Analytics Engineering - Team Lead (Fraud & AML)

Starling Bank is looking for an Analytics Engineering Team Lead to join their Fraud & AML team.

As a Team Lead, you will manage and develop a team of analytics engineers, work closely with stakeholders to understand and prioritize key business needs, and own and improve a large analytics estate serving many different business functions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and develop a team of analytics engineers
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand and prioritize key business needs
• Own and improve a large analytics estate serving many different business functions
• Lead and deliver multiple workstreams end-to-end
• Ensure quarterly priorities are delivered alongside standing work and ad hoc requests
• Maintain Fraud & AML-related regular reporting
• Support data science and ML model development and monitoring

Requirements:

• Extensive analytics engineering background with expert SQL and data modelling skills
• Hands-on experience with dbt (or similar framework) to build well-structured, tested, and maintainable data models
• Proficiency with Looker or a comparable BI tool
• Track record of managing, supporting, and developing analytics engineers
• Strong project management capabilities, including prioritizing incoming work and delivering cross-functional data initiatives
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities
• Solid understanding of data governance and risk management

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience working with fraud, AML or financial crime data
• Experience in a regulated financial services environment
• Experience with cloud data warehouses and CI/CD
• Experience with Git and peer-review workflows

Benefits:

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays)
• An extra day's holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth
• Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership