Financial Risk Senior Associate/Manager

Starling Bank

Financial Risk Senior Associate/Manager supporting the evaluation of capital risk and climate-related financial risk for a fintech bank. Involves analysis and reporting, with senior management exposure.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Oversight & Evaluation: Supporting the Head of Capital Risk with the review and evaluation of the bank’s Recovery Plan, Resolvability Assessment Framework, ICAAP, stress testing processes, and climate risk assessments (including compliance against SS5/25).
- Assurance & Review: Undertaking assurance and model reviews to provide robust oversight of risk controls, policy implementation, and the accuracy of management information and prudential regulatory reporting.
- Strategic Input: Contributing to the setting of the Capital Risk Appetite and reviewing strategic initiatives to evaluate key assumptions and their impact on capital and resolvability.
- Data Analysis: Performing thorough data analysis, including evaluating climate risk data and business plan assumptions.
- Communication: Preparing and writing financial risk reports for the Executive and Board Risk Committees.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Professional Experience: Demonstrable experience within a bank, consultancy firm, or regulatory environment.
- Industry Knowledge: Practical experience or a deep understanding of ICAAP, stress testing, prudential regulatory developments, or the Resolvability Assessment Framework is highly desirable.
- Analytical Skills: Robust financial and scenario analysis skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Adaptability: A flexible approach to balancing competing priorities, managing expectations, and navigating a changing environment.
- Interpersonal Skills: A proactive, growth-oriented mindset with the ability to provide constructive feedback and handle complex situations with diplomacy.

Benefits

Comp & perks

- 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 & Tools

data analysisfinancial risk reportingscenario analysisstress testingprudential regulatory reportingcapital risk appetiteclimate risk assessmentsmodel reviewspolicy implementationaccuracy of management information

Soft Skills

analytical skillsadaptabilityinterpersonal skillsproactive mindsetconstructive feedbackdiplomacyattention to detailflexibilitymanaging expectationsbalancing competing priorities