Executive Assistant to Group General Counsel

Starling Bank; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Starling Bank is seeking an Executive Assistant to support its Group General Counsel, offering a dynamic role requiring excellent organisational, time management, and communication skills. The successful candidate will manage executive schedules, travel, and administration while contributing to our mission of reshaping banking services. Join a forward-thinking team in a hybrid working environment with generous benefits and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holiday allowance

Extra day off for your birthday

Annual leave increase with length of service

16 hours paid volunteering time

Life insurance at 4x your salary

Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth

Generous family-friendly policies

Access to retail discounts and wellness platform

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting a senior leader in an EA role.
• Experience in financial services or legal environment is preferred.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage calendars, travel arrangements, and prepare briefing notes.
• Coordinate schedules and meetings for business development.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support as needed.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication

Discretion

Job description

Executive Assistant to Group General Counsel

Executive Assistant to Group General Counsel

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At Starling, we are on a mission to provide people with a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to traditional banks. We are building a leading digital bank, driven by fast technology, fair service, and honest values. Our vision is to create a banking industry that serves everyone, which we accomplish by developing best-in-class proprietary technology, offering an exceptional customer experience, and establishing a strong, sustainable business.

Our five core values - Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim for Greatness - are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our strategy and shaping our culture. We're a branchless, largely paperless bank, committed to responsible banking, sustainability, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to support our Group General Counsel. Your responsibilities will include managing calendars, making travel arrangements and preparing briefing notes. To be successful in this role, you should be well-organised, have great time management skills and be able to act without guidance. Ultimately, you will contribute to the efficiency of our business by providing personalised and timely support to an executive member and their wider team (as needed).

Our Hybrid Working policy requires a minimum of 10 days per month to be spent in the office, this role would be expected to mirror the office working arrangements of the Executive they're supporting.

You should be comfortable working in an evolving and rapidly changing environment, therefore if you're innovative, curious, and not afraid of a challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Support including preparation of briefing notes, minute taking and tracking completion of action points
• Supporting teams in preparation of materials for Board and executive committees and investors including professional formatting of slides and documents
• Coordinating schedules, diaries and managing calendars to ensure activities are properly arranged with no conflicts
• Provide comprehensive administrative support, including managing email, ad-hoc requests such as research and document preparation
• Working with key members of the leadership teams to assist with scheduling meetings for business development purposes
• Help coordinate and organise team communication and events and provide, where required, support to team engagement related activities
• Support with coordinating and possibly attending relevant industry events and conferences; this would include liaison with event organisers, associated logistics and merchandise with support from the business development function
• Schedule and modify travel arrangements
• Liaise with internal teams to set up meeting rooms, arrange catering, set up IT systems, meet and greet external guests and clients.
  
  

Requirements

• Proven experience supporting a senior leader in a similar EA role, ideally within a financial services, regulated or legal environment
• Experience within start up/scale up businesses will be highly desirable
• You will be a team player with great organisational skills, detail-oriented and have a proactive approach.
• Discretion and good judgement in handling sensitive information.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective self-management and time-management skills who is a self starter
  
  

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 & group income protection
• 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
• Incentives 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) leasing
  
  

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.

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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