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Business Unit: HR & Comms 
Salary Range: £44,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK flexible - Remote working with monthly travel to Virgin Money Office Hubs 
Contract Type: Permanent   

Live for the weekday. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

Virgin Money is a place where you can be your vibrant self, warts and all, allowing you to thrive in what you are good at but also experiment and push the boundaries - safe in the knowledge you have a band of cheerleaders there to support you.  Our approach is to be Straight Up and get it done but have a little fun along the way.

Though the inclusive team you will be joining is full of eccentricities and laughter, we’re an ambitious bunch who strive to deliver a first-class service to our customers and stakeholders. We are systems and data wizards who aim to delight our colleagues with our individual mix of curiosity, pioneering ideas and super straightforward efficiency. 

A Life More Virgin looks different for us all - from virtual connections to collaboration in human form, from early birds to night owls and everything in-between. There’s only one rule – embrace your idiosyncratic talent and be yourself.

What you’ll be doing

Playing a key role in projects which align with our People Strategy, driving and delivering Virgin Money’s digital ambitions to our colleagues, through the development and implementation of People systems, HR technology and tools

Maintaining, configuring and developing our People System (including databases and interfaces) to ensure its stable and robust with optimal data integrity

Having the curiosity and skill which enables you to troubleshoot systems issues, and the creativity to identify solutions and improvements

Extracting data securely and contributing towards the provision of quality data insights to enable actionable business insights

Working within governance frameworks to ensure effective data management compliance

Building productive relationships with partners and stakeholders which have a positive business impact

Working within a team of skilled Analysts, being comfortable sharing knowledge and ideas and also busy, diverse workloads. 

We need you to have   

Experience of maintenance, configuration and development of People/HR Systems

Previous experience of being a SME for a range of technical projects, offering expertise, delivering actions and providing key updates within required timescales

Familiarity with extracting and analysing data into key insights for a range of audiences

A working knowledge of the project lifecycle for the implementation and adoption of digital tools

Great understanding of cyclical HR activities such as Pay & Bonus and related system configuration

Substantial knowledge of Microsoft Excel to manipulate, analyse and interrogate data 

Awareness of complex data modelling and familiarity with data warehouses

Proficiency and experience of GDPR, the strict confidentiality of People data, and working within data governance and compliance frameworks for all systems and data activities.

We would like you to have

Experience of working with PowerBI 

Skills in programming languages such as SQL or DAX

Experience of working within a regulated environment 

Red Hot Rewards

Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.

Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 

20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 

Market-leading pension.

Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.

Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. Please note our intention is to hold interviews in January 2025 for this role.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks