London, United Kingdom
Internship Explorer
Internship Explorer
Our Risk function works across all key areas of risk that affect Nationwide and our ability to meet customer needs. We help deliver Nationwide’s strategy in a safe and sustainable way, providing expertise and constructive challenge to colleagues so we can support both current and future customers with confidence. You’ll be working in either: Credit Risk You’ll join the Unsecured Credit Risk team, where you’ll help shape credit strategies for credit cards, personal loans and current accounts. You’ll use data and analytics to understand how we make lending decisions and ensure they meet responsible lending rules and Consumer Duty standards. Throughout the internship, you’ll work with teams across Product, IT, Operations, Marketing and specialist Risk areas to make sure our strategies work. You’ll build confidence in reading portfolio data, spotting early warning signs and understanding how customer behaviour, product design or economic changes can impact credit performance, learning how smart decisions help manage risk and keep customers protected. Model Risk You’ll join the Model Risk team, helping develop tools and analytics that identify and monitor nonfinancial risks, including those that affect customers directly. You’ll work on projects focused on regulatory compliance and customer vulnerability, designing and prototyping analytical tools that help the business spot emerging risks early. Throughout the internship, you’ll collaborate with data specialists and experienced analysts to explore new datasets, build dashboards and earlywarning indicators, and turn complex information into meaningful insights that support better customer protection. You’ll gain handson experience in analytics, tool development and datadriven problemsolving , working closely with teams across Model Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk. By the end, you’ll have practical experience building analytics that support nonfinancial risk management and a strong foundation for a future career in data, analytics or broader risk roles. Compliance & Regulatory Affairs You’ll join the Compliance & Regulatory Affairs team, where you’ll help us understand new and changing regulations and make sure they’re applied safely across the whole customer journey. You’ll get involved in highprofile projects, new products and services, and key customerimpacting topics, offering support and challenge to ensure we meet regulatory expectations and deliver great outcomes for customers. You’ll help track emerging regulation, support work on crosscutting issues like vulnerable customers, contribute to oversight of major strategic projects including Consumer Duty, assist with interactions with regulators, and use data to help keep customer outcomes front and centre. By the end, you’ll have built strong regulatory knowledge, stakeholder skills and handson experience in a team that plays a crucial role in protecting customers and supporting Nationwide’s purpose. Throughout the programme, you will: • Work on meaningful tasks that contribute to your team’s goals • Build baseline technical and professional skills relevant to the function you join • Take part in structured development activities across the 10‑week programme • Grow your understanding of Nationwide’s culture, expectations, and ways of working • Demonstrate your aptitude, performance, and potential through real tasks and shadowing • Build a professional network
