Introduction

Our ‘Audit’ graduate scheme

Are you comfortable with making improvement suggestions? Do you want to make a difference?

Are you interested in learning about a variety of business areas?

If you’ve said yes to the above then this may be the scheme for you!

We’re looking for our latest intake of graduates to join our Audit graduate programme in September 2017.

Group Internal Audit’s role is to help Nationwide’s Board and Executive Management to protect the assets, reputation and sustainability of the business.

We assess and report on the effectiveness of the design and operation of the framework of governance, risk management and internal controls to monitor, manage and mitigate key risks across the entire business.

From this 2 year programme you’ll have a unique opportunity to gain exposure to all areas of our business – from audits of Treasury, Finance & IT, to Savings, Distribution & Lending; it’s an unparalleled chance to start your career with the UK’s largest building society. Alongside developing your key skills within Group Internal Audit, you’ll also have plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and really add value to the business from day 1.

Alongside our award winning development programme, successful applicants will be offered a permanent contract, a starting salary of £28,000 a year, plus an annual bonus based on performance.

You’ll primarily be based in our Swindon Head Office, don’t worry we help with relocation if needed.

So if you’ve thought about working in the financial services, why not apply to be part of Nationwide. Here's a list of our achievements.

Who we're looking for

It’s essential that great customer outcomes are at the forefront of all our employees’ minds.

We don’t mind what degree you’ve studied, we think your enthusiasm and personality is as important as your academic achievements.

As long as you have the passion and determination to grow and develop, you’ll make a great impact on our business and our customers, who are at the heart of all we do.

As a minimum requirement you’ll need to be:

• Looking for a challenge and driven to learn and improve
• Positive, tenacious and solution focused
• Confident in building and maintaining strong working relationships
• Committed to providing an excellent service to our customers & employees
• On track to gain a 2.1 degree in any subject that you’ve studied, or have a minimum 2.1 degree already
• 280 UCAS points, excluding General Studies
• High performing, delivery focused and able to manage ambiguity
• Digitally savvy

We’ll consider it a bonus if you also have commercial awareness and the ability to assess risk.

What you'll be doing

Regularly working with teams and senior staff, you’ll be confident building and maintaining relationships. If you see something that can be improved, you’ll be comfortable making suggestions that will make a real difference to keep pushing us forward. You’ll be working on real projects that will impact our members, so commercial acumen and an ability to assess risk are both important.

You’ll experience every stage of an audit, including identifying areas of risk, ensuring what proposed solutions will mitigate key risks & reviewing these solutions to ensure effectiveness. This is a challenging but varied role where you get the opportunity to learn about a variety of Business areas and interact with senior management within the areas you’ll be working with.

You could find yourself working in customer-facing functions, product development, shared services and the programmes delivering change to our business.

To help you meet your potential we’ll:

• Give you a real job from day 1
• Give you exposure you to senior business leaders through mentoring relationships, and their sponsorship of the programme
• Get you involved with real business projects with stretching goals
• Increase your business acumen, including commercial and strategic awareness
• Further develop your core skills, such as communication, presentation and influencing
• Allow you to put the theory into practice, applying everything you learn to real-world business issues