Risk Analyst Lead

Location

Swindon / Wiltshire

Other Locations

Glasgow

Salary

Circa £40,000

Contract

Permanent ( Full Time

)

Reference

3608

Closing Date

30 July 2026

Job description

Are you passionate about data and supplier risk? We’re looking for a data-led and proactive Third Party Risk Analyst to support efficient, proportionate and insight-driven third party risk activity. In this role, you’ll gather, organise and assess supplier information, identify meaningful risk signals, and support clear, timely escalations that enable good decisions. You’ll work closely with consultants, senior managers and stakeholders across teams, using structured data, dashboards and workflow tools to improve assessment quality, reporting and process efficiency.

This role sits within Third Party Risk and supports the Society by helping deliver accurate, timely and practical analysis across supplier risk processes. The team works closely with colleagues across procurement, legal, supplier management and the wider business to gather evidence, assess risk and support proportionate decisions that protect the Society while enabling pace. In this role, you’ll use data, dashboards and workflow tools to support evidence gathering, preliminary risk analysis, reporting and process improvement. You’ll also help build and maintain reporting, automation and apps using tools such as Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps, improving data capture, workflow efficiency and the scalability of third party risk activity. Through this, you’ll help identify emerging issues through clear evidence-based insight and consistent application of policy and controls.

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 either our Swindon 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. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work in a data-led way to support third party risk assessments, evidence gathering and preliminary analysis, helping people across the Society make well-informed decisions. A typical day could include reviewing supplier information, completing data reviews, identifying trends or early risk signals, and coordinating actions across teams to keep work moving and close the loop on updates. You’ll also help improve how work gets done by using and building reporting, automation and apps using tools such as Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps to support reporting, workflow efficiency and scalable data capture. This role needs someone who is organised, curious and collaborative, with the confidence to ask questions early, keep things simple and accurate, and spot potential issues before they grow.

About you

You will have:

Strong experience using Microsoft Power Platform tools, including Power BI, Power Automate or Power Apps, to support reporting, workflow automation, data capture or process improvement

Experience performing analysis, evidence reviews or risk-related activity within an operational environment, such as supplier management, procurement, third party risk.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather, organise and interpret supplier evidence, structured data, trends and alerts to support clear, evidence-based decisions and escalation

An interest of third-party risk processes and controls, including due diligence activity, risk tiers or core due-diligence domains such as cyber, privacy, financial or resilience

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams to coordinate actions, ask clarifying questions early and maintain progress across a varied workload

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.

The extras you’ll get

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

25 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

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