Alistair Smith
About Alistair Smith
Alistair Smith is a Senior Finance Business Partner at Nationwide Building Society, where he has worked since 2016. He has extensive experience in finance roles across various organizations, including Barclays Bank and The Hackett Group, and holds qualifications from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the University of Leeds.
Work at Nationwide Building Society
Alistair Smith has been serving as a Senior Finance Business Partner at Nationwide Building Society since 2016. In this role, he delivers robust medium-term product financial forecasting across various economic scenarios. He supports a multi-year Society-wide cost and efficiency program through a secondment role, ensuring financial rigor and challenge across workstream funding business cases and benefits delivery. Additionally, he provides financial decision support and recommendations for product pricing and new propositional developments.
Previous Experience in Finance
Alistair Smith has extensive experience in finance, having worked in various roles prior to his current position. He was a Divisional Finance Manager at Linklaters for nine months in 2006 to 2007. He served as a Managing Consultant at The Hackett Group from 2012 to 2016. Earlier in his career, he worked at Barclays Bank as a Senior Performance Analyst from 2002 to 2004 and held multiple roles there, including Finance Business Partner and Accountant. He also worked briefly at Booz Allen Hamilton and Macquarie Group.
Education and Expertise
Alistair Smith studied at the University of Leeds and furthered his education at The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. His academic background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in financial management and analysis. He engages in ongoing product performance management, ensuring clarity on underlying behaviors, trends, and one-off events aligned with market conditions and strategic ambitions.
Career Development and Roles
Throughout his career, Alistair Smith has held various significant roles that contributed to his professional development. He worked as a Financial Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton for two months in 2005 and as a Management Accountant at Macquarie Group for three months in Sydney, Australia. His tenure at Kurt Salmon as a Managing Consultant from 2007 to 2012 further enhanced his consulting skills and financial acumen.