Daniel Needs
About Daniel Needs
Daniel Needs serves as the Lead Risk Manager in the Data & Analytics Risk CoE at the Chief Controls Office, focusing on managing risk and control profiles. He has extensive experience in risk management roles at Nationwide Building Society, where he has worked in various capacities since 2011.
Current Role at Nationwide Building Society
Daniel Needs serves as the Lead Risk Manager within the Data & Analytics Risk Centre of Excellence at Nationwide Building Society. He has held this position since 2021, focusing on managing risk and control profiles in collaboration with the Data & Analytics department. His responsibilities include maintaining and testing these profiles to ensure alignment with operational, conduct, and compliance frameworks.
Previous Positions at Nationwide Building Society
Daniel Needs has held multiple roles at Nationwide Building Society, contributing to various departments. He worked as a Risk & Controls Manager in the Insight & Analytics, Product & Propositions area from 2017 to 2019. Following this, he served as a Senior Risk Partnering Consultant for Nationwide for Business from 2019 to 2020, and as a Lead Business Analyst in Risk & Operational Resilience for a brief period in 2019. He continued as a Senior Risk Partnering Consultant in Risk & Controls from 2020 to 2021. His earlier roles include Continuous Improvement Analyst, Senior Analyst in Compliance Risk Oversight, and Customer Services Manager.
Education and Professional Development
Daniel Needs completed his secondary education at Bradon Forest School from 1997 to 2002. He pursued further studies at New College, Swindon, where he achieved A levels in Business Studies and Travel & Tourism from 2002 to 2004. He later studied at the International Compliance Association (ICA), earning a Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance from 2016 to 2017.
Expertise in Risk Management
Daniel Needs possesses extensive expertise in risk management, particularly within the financial services sector. His role involves partnering with the Data & Analytics department to effectively manage risk and control profiles. He ensures that these profiles are consistently aligned with the broader operational, conduct, and compliance frameworks, demonstrating his commitment to maintaining high standards of risk oversight.