Starling Bank

Senior Financial Crime, Conduct Risk Auditor

Starling Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Manchester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Contribute to and lead audits across non-financial risks in several areas, and undertake reviews in areas such as Conduct, Regulatory Compliance, and Financial Crime risk and ensure reports are issued within the agreed timelines
  • Planning audits, documenting processes to be reviewed, identifying risks and the key actual controls in place to mitigate the identified risks, and leading meetings with internal/external stakeholders
  • Document work papers to ensure consistency with audit methodology and quality standards, including the formulation of logical and supportable conclusions
  • Support the delivery of value-add and insightful audit reports, ensuring factual accuracy is agreed upon and managing stakeholder communications
  • Draw and articulate well-formulated conclusions and pragmatic recommendations, as well as inspire and be an agent of positive change throughout Starling
  • Build and maintain strong professional relationships at all levels
  • Demonstrable influencing and negotiating skills, able to manage challenging conversations and also challenge in a constructive manner to support sustainable growth and ensure appropriate outcomes for our customers
  • Liaise with management in tracking progress in addressing audit recommendations and confirming their closure
  • Develop and maintain broad regulatory knowledge and experience. Stay abreast of business/industry changes and their effect on the team's audit plan, audit methodology and risk assessments
  • Contributes proactively to achieving Internal Audit’s performance objectives and works effectively as part of a team

Requirements

  • Financial Services experience as a lead auditor covering Conduct, Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime risk areas
  • Experience or exposure to regulatory compliance applicable to UK regulated Banks
  • Strong relationship management and influencing skills, coupled with excellent planning and presentation skills
  • Experience in delivering integrated audits, supporting business auditors in identifying relevant banking risks and designing appropriate audit techniques
  • Good understanding and exposure to the full audit lifecycle, including the ability to plan, execute and draft audit findings to a good standard.
  • Desire to learn and ability to manage multiple priorities, overcome challenges and adapt to a fast-paced environment
  • Self-starter and can do approach with a level of flexibility to adapt to work in a fast paced, nimble yet highly regulated environment
  • Able to work collaboratively in a team environment and confident with agile ways of working
  • A good understanding of the 2025 Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards
  • Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive approach
  • Broad regulatory knowledge and experience, as well as staying abreast of business/industry changes and their effect on the team's audit plan, audit methodology and risk assessments
  • ACA, ACCA, CPA, CMIA (or equivalent) professional qualifications are required.
  • ACAMS and/or ICA are a plus.
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

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Hard skills
audit methodologyregulatory compliancefinancial crime riskaudit lifecycleaudit techniquesrisk assessmentsplanning auditsdocumenting processesdrafting audit findingsintegrated audits
Soft skills
relationship managementinfluencing skillsnegotiating skillsplanning skillspresentation skillsattention to detailorganizational skillsproactive approachcollaborative teamworkadaptability
Certifications
ACAACCACPACMIAACAMSICA