Senior Finance Business Partner - Stress Testing

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to lead stress testing efforts and manage team dynamics. The role involves liaising with stakeholders and ensuring compliance with stress testing requirements. By joining, you’ll contribute to shaping insights and enhancing financial stability, all within a collaborative hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Personal pension with employer top-up

Up to 2 days paid volunteering annually

Life assurance worth 8x salary

Additional benefits via salary sacrifice

Wellhub health and wellness options

Performance-related bonus

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a controlled environment.
• Proven stakeholder relationship and influencing skills.
• Drive to enhance stress testing insights.

Responsibilities

• Leading team for stress testing coordination and design.
• Building relationships for end-to-end stress testing processes.
• Communicating insights to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder relationship management

Analytical skills

Project management skills

Education

Accounting qualification or equivalent

Job description

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Senior Finance Business Partner - Stress Testing, London

Client: Nationwide Building Society

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 5

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, 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 understanding of financial implications of risks materializing. Relevant documents may also be submitted to regulators.

Nationwide offers hybrid working, supporting collaboration and home working. You will spend at least two days per week, or 40% if part-time, based at our Swindon or London office. Further details will be provided by your hiring manager. More about our hybrid approach can be found here.

Applications may close early if high volume is received, so apply promptly.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading, motivating, and developing the team, managing workload effectively;
• Collaborating with modelling and treasury teams to understand stressed financial forecasts;
• Enhancing stress testing reporting capabilities for Nationwide and Group;
• Communicating impacts to senior stakeholders and providing insights on the Group’s resilience;
• Maintaining stress testing frameworks and policies.

About you

Minimum requirements include:

• Accounting qualification or equivalent with significant experience;
• Proven stakeholder relationship and influencing skills;
• Experience in producing committee papers;
• Understanding of bank or building society financial dynamics;
• Proactive workload and project management skills;
• Drive to enhance stress testing insights;
• Experience working in a controlled environment.

Our customer-first behaviors include:

• Feel what customers feel
• Say it straight
• Push for better
• Get it done

Show how these resonate with you in your application.

The extras you’ll get

• Personal pension with employer top-up;
• Up to 2 days paid volunteering annually;
• Life assurance worth 8x salary;
• Additional benefits via salary sacrifice;
• Wellhub health and wellness options;
• Performance-related bonus;
• Training and development opportunities.

Nationwide is a mutual owned by its members, challenging the financial sector status quo. We prioritize customer needs and share profits with them. If you’re inspired by fairer finance and making a meaningful impact, join us.

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