About Allica Bank
Allica is the UKs fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.
Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers.
Department Description
The team at Allica plays a critical role in keeping the bank safe resilient and running at pace. We sit at the heart of the organisation responding calmly to disruption while continuously strengthening how our services perform for customers. Operating in a fast-growing regulated environment we combine robust controls with pragmatic delivery. Our focus is on ownership learning and outcomes not just keeping the lights on but raising the bar every day.
Role Description
Were looking for an experienced Incident & Problem Manager to lead Allicas incident and problem management capability. This is a high-impact role responsible for ensuring that incidents are handled calmly efficiently and transparently protecting our customers colleagues and the bank. Youll embed robust processes strengthen operational resilience and ensure we remain within impact tolerance for our Important Business Services continuously improving service reliability. Youll work closely with other functions within the business acting as a trust
Principal Accountabilities
Lead and own the end-to-end incident and problem management process ensuring incidents are handled swiftly accurately and collaboratively. Coordinate technical triage during incidents ensuring the right teams are engaged evidence is captured root causes are identified and incidents are resolved.
Manage escalations and provide clear confident communication with stakeholders at all levels during and after incidents.
Drive continuous improvement and learning from incidents by leading post-incident reviews ensuring actions are tracked and outcomes shared.
Partner with squads service owners and technology teams to improve service resilience reliability and stability of services
Establish and maintain robust incident and resilience reporting.
Lead incident response during operational resilience scenario testing (war games) contributing to operational resilience self-assessments and regulatory artefacts.
Help improve and automate incident response workflows and tooling.
Personal Attributes & Experience
Proven experience in incident and problem management ideally with financial services or regulated industries.
Ability to lead with clarity calmness and purpose especially under pressure.
Strong analytics mindset with the ability to make sound data-informed decisions.
Excellent communicator with the confidence to engage and influence diverse stakeholders.
Experience improving processes tooling and reporting to strengthen operational resilience.
A natural collaborator who works in it together acts with integrity and drives outcomes with speed and accountability
Working at Allica Bank
At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.
Our employees are at the heart of everything we do so our benefits are designed with you in mind:
Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities
Options for flexible working
Regular social activities
Pension contributions
Discretionary bonus scheme
Private health cover
Life assurance
Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
Dont tick every box
Dont worry if you dont have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think youll be a good fit wed still love to hear from you!
Flexible working
We know the 9-to-5 isnt right for everyone. Thats why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and if we can we will do our best to accommodate.
Diversity
Were a diverse bunch here at Allica with all kinds of experiences backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.
Required Experience:
Manager
Switch to a rewarding business bank built especially for established businesses. Call us on 0330 094 3333 or apply online.