Hybrid Senior Reward Analyst

at Starling Bank

• Job title: Senior Reward Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, SQL, Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Reward Analyst in fintech, blending data science with compensation expertise. Designing reward frameworks and ensuring regulatory compliance in a rapidly growing bank.

Responsibilities

• Reward modelling & design: Build and maintain sophisticated models for salary bands, incentive schemes, and equity programs. You will own the architecture of our reward structures, ensuring they are scalable and data-driven.
• Pay review management: Lead the technical execution of the annual pay review cycle, automating processes where possible to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Market benchmarking: Lead the collation, submission and analysis of data for benchmarking surveys, conduct deep-dive market analysis using various data sources. You will translate external market trends into actionable internal insights to keep us ahead of the fintech curve. Experience of Aon and Ravio preferred.
• Regulatory reporting: Own the delivery of UK regulatory requirements, including Gender Pay Gap reporting and specific financial services remunerations disclosures.
• Strategic stakeholder advisory: Act as a strategic subject matter expert to HR Business Partners and Senior Leadership, providing data-backed recommendations on complex compensation cases and hiring offers.
• Insights & storytelling: Move beyond static reporting to provide "deep insights." You will identify trends in attrition, pay equity, and total reward ROI to influence people strategy.

Requirements

• Data science & analytics: Proven experience in finance analytics or a data-heavy HR role. Advanced excel is a baseline; proficiency in advanced quantitative languages such as SQL, Python, or R for modeling, and data visualisation and business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker is highly preferred, as is implementing these from scratch.
• Additional technical stack: Experience with HCM systems, ideally Workday, dedicated compensation software and AI tools.
• Sector background: Extensive experience within FinTech, Financial Services, or high-growth Technology sectors is essential.
• Regulatory awareness: Strong understanding of the UK regulatory landscape and financial regulations (e.g., FCA/PRA remuneration codes) and employment law related to pay.
• Systems thinking: The ability to see the "big picture," balancing technical execution with an understanding of how reward impacts the broader business ecosystem, from talent acquisition to financial forecasting.
• Quantitative excellence & analytical rigor: a high level of numeracy and accuracy is critical; you have a commitment to and meticulous eye for detail and a "get it right first time" approach to complex calculations.
• Lean experience: Proven ability to work autonomously in a small, fast-paced team where everyone is expected to "roll up their sleeves."

Benefits

• Make an Impact: Work on projects that directly shape the future of banking and improve the financial lives of our customers. Starling is technology-led, and you'll have the freedom to accomplish your goals in innovative ways.
• Culture of Excellence: Be part of a collaborative, empowered, and forward-thinking team. We encourage experimentation, ownership, and a relentless focus on "doing the right thing.”
• Growth and Development: We are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities to learn new technologies, take on new challenges, and own interesting things from day one.
• A Bank That Cares: We're a Living Wage employer, committed to flexible working, and dedicated to creating a fair, open, and safe working environment with compassion and inclusion at its core.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:
• Company-enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme (7% employer contribution)
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton.
• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Life Insurance at 4x your salary.
• 16 hours of paid volunteering time a year.
• Ability to buy or sell annual leave.
• Generous family-friendly policies.
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• Incentivised refer a friend scheme
• 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, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasingOur Commitment to Equality