Senior Prudential and Financial Risk Management Auditor - London

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 4,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices. 

We're looking for a talented Prudential and Financial Risk Management Senior Auditor to join our growing Internal Audit team.

You should be an experienced Prudential and Financial Risk Management Auditor, ideally with a background working in the banking or regulated financial services sector. You will be passionate about making a real impact to the Bank's controls and business processes because this is key to our mission. With limited supervision, you will be required to develop relationships with management and to plan and execute audits in Prudential and Financial Risk and other areas of Starling.

You will support and help Starling's senior management to protect the assets, reputation and sustainability of Starling as it continues on its growth path and delivers fantastic products and services.

This position focuses on areas such as Prudential, Treasury and Finance (e.g. Regulatory Reporting) and Model Risk management. 

What you will be doing

• Contribute to audits over Prudential / Financial Risk, Model Risk management and remediation areas respectively, using the support of Starling's in-house team and co-source providers.
• Undertaking specialist regulatory reviews on areas such as ICAAP/ILAAP documentation, and ALM activities (e.g. IRRBB, Capital etc) and the Resolvability Assessment Framework
• Planning audits, documenting processes to be reviewed, identifying risks and the key actual controls in place to mitigate the identified risks, and attending meetings with internal/external stakeholders
• Document work papers to ensure consistency with audit methodology and quality standards, including 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 Prudential and Financial Risk 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 an auditor or a strong understanding of audit processes in Financial risk or Treasury such as Liquidity Risk Management and Asset Liability Management
• 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 Prudential / Financial 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 juggle 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

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

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. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

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