You’ll structure and present complex corporate lending proposals, leveraging deep financial analysis and management assessment to support robust credit decisions. By championing risk management and compliance, you’ll maintain adherence to our internal risk appetite to minimise exposure to bad and doubtful debt.

Collaboration is at our core and a key part of your role will be fostering collaboration and capability within the Strategic Finance team, including working in close partnership with Acquisition Finance colleagues, sharing expertise across the wider team, and providing coaching to drive collective performance.

You will stay ahead of market trends, maintaining expert knowledge of economic conditions and the corporate finance landscape to inform strategic decisions.

By delivering robust organisational and project leadership, partnering with the Strategic Finance Leadership Team you will maximise income and optimise Return on Equity.

About you

As a minimum requirement, you will have:

• Proven experience within financial services, with up-to-date knowledge of UK markets and relevant regulatory frameworks
• Demonstrable corporate finance experience, with a strong track record of structuring and executing complex lending transactions
• Hands-on experience working with large single bank and multi-bank arrangements
• Proven knowledge of regional lending markets with evidence of converting market insight into high-quality, new-to-bank lending opportunities through strong credit judgement
• An established external network, with a track record of leveraging relationships to originate, structure, and close deals
• Strong communication and influencing experience, with evidence of building credibility quickly and managing complex or challenging stakeholder conversations
• End-to-end deal management experience, including preparation of detailed credit papers, stakeholder negotiations, oversight of due diligence, legal documentation (LMA), and transaction completion
• Demonstrable experience working collaboratively within teams, contributing through knowledge sharing, coaching, and collective delivery
• Experience operating effectively in complex, fast-changing environments, applying flexible and pragmatic problem-solving approaches
• Advanced financial analysis and modelling experience, using current tools and techniques to support credit and deal decision-making

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.

Qualifications

The extras you’ll get

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

• 30 days holiday, pro rata
• Access to 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.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.