Data Steward, Funding Circle
Custodian
3 days a week in office ( Queen Victoria Street, London)
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Posted today
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Posted today
3 days a week in office ( Queen Victoria Street, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the place where small businesses go to get the funding they need to win
Role
Who you are
- Passionate about Funding Circle’s values and the mission to support small businesses with their finance needs
- Subject matter expertise: ideally you have a finance or credit card background working in data analytics or data governance
- Proficiency in SQL
- Exceptional "translator" skill: You have the ability to explain a technical database error to a VP of Sales and a business requirement to a developer
- Ideally 3+ years in business analysis, data quality management, or a data-heavy operational role
- We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Data Steward to join our innovative and exceptional data team at Funding Circle
- The role sits within our central analytics team but is embedded into our FlexiPay and Credit Card team
- This is a key role within the data function where you will have the opportunity to help build and maintain data products that drive data driven decision making
- Data is a huge asset of our company and this role helps us evangelise and ensure exceptional data quality
- Data Quality Advocacy: Define data quality rules and ensure and maintain high quality standards for critical data assets, while evangelising the adoption of the rules within your domain
- Issue Resolution: Act as the first point of contact when a user says, "This report looks wrong." You'll investigate whether it's a data entry error or a system logic issue
- Data Lineage & Metadata: Document where data comes from, how it’s transformed, and who is allowed to use it
- Collaboration: Work with Data Producers and Data Product Managers to adopt policies and to deliver and maintain high quality data products
- Proactively problem solving: identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day work
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
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Meet the team
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Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$105.2m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $377.7m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (discounted gym access)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business allowance when in the office
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Victoria Bradford-Hall (VP, People)
- At Funding Circle, we are on a mission to back small businesses like no other company has ever done before. To succeed, we need a team that reflects the diverse world of the customers we support. We are building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. We know our success is rooted in a culture where every Circler - regardless of background, identity, or experience - has the confidence to bring their whole self to work. In our fast-moving environment, we don't just "accept" diversity; we actively seek it out to help us spot opportunities and find a better way. We measure our success not just by what we achieve individually, but by the impact we have on others. Even if your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
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