Governance & Reporting Manager

Description This; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Governance and Reporting Manager to join the Retail Risk team on a permanent basis. You will independently manage risk committee operations, ensure high governance standards and robust reporting to support executive decisions.

You will shape the secretariat service, oversee inputs and action tracking, and provide senior-level guidance with sound judgement and attention to detail. Hybrid working is available across multiple UK offices.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting risk committees and governance processes.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to challenge information at senior levels.
• Excellent organisational and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage governance and reporting for risk committees and forums across Retail and Group Customer Operations.
• Oversee secretariat activities, input collection and action tracking to support executive decision-making.
• Provide advice, challenge and governance guidance to senior stakeholders and executives.

Skills

Governance

Risk reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Governance and Reporting Manager to join our first-line Retail Risk team on a permanent basis. You’ll independently manage, oversee and challenge the operation of risk committees and relevant forums across Retail and Group Customer Operations, ensuring strong governance, accurate reporting and high-quality records that support effective executive decision‑making.

You will manage and oversee governance support for function risk committees, relevant forums and Tier 1 Executive meetings. Working closely with Executives, Material Risk Takers, Group Secretariat, Compliance and Internal Audit, you will ensure committees operate to high corporate governance standards and meet statutory, regulatory and internal requirements.

You will shape and continually improve the secretariat service, oversee committee inputs and action tracking, and help senior stakeholders evidence effective governance over risk and control. This is a highly visible role requiring excellent judgement, attention to detail and the confidence to provide advice, feedback and challenge at senior levels.

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, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, London, Bournemouth, Northampton, Dunfermline, Sheffield, Wakefield, Glasgow or Gosforth office.

If you’re based at our Glasgow office, this will apply from 1 April 2027 and ahead of that there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events. If you are aligned to our Gosforth hub (as this is your nearest location), there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events. This is anticipated to weekly in Gosforth.If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.
If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.