Location: UK: Cardiff, Southampton and London (with hybrid working)
Opportunity: 6-month cross-company returnship, part of the FinTech Cross-Company Returner Programme
Start date: January 2022
Apply by: 10 October 2021
Starling Bank, Britain’s Best Bank (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021!), is delighted to be participating in the FinTech Cross-Company Returner Programme 2022. This programme will be delivered within the Banking, Operations and Technology business areas. It is targeted at experienced professionals looking to return to work after an extended career break after an extended career break of 18 months or more (as at January 2022). Starling has opportunities for professionals with a background in a variety of business areas and industries.
What you can expect
- The programme offers a professionally paid placement of 6 months starting in January 2022, with the strong possibility of an ongoing role at the end of the assignment.
- Positions are for professional level roles across the bank and will be located in Cardiff, London or Southampton.
- In addition to the Career Returners Coaching Programme support you will receive from Women Returners, Starling will partner you with a mentor and buddy to support your return to work and help you to develop your internal professional network.
- Flexible working options are available depending on the role.
Who they are looking for
You may have been working on a small-scale basis to fit around your other commitments or have not done any paid work for a number of years. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Opportunities are available within:
Banking – Strategy/Project
The Banking Team designs and implements the right support for Starling’s personal and business customers and ensures they meet the needs of their growing customer base and product suite. You will help them build the bank – ensuring they can support new products and manage the complexities that come with rapid growth. Banking or commercial/business, project management, consultancy, FinTech or other start-up experience preferred.
Technology – Engineering
Starling is looking for fantastic technologists from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of skills to join a dynamic and agile team of technologists, entrepreneurs, designers, brand and customer experts with a flat structure in building a next generation bank. Starling has built their own banking system and have their own full technology stack. Their development approach is agile-based, enabling rapid software upgrades and they are one of the first banks completely in the Cloud using Amazon Web Services. Their engineers are committed to keeping up with Apple and Android developments and delivering their updates efficiently to both systems. Starling’s main hiring priorities are currently Java and Android Engineers, but they don’t have a long list of requirements where specific skills and experience are concerned – instead, all that they ask is that you are a skilled, caring, invested, passionate engineer!
Operations – Customer Experience
Reporting directly to the Senior Customer Experience Manager, you’ll work closely with the Operations Leadership Team to create, develop and define new and existing processes, procedures and systems. You’ll work to identify gaps and improvements in order to improve the customer experience. Starling is looking for people with experience working at management level in an Operations Team and knowledge of process improvement in relation to the Customer Experience/Customer Journey.
Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. Starling Bank prides itself on the diversity of its teams and the passion of its people – if the role excites you, get in touch and tell them why!
About Starling Bank
Starling is a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry. They’ve built an app with smart money management tools to help customers live a healthier financial life. They also offer ground-breaking B2B banking and payments services.
Since their launch in 2014, they’ve surpassed 2.5 million accounts in total: including 400,000 business accounts for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Their total deposits, meanwhile, have surpassed £7 billion over the same period.
Starling is a fully licensed UK bank, with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive technology company. They’ve won the Best British Bank award four years running, and now employ more than 1,600 people across their London, Southampton and Cardiff offices.
Every day at Starling is different. Starling is looking for people who are collaborative, curious, proactive and who thrive on working in a fast-paced environment. Everyone at Starling gets the chance to own interesting things from day one, and they’re told one of the best things about working there is the ability to achieve a lot in a short space of time.
How to apply
For more information and to apply, please visit:
The closing date for applications is 10 October 2021. Interviews will take place during October/November.
If you have any questions, please see the programme FAQs or feel free to contact the Starling team on jobs@starlingbank.com
If you have any questions on the overall cross-company programme, please contact hazel@womenreturners.com