Complex and Enhanced Due Diligence Team Manager

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. Since our launch in 2014, we’ve opened over three million accounts and we've been voted Best Current Account Provider five years in a row. We employ more than 2,300 people across our London, Southampton and Cardiff offices and will open our Manchester office in 2023.
As an Enhanced Due Diligence Team Manager, you will need to lead by example, inspire and motivate as well as support your team members in their development. You will lead from the front and be creative in finding ways to deliver an outstanding service to our customers, whilst also dealing firmly and efficiently with Starlings requirement to complete Enhanced Due Diligence on our higher risk customers. You will be required to work with various internal stakeholders across multiple functions to create best-in-class service while continuously focussing on developing and supporting the team around you.
Responsibilities

• Positively influence and contribute to the team culture.
• Provide support to the Head of Complex and Enhanced Due Diligence by overseeing the day to day work of the Complex and Enhanced Due Diligence Team, ensuring they are hitting the agreed SLAs and maintaining a high quality of work.
• Ensure the team handles investigations in line with the Bank’s policy and regulatory requirements.
• Provide coaching and support using QA feedback to ensure development and upskilling of team members.
• Working with the Head of Complex and Enhanced Due Diligence to ensure the overall team’s quality and development needs are met.
• Drive a continuous improvement ethos within the team.
• Proactively identifying areas of improvement within day to day processes and more widely in our approach to applying EDD principles.
• Keep abreast of changes to regulations and best practice guidance to ensure your team is equipped to do their job.

Requirements:

• Experience in working in Enhanced Due Diligence.
• Experience in leading successful operational teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and orally.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Be a tenacious decision maker whilst acting with pace.
• Ability to adapt to, and lead people through change in a positive manner.
• Accountable leader with strong customer focus and not afraid to ‘get your hands dirty’.

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
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