Senior Finance Business Partner - Stress Testing

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in London to coordinate stress testing processes and lead a motivated team. This role involves building relationships, ensuring compliance with stress testing requirements, and offering analytical insights to senior stakeholders. Enjoy hybrid working arrangements and a suite of benefits including performance-related bonuses and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Personal pension with employer top-up

Up to 2 days paid volunteering annually

Life assurance worth 8x salary

Benefits through salary sacrifice scheme

Wellbeing options via Wellhub

Performance-related bonus

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in a finance role.
• Strong understanding of banking income and balance sheet dynamics.
• Experience in producing clear committee papers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Business Partner team.
• Enhance stress testing scenario reporting and communicate insights.
• Maintain stress testing frameworks and policies.

Skills

Relationship Management

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Accounting qualification or equivalent

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - Stress Testing, London (City of London)

Client: Nationwide Building Society

Location: London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 2

Posted: 16.06.2025

Expiry Date: 31.07.2025

Job Description:

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll lead the team responsible for the coordination, design, and storytelling of Nationwide’s stress testing scenarios. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that Nationwide meets its internal and external stress testing requirements, including ICAAP Pillar 2B scenarios, PRA’s Bank Capital Stress Test (BCST), Recovery Plan scenarios, and the Reverse Stress Test.

You will build strong relationships across Nationwide and Virgin Money to undertake end-to-end stress testing processes, using your analytical skills to draw conclusions and document insights for Stress Testing Committee and Board Risk Committee, enabling them to understand the financial implications of risks materializing. Relevant documents will also be submitted to regulators.

Nationwide offers hybrid working arrangements, supporting collaboration and flexibility. You will spend at least two days per week, or 40% of your time if part-time, based at our Swindon or London office. Further details will be provided upon application.

If applications are high, the vacancy may close early, so apply promptly.

Responsibilities:

• Leading, motivating, and developing the Business Partner team while managing workload effectively;
• Collaborating with the Income and Balance Sheet Modelling Centre of Excellence, business partnering team, and Treasury to understand stressed financial forecasts;
• Enhancing stress testing scenario reporting for Nationwide and the Group;
• Communicating impacts and insights of stress scenarios to senior stakeholders, including the Stress Testing Committee;
• Maintaining stress testing frameworks and policies for Nationwide.

Candidate Requirements:

• Accounting qualification or equivalent with significant post-qualification experience;
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders;
• Experience in producing clear committee papers;
• Strong understanding of banking income and balance sheet dynamics;
• Proactive workload and project management skills;
• Drive to enhance stress testing insights;
• Experience working in controlled environments.

Our Customer First Behaviours:

• Feel what customers feel - Empathize and understand customer needs;
• Say it straight - Communicate honestly and clearly;
• Push for better - Challenge the status quo and improve;
• Get it done - Prioritize and deliver impactful outcomes.

Additional Benefits:

• Personal pension with employer top-up;
• Up to 2 days paid volunteering annually;
• Life assurance worth 8x salary;
• Benefits through salary sacrifice scheme;
• Wellbeing options via Wellhub;
• Performance-related bonus;
• Training and career development opportunities.

Nationwide is a mutual owned by members, committed to fairer, community-focused banking that shares profits and prioritizes customer needs. If you are passionate about fair finance and making a difference, join us to grow and be recognized for your contributions.