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 Legal team. The Business Manager will report to the Acting General Counsel and be responsible for managing legal operations matters and providing support across the team. They will 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 with legal risk reporting for, and legal attendance at, internal committees & forums as necessary;
• Support in the preparation of committee papers taking input from members of the Legal team and other teams as necessary;
• Support with management of the legal budget, including tracking spend against budget;
• Tracking relevant projects to ensure delivery in accordance with deadlines - identifying and removing or escalating any obstacles to completion;
• Supporting with management of relationships with external law firms;
• Managing legal risk & controls processes and testing for Legal;
• Managing legal policy, process and other relevant documents;
• Misc. team management, including team meetings/office days, recruitment, training & performance
• Other team operations matters and ad hoc tasks & projects as necessary

Requirements

• 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

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.