Business Unit: Group Finance
Salary range: £47,200 - £59,000 per annum DOE + benefits 
Location:  UK Hybrid – Glasgow office 1 day per week
Contract type: Permanent 

Our Team

Our team are responsible for supporting the Business Bank Commercial team in analysing and navigating financial performance. As a fully commercial role, it provides an excellent opportunity to really drive forward decision making to improve customer and commercial outcomes.

The team also have close working relationships with other areas of Finance including Treasury to help ensure funding consequences are fully evaluated at an entity level as well as Financial Control to ensure adherence to accounting standards.

What you’ll be doing

• Using your financial experience and acumen to analyse monthly results, understand drivers, challenge business performance, and assist with the planning and forecasting processes to help inform the strategic business plans as well as regulatory stress testing requirements.
• Assisting in the preparation of relevant papers and create analysis to support the Head of Business Bank Finance Business Partners in presenting to the Bank LT, Board, and regulators.
• Supporting the Commercial Team in providing financial analysis to inform decision making including product pricing and profitability assessments as well as navigating alignment with key business metrics.
• Being responsible for maintaining simple and straightforward processes to drive an efficient and flexible function which can react quickly to changing circumstances.
• Ensuring the controls within the Business Bank Finance Business Partnering team remain effective and consistent.
• Building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues in the Commercial Division and other areas of Finance including Financial Control, Financial Planning and Analysis and Treasury.

We need you to have

• Experience of planning and forecasting in a financial services organisation
• An accountancy qualification (or equivalent) with a progressive record of success is also key
• Excellent analytical skills is essential
• Excellent Excel skills
• Strong intellect and ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders (both verbal and written)
• A natural curiosity and drive to know more.  Also be hardworking, with a real eye for detail
• Commercial acumen, demonstrating business understanding and key drivers of performance  converted to critical analysis
• Enjoy working in a hands-on environment with a small, tight-knit team
• A strong control mindset when developing processes and procedures
• A positive/can do attitude, with the drive and ambition to succeed

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Modelling skills/ aspirations

Red Hot Rewards  

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. 
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.  
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.  
• Market-leading pension.  
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.  
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.  

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. 

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money 

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  

Be yourself at Virgin Money 

At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.    

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Now the legal bit 
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. 

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.