive pension

Volunteer hours

Salary sacrifice benefits

Job summary

Nationwide is offering a Data & Analytics Industrial Placement in the UK. You will use analytics and data-driven thinking to address regulatory reporting, new business activity and system improvements, while rotating through a bespoke 12‑month project aligned to our Social Impact strategy.

You will learn through digital learning, workshops and hands‑on experience, with a hybrid work model and access to mentoring from leaders across Nationwide.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking and an interest in using data to solve problems.
• Curiosity about trends, patterns and drivers of business performance.
• Confidence interpreting information and using evidence to support decision making.
• Ambition to learn, grow and take on new challenges.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business change in response to regulatory changes and new activities.
• Support reporting improvements across multiple platforms within the Reporting Systems Team.
• Complete a bespoke 12‑month project aligned to Nationwide’s Social Impact strategy.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Curiosity about trends

Evidence-based decision making

Relationship building

Drive and resilience

Education

Undergraduate degree (studying)

Job description

Turn data into meaningful insight that helps shape decisions, improve customer outcomes and support the future of banking.

Across our Data & Analytics Industrial Placements, you'll use analytics, technology and data-driven thinking to solve business challenges, uncover opportunities and influence decisions in areas including Retail, Risk, Finance and People.

You’ll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you’ll need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands‑on experience in your role, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into practice. You’ll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping you build your network and understand more about how our business works.

We’ll support your development through structured learning, personalised development and hands‑on experience, helping you grow with confidence.

Looking for a rewarding career in banking? Good things this way.

Location

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, based at our Swindon, Glasgow, Northampton or London offices.

What you'll be doing on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement

The role will deliver requested business change in response to regulatory changes to reporting, new business activity and propositions, and to deliver process enhancements such as increased efficiencies across a variety of platforms as part of the Reporting Systems Team.

You’ll gain access to a bespoke 12-month project aligned to our Social Impact strategy to develop core business skills, providing opportunities to learn new skills and apply them in a different context to your day job. You’ll build a community and work alongside a range of diverse like‑minded Industrial Placements from across the organisation.

Who we're looking for on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement

We're looking for curious, motivated people who enjoy solving problems, learning new skills and working with others. You'll share our determination to push for better and put customers first in the decisions you make. Whatever your route, this placement will help you gain valuable experience while exploring where a future career in data and analytics could take you.

To succeed on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placements, you'll need to show:

• Strong analytical thinking and an interest in using data to solve problems.
• Curiosity about trends, patterns and the reasons behind business performance.
• Confidence interpreting information and using evidence to support decision‑making.
• The ambition to keep growing, take on new challenges and build towards your next career step.
• A logical, methodical approach, with the ability to understand both the detail and the bigger picture.
• The confidence to build relationships and work with colleagues across the business.
• Drive, high performance and a commitment to learning from feedback and setbacks.
• A determination to push for better and put customers first in the decisions you make.

Eligibility: You must be studying towards an undergraduate degree.

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.

The extras you’ll get

High performing and purpose‑driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and competitive benefits to match. We offer you:

• Structured learning, personalised development and hands‑on experience to help you build future‑ready skills and progress your career in banking
• 25 days holiday each year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days
• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on your performance
• Private medical insurance to help you access additional healthcare when you need it
• Wellhub access to a range of free and paid fitness and wellbeing options, plus free on‑site gyms at selected locations
• A highly competitive pension to help you start building your financial future
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 14 paid hours each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• Life assurance to provide additional peace of mind for you and the people who matter to you

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.