Overview
Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.
We are looking for an experienced Business Manager to join our People Team. The Business Manager is responsible for providing support to the CPO in delivering the People Plan and coordinating People Team activities. They will have worked in a People Team previously and be familiar with Risk, Compliance and Governance matters that are important to the function. This is an exciting role for an individual who can work effectively cross-team to make things happen, dealing with everyone, across all functions at all levels.
Responsibilities include:
- Support the Chief People Officer (CPO) with coordinating the People Team activities including the purpose and structure of internal meetings, development of People Strategy and development of the People Team.
- Support in the preparation of Board papers taking input from analytics and other members of the People team.
- Attend key meetings with the CPO with the purpose of ensuring follow-up and execution on identified next steps.
- Track relevant projects to ensure delivery in accordance with deadlines – identifying and removing or escalating any obstacles to completion.
- Work with the Internal Communications to manage the distribution of People information to the Executive and wider organisation.
- Manage the Risk and Control framework for the People function ensuring Risk and Control owners are aware and accountable and enabling them to clearly articulate and manage their risk profile.
- Present Risk Management information to key stakeholders on a monthly basis, collating data and presenting in a way that can be cascaded.
- Assist the People leadership in identification of risk and creation of controls including development of continuous monitoring approaches.
- Undertake periodic independent Controls effective testing, providing effective challenge where appropriate.
- Identify control deficiencies and areas for enhancement.
- Manage operational events and reviews including root cause analysis, containment, lessons learned and read across.
- Coordinate all internal and external audit activities for the People Team
- Work alongside the Finance teams to embed a culture of budget management and ensure that budgets are being met across the Bank
Requirements
- Financial services experience
- An organised individual who can work proactively to identify and solve problems
- Able to work effectively cross-team to make things happen, dealing with everyone, across all functions at all levels
- A proactive, ‘can do’ attitude, quick learner and can handle multiple tasks at once
- Confident communicator and can turn a challenging situation around
- Inquisitive and analytical mind is key
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
About Us
You may be put off applying for a role because you don’t tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re always open to discussion. So, if you’re excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you’re 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.
We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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