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Payments Director

Starling London, England Hybrid senior Full-time

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Description

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking. We're looking for an experienced Payments Director to lead our Payments function and ensure that our payments services operate safely, reliably, and in line with our regulatory and scheme obligations.

The Payments Director will provide leadership and oversight across the Bank's payments activities, with particular responsibility for:

  • Payment risk and control
  • Regulatory and scheme compliance
  • Scheme Management
  • Supplier and third-party management
  • Incident Management
  • Operational Resilience
  • Change and emerging risk
  • Governance and reporting
  • Leadership

The ideal candidate will have significant leadership experience within payments, ideally gained within a bank, fintech, payments provider, or similar regulated financial services environment. They will have a strong understanding of the payments landscape and the risks associated with delivering critical payment services.

We offer a range of benefits, including 33 days holiday, an extra day's holiday for your birthday, annual leave increase with length of service, 16 hours paid volunteering time a year, salary sacrifice, company-enhanced pension scheme, life insurance, private medical insurance, and Perkbox membership.

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