Special Projects Associate

Monzo; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fintech is seeking a strategic project manager to join their Special Projects Team in London. The role involves driving high-impact projects across various business units, and requires a candidate with strong analytical skills, creativity, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Emphasizing a culture of diversity and inclusion, the company is looking for someone eager to challenge the status quo to improve project outcomes. The compensation package includes a competitive salary, stock options, a learning budget, and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

Stock options

Flexible working hours

Learning budget of £1,000 per year

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• Self-starter with ownership mentality and resilience.
• Data-driven approach to complex problem-solving.
• Experience in high growth company settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of cross-functional projects.
• Analyse customer needs, market insights, and data.
• Prepare presentations and track project progress.

Skills

Analytical skills

Commercial viability

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well aspersonal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest andcombine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ️

Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo

London (UK) | £55,000 - £70,000 + options + Benefits | Hear from the team |

About our Special Projects Team:

You will be part of a small and high impact team of commercially minded, strategic, and analytically driven generalists. We shape and deliver trajectory-changing and business outcome focused projects across teams and at the Monzo level for C-Suite, GMs and senior stakeholders in the different parts of our business like Core Banking, Borrowing, Wealth, Business Banking, Operations, etc.

To succeed, you should be excited about solving tough, ambiguous business problems with analytical rigour, commercial viability and execution effectiveness. You’ll be working on a wide range of projects, collaborating with partners and colleagues across areas like product, data and marketing; operating in a high pace and ambiguous environment.

Examples of projects our team delivers include: seeding new products and business lines, delivering business transformation initiatives, expansion into new geographies, super-charging product growth, M&A, and high-impact partnerships.

We'd want you to apply if you are underwhelmed by the status quo of banking and finance today and are interested in bringing your brainpower, commercial and quantitative skills and grit to creating something better.

Your day to day might look like:

• Support the planning and execution of cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with timelines and deliverables, tracking progress and maintaining documentation
• Assist in developing and tracking project plans, KPIs, and success metrics, ensuring timely progress and measurable results.
• Conduct research and gather data to inform decision-making and project strategies.
• Analyse data, customer needs, market, competitive insights and run data and commercial analyses to inform strategic decision-making
• Prepare presentations, reports, and summaries for stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Coordinate and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure effective communication and joint problem solving.
• Identify and flag potential risks or challenges, proposing solutions to mitigate them where possible.

You should apply if:

• You have a founder mindset and take ownership of your work
• You have the urge and resilience to challenge the status quo and make things better
• You’re a persuasive communicator who can inspire stakeholders and influence decisions and project outcomes.
• You thrive in ambiguity, ask incisive questions and take a structured and data-led approach to problem-solving
• You're in your element understanding and solving complex problems, whether it is going deep into data or based on regulation, legal documents, business processes, user needs, or technology. You’re a self starter, happy to work scrappily and proactively get things started and then thoughtful and meticulous in setting them up to success.
• You're data-driven, numerate and logic oriented
• You're humble but excited by what we're doing at Monzo

The following would be a bonus:

• Experience working in a high growth company on zero to one projects and products
• Experience working on business transformation and strategy

The Interview Process:

Our interview process consists of four main stages with a total of six interviews:

• Recruiter Call – 30 minutes
• Initial Call – 30 minutes
• Take-Home Task – Completed independently
• Final Interviews:
• Two live case study interviews (60 minutes each)
• One behavioral interview (60 minutes)

Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your hiring process, but if you do have any specific questions before this please contact us on [e-mail]. Please also use that email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make your application process easier for you, because of disability, neurodiversity or any other personal reason.

What’s in it for you:

£55,000 - £70,000 stock options

️ We can help you relocate to the UK

We can sponsor visas

This role will be based out of our London office next to Liverpool Street station (a hybrid of office based and home working)

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

And much more, see our full list of benefits here

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are actively creating an equitable environment for every Monzonaut to thrive.

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, embracing diversity in all of its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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