Data & Systems Industrial Placement - Finance (London)

As an industrial placement student in Finance Systems Data & Change, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop future-ready skills, and contribute to projects that deliver banking that’s fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

You’ll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you’ll need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands-on experience in your role, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into practice. You’ll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping you build your network and understand more about how our business works.

We’ll support your development through structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience, helping you grow with confidence.

Where you'll be working

Here in the Finance function, we make sure we spend our customers money wisely, to maximum their benefit. As a function, we are made up of diverse individuals, skills and capabilities that enable us to provide financial partnering services, produce statutory and regulatory reporting, raise wholesale funds & maintain liquidity. We provide lending for social housing, create and deliver a financial plan, manage stress testing requirements, provide and maintain financial systems & technology, and drive the development of our Society Strategy.

Location

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, based at our London office.

What you'll be doing on the Finance Systems Data & Change Industrial Placement

The role will deliver requested business change in response to regulatory changes to reporting, new business activity and propositions, and to deliver process enhancements such as increased efficiencies across a variety of platforms as part of the Reporting Systems Team.

You’ll gain access to a bespoke 12-month project aligned to our Social Impact strategy to develop core business skills, providing opportunities to learn new skills and apply them in a different context to your day job. You’ll build a community and work alongside a range of diverse like-minded Industrial Placements from across the organisation.

Who we're looking for on the Financial Reporting Industrial Placement

• Prioritise our Customer First behaviours; you are innovative and have a growth mindset.
• Expect and embrace development opportunities
• Push for high performance – from both yourself and those around you.
• A high standard of numerical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to analyse data and information to problem solve to identify challenges and propose solutions.
• Through research and experience, you’ll have commercial awareness of Nationwide Building Society and the Financial Services industry.
• Knowledge and interest in a coding language (e.g. VBA, SAS, Python)
• An inquisitive mind and an aptitude for problem solving.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel.
• Relish working in a team to learn from others and expand the teams mindset.
• Strong organisational skills to plan and deliver work with attention to detail.
• Determination and drive to make a difference.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills for working in a fast paced environment.
• You want to get involved in activities across the Finance department, such as working with our recognition team or Network and Knowledge events.

Eligibility

You must be studying towards an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

Benefits

• Structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience to help you build future-ready skills and progress your career in banking
• 25 days holiday each year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days
• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on your performance
• Private medical insurance to help you access additional healthcare when you need it
• Wellhub access to a range of free and paid fitness and wellbeing options, plus free on-site gyms at selected locations
• A highly competitive pension to help you start building your financial future
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 14 paid hours each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• Life assurance to provide additional peace of mind for you and the people who matter to you

Application Process

We’ll send you our online assessments to complete and there will also be a short video interview to find out more about you. If you are successful, you could be selected to attend one of our assessment centres which run from December 2026.

Visa Sponsorship Information

VISA Sponsorship cannot be offered on this programme.

All successful applicants with need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK on commencement of employment and for the duration of the programme applied for without requiring sponsorship.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at Early.Careers@nationwide.co.uk