Controls Testing Consultant, Chief Controls Office

Location

Swindon / Wiltshire

Salary

Up to £41,000

Contract

Temporary (Full Time - 9 months)

Reference

R00AOR05508

Closing Date

24 September 2025

**Job description**:
As a Testing Consultant in the CCO Controls Testing team you will be part of a team of skilled control testers, assessing the design and operational effectiveness of controls across the Society to ensure they mitigate the risks that the Society faces to a defined risk appetite.

You will be responsible for testing controls to the highest standards and in accordance with our defined methodology, as well as working with the business to ensure control framework uplifts and enhancements deliver sustainable and proportionate risk mitigation.

To support this, our Control Testing team is expanding and looking for an ambitious, energetic and experienced controls tester with a background in testing controls in large organisations, ideally in the Financial Services sector, but not a necessity.

As part of the Chief Controls Office, the Controls Testing team is critical to ensuring the adequate design and operational effectiveness of controls through regular assessment, ensuring they are sufficiently robust to safely and reliably deliver the services our Members expect.

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.

**What you’ll be doing**:
You will be working as a key part of the Controls Testing Team (CTT) to:

- Proactively contribute to the planning and timely delivery of a control testing plan for the first line of defence.
- Test controls against standards that drive continuous improvement in risk and control management practices and contribute to consistency.
- Report on the design adequacy and operational effectiveness of controls in line with our established control testing methodology.
- Work with the business to explain the results of your testing and suggest ways through which control gaps can be remediated to strengthen the control environment.
- Explore new technologies / approaches to derive and deliver control testing efficiencies.
- Provide constructive challenge and advice to ensure the right outcomes for our members.
- Work as an integral member of CTT contributing to internal initiatives to drive a continuous improvement approach in all we do.

**About you**:
Essential measurable experience
- You’ll have a Controls, Risk or Compliance, or Internal / External Audit background.
- Demonstrable experience in in stakeholder management across all levels of an assignment / engagement lifecycle with proven ability in:

- Contributing to the planning and delivery of control testing plans;
- Explaining the results of controls testing completed clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written reports;
- Dealing with and managing conflict arising from differences in opinion; and
- Relating to, advising and influencing, peers and business colleagues, particularly with the remediation of control gaps and the steps required to strengthen the internal control environment ensuring the right outcomes for customers.
- Demonstrable experience in leading or contributing to internal initiatives which support continuous organisational improvement.

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

**The extras you’ll get**:
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

- A personal pension - if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
- Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
- Life assurance worth 8x your salary
- A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellhub - Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- 25 days holiday, pro rata

**What makes us diff