Strategic Operations Associate

Finance is only relevant in context. People don’t take out a loan in order to take out a loan; they take out a loan to refurbish a home, expand their business to a new location, or otherwise achieve a goal that happens to require a substantial amount of money.

Technology is increasingly enabling companies to embed finance at the point where it is most relevant and contextual. This is a trend that is well under way, and we’re heading towards a future where people and firms get most of their financial services and products from technology companies and other non-bank firms, rather than high street banks.

The problem is that bringing a financial product to market is still incredibly hard.

Griffin exists to help make it easy for companies to offer financial products. We are currently seeking authorisation to become a bank, so that we can provide accounts, payments and loans to our customers.

Culture

We are highly intentional about our culture, and look to define it both by who we are (core values) and by how we work (core behaviours). We won’t hire people who aren’t a good fit for our culture, even if they’re otherwise qualified.

We’re looking for thoughtful people who don’t give up easily and who strive to be kind in their words and actions. As product designers, we are always looking for ways to simplify complex things and we take security very seriously. As a financial institution, we believe that our customers’ trust is our single most valuable asset and we will go above and beyond to earn and keep it. We are transparent by default.

You can learn more about our culture and values on our website.

The Special Projects Team

This is a new team for us at Griffin, we’re looking for innovative thinkers to support our founders and executive committee on special projects and initiatives that could take us to the next level.

Although part of the Strategic Operations team, you will spend most of your time working within other parts of the business and almost always working cross-functionally

Who are you

The ideal candidate for this job will have most of the following:

• An understanding of the fintech landscape, and an interest in building and working in a regulated UK bank.
• An interest in how technology is changing banking, and a high level of comfort with technology.
• Strong Excel skills, including use for for financial modelling
• A research-focussed approach to work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity.
• Some level of prior finance, banking or high growth technology experience. Specifically, this might include experience in things like:
• Assisting the launch of new products or markets
• New bank authorisations
• Project management
• The design of operational procedures

What will you be doing here?

As an Associate at Griffin, you will…

• Support the founders, executive committee and wider business leads on a variety of tasks and projects as required
• Support the CEO on fundraising
• Research new projects e.g. scoping out new product areas, verticals or geographies
• Support the project management of Griffin’s authorisation process
• Conduct market research, liaising with fintech partners and suppliers
• Support the development of strategy documents and OKRs
• Ad hoc special project support, as required

This role will report into the Strategic Operations Manager, though you will be routinely working alongside the founders and seconded to other teams for certain projects.

What can we offer you?

We are an early stage startup and we’re working hard to expand our benefits package. We’re planning to add to this list in the future

• 25 days off a year + bank holidays
• Flexible, remote-friendly working – including supporting home office setup
• Tax-advantaged stock options under HMRC’s Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
• Auto-enrolment into company pension scheme
• A Pleo card for covering work expenses
• Private medical insurance and life insurance (provided by AXA and AIG respectively)
• A weekly team lunch on Griffin (even when you’re working remotely)

How do I apply?

Please include a cover letter, a resume and a link to your online portfolio where appropriate. We cannot review applications without these. If there’s a match our Talent team will reach out to schedule an initial conversation and talk you through our interview process in detail

N.B: Our London office is located in Moorgate and we are comfortable hiring people to work from anywhere in the UK. About half of the company is based in London and may return to working in an office post-COVID, and the other half is full-time remote. We are currently able to support remote employees based in: Sweden, Ireland and Portugal

If you’re part of a group that is under-represented or marginalised in fintech, we’d love to hear from you. Our goal is for Griffin to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. We’re working to ensure that Griffin is a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment for every member of our team — whatever your intersection of identities & background.