Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

Nationwide; Glasgow, Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday pro rata

Private medical insurance

Pension – competitive

Annual performance bonus

Training and development

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking aSenior BI Consultant to lead analytics capability development and drive data-led decisioning across the Society. You’ll manage a BI/data engineering team, bridge data teams with business functions, and translate stakeholder needs into impactful data initiatives.

You’ll support flexible and hybrid working across UK offices, with a focus on delivering measurable business value and advancing analytics capabilities using cloud-based tools.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience reading and writing complex SQL or SAS code in Databricks.
• Excellent communication translating data findings to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in reconciliation and forensic analysis; outputs are documented and auditable.
• Proven experience mentoring analysts and leading teams.
• Hands-on work with cloud-based data platforms, including Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a small team of BI analysts and data engineers, fostering innovation and continuous learning.
• Translate complex business challenges into analytical solutions and clearly communicate insights to non-technical audiences.
• Act as trusted advisor on data strategy and insight generation, ensuring measurable business outcomes.
• Champion cloud-based analytics to deliver group-wide outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
• Gather, document, and refine requirements with stakeholders to ensure aligned delivery.

Skills

SQL/SAS

Databricks

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Azure

Cloud analytics

Tools

Azure

Job description

Data & Functions Technology Delivery exists to provide a broad range of data products to colleagues across the Society. We require aSenior BI Consultantto lead the development of Analytics capabilities across the Society.

You’ll be part of a community of Data and Technology practitioners whose collective role is to enhance value through data and help colleagues unlock insights using your expert capability and skills. You’ll work within multi-skilled teams focused on delivering shared outcomes, with flexibility in how and where you work.

You’ll lead a team of data professionals in playing a pivotal role in transitioning Nationwide into data led, customer centric decisioning by provisioning strategic insights and advanced analytics. You’ll act as a bridge between data teams and business functions, ensuring stakeholder needs are met and translated into impactful data initiatives.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

The working hours (per week) for this role are between 28 and 35.

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 our Swindon, London or Glasgow 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 your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location, we would welcome your application and, if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role.

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.

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

The extras you'll get

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

• 25 days holiday, pro rata
• 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.

Disability Confident

We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.

That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support .

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The hiring manager for this role is Mark Mackenzie, and the main recruitment contact is Sameena Rehman.

Interviews for this position are expected to take place from 11 th November. We will let you know the outcome of your application shortly after the closing date. If you are shortlisted, we will share further details with you about the interview process.

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

What you’ll be doing

Leadership & Strategy:
Lead and inspire a small team of BI analysts and data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, experimentation and continuous learning. Champion a data-driven culture across the Society, helping to embed data and insight into decision-making at all levels. Support the growth and development of team members through coaching, mentoring and structured development opportunities, enabling individuals to build their skills and achieve their potential.

Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery:
Work closely with stakeholders across the business to translate complex business challenges into analytical solutions and communicate insights clearly and effectively to non-technical audiences. Act as a trusted advisor on data strategy and insight generation, helping stakeholders understand opportunities, make informed decisions and realise value from data. Design and implement solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes and support key organisational objectives.

Advanced Analytics Capability:
Play a key role in advancing the Society's analytics capability by championing the adoption of cloud-based technologies to deliver Group-wide outcomes. Encourage experimentation with new tools, platforms and techniques to ensure the function remains at the forefront of data and analytics innovation. Continuously seek opportunities to improve analytical capabilities, ways of working and the value delivered through data.

Requirements Management:
Work closely with stakeholders to gather, document and refine requirements, ensuring a clear understanding of business needs and priorities. Maintain strong alignment between business goals and technical delivery, helping to ensure solutions are implemented effectively and deliver meaningful outcomes for the organisation.

We’re looking for a strategic thinker with both leadership and analytical skills, capable of driving transformation in engineering and insight generation.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Extensive, demonstrable experience reading and writing complex SQL or SAS code using both Databricks and SAS, delivering outputs within complex multi-source data solutions
• Excellent communication skills, providing highly effective subject matter expertise to both internal and external stakeholders and translating complex data findings into easily consumable insights that drive action
• Experience in reconciliation and forensic analysis, ensuring outputs and reports are fully documented, auditable and accurate first time
• Proven experience supporting and developing others through line management, coaching and mentoring experienced analysts within a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Influential and personally resilient, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build rapport across all levels
• Curious, innovative, creative and agile, with a track record of developing and championing new ideas, identifying opportunities and learning quickly in a changing environment
• Hands-on experience working with cloud-based data platforms, such as Azure

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 5252
• Apply Before 11/02/2026, 11:55 PM
• Locations Nationwide House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN38 1NW, GB 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER, GB 100 Museum Street, London, Greater London, WC1A 1PB, GB