Analytics Engineer (Finance) in Manchester

Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. We are about giving customers a new way to spend, save and manage their money while taking better care of the planet. Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed 3.5 million accounts with 350,000 business customers. We are a fully licensed UK bank but at the heart, we are a tech-first company, enabling our platform to deliver brilliant products.

Our technologists enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of your primary responsibilities. Innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture; you will find support in your team and from across the business.

The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and take full ownership of everything around you: from building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and ensuring all processes are efficient and productive to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Hybrid Working

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you’re located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we can interact and collaborate in person.

Our Data Environment

Our Data teams are aligned to divisions covering Banking Services & Products, Customer Identity & Financial Crime, and Data & ML Engineering. Our Data teams are excited about delivering meaningful and impactful insights to both the business and our customers. We are looking for talented data professionals at all levels to join the team. We value people being engaged and caring about customers, the code they write, and the contribution they make to Starling.

Responsibilities:

• Translate data requirements from across the organisation into robust and reusable data models, focusing on financial regulatory submissions or financial analytics.
• Maintain consistent and clear documentation and communicate with business stakeholders (both technical and non-technical).
• Collaborate with the wider data team to help meet the business goals, including peer reviews.
• Take ownership of a project end-to-end and manage priorities accordingly.

Requirements:

• Strong experience with SQL.
• Experience working within the credit domain.
• Self-starter with the ability to think outside the box.
• Good attention to detail.
• Strong experience with Looker or a similar visualisation tool.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

Desirable Requirements:

• Strong experience with dbt or a desire to learn.

Interview Process:

Interviewing is a two-way process, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the following stages:

• Stage 1 - 30 mins with one of the team.
• Stage 2 - Take home test.
• Stage 3 - 60 mins technical interview with two team members.
• Stage 4 - 45 min final with an executive and a member of the people team.

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 & group income protection.
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.
• 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, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships, and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing.

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. Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace.