Senior Consumer Duty Specialist

About Pleo

Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we're changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike - with a vision to help all businesses ‘go beyond’.

The word ‘Pleo’ actually means ‘more than you’d expect’, and living by that mantra has been the secret to our success over the last 10 years.

Now, we’re at a pivotal moment in our journey; every move we make has a direct impact on our 40,000+ customers, our business, and our collective success. We need people who take pride in uncovering customer needs, who turn complex problems into simple solutions, challenge the way things are done (respectfully), and always aim high. With great ambitions driving us forward, we can’t say we’ve got this whole thing figured out. And frankly, that’s half the fun! What we can say is that we’re a driven, progressive, and, importantly, a kind bunch of 850+ people from over 100 nationalities, all committed to delivering the future of business spending, together.

About the role

In this role, you will play a central part in assessing, questioning, and enhancing how customers experience Pleo. Drawing on deep regulatory knowledge, you will lead Consumer Duty initiatives, actively spot potential customer harm, examine what drives customer journeys, and ensure targeted remediation creates lasting, positive impact.

You'll need sharp analytical skills and the confidence to influence stakeholders, translating data and MI into decisive action. You will construct and manage dashboards and reporting mechanisms that illuminate emerging patterns, vulnerable customer risks, and key concerns, offering executive leadership clear visibility into operational gaps and necessary solutions.

Your contribution goes well beyond producing MI. You will conduct QA across complex complaint handling and sensitive customer interactions, manage Ombudsman cases, and speak up when evidence shows outcomes aren't meeting expectations. Collaborating across teams, you'll turn data-driven insights into practical improvements, drive projects to completion, and evaluate whether changes deliver real results for our users.

We're seeking someone who views Consumer Duty as a powerful driver of business improvement rather than a routine compliance exercise. You'll bring together technical understanding, rigorous analysis, and constructive challenge to investigate root causes, align key partners, deliver change, and prove that customer experiences are continuously getting better.

Who you’ll be working with and reporting to

You'll work closely with teams across Customer Support, Complaints, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Product, Data, Technology, and other business functions.

The role will have broad exposure across the organisation, particularly when customer outcome risks or Consumer Duty-related remediation require cross-functional action.

You'll also work closely with senior stakeholders through Consumer Duty governance and reporting, helping translate detailed analysis into clear insights, risks, recommendations, and actions.

What you’ll be doing

As a Consumer Duty Specialist, you will:

• Turn data into customer outcome insight: Build and own MI, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting that give the business a clear view of customer outcomes, trends, risks, and emerging areas of concern.

• Own Consumer Duty reporting: Produce monthly and quarterly Consumer Duty reporting, turning complex data into a clear story for senior leadership and Board-level audiences. You'll go beyond showing what happened to explain why it matters and what we should do about it.

• Identify customer harm: Use complaints, QA findings, customer feedback, vulnerable customer data, Ombudsman cases, and MI to identify potential customer harm, emerging risks, and systemic issues.

• Challenge the business: Where the evidence suggests customers aren't receiving good outcomes, you'll be expected to ask difficult questions, challenge assumptions, and ensure the issue is properly understood and addressed.

• Drive remediation and change: Work with stakeholders across the business to agree remediation plans, establish clear owners and timelines, and help drive Consumer Duty-related projects and improvements through to completion.

• Provide complaints QA: Conduct weekly quality reviews of complaints handled by the Complaints Manager, using findings to identify quality issues, customer risks, and wider trends.

• Manage Ombudsman activity: Act as the primary operational contact with the UK Ombudsman, managing referred complaints, responses, remedies, compensation, invoices, and related communications.

• Leverage AI and smart automation: Spot opportunities to apply automated tools and AI to scale and streamline Consumer Duty analytics, monitoring, and workflows. You will feel empowered to test emerging tech and eliminate repetitive manual work, maintaining proper critical evaluation and human governance whenever compliance risks or customer impacts are involved.

What you bring

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Strong Consumer Duty knowledge: You understand the principles of Consumer Duty and how they translate into practical customer outcomes, particularly across complaints, customer support, vulnerable customers, and customer journeys.

• Strong data and MI experience: You know how to take complex data, build meaningful dashboards and reporting, and identify the insights that actually matter. You're comfortable working with data rather than simply consuming reports created by others.

• A customer outcome mindset: You're naturally curious about how customers are experiencing the business and are able to connect data, customer feedback, complaints, and operational activity to real customer outcomes.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: You can spot trends, anomalies, and patterns, investigate root causes, and determine whether an issue is isolated or potentially systemic.

• The confidence to challenge: You're comfortable questioning decisions, processes, and assumptions when the evidence suggests customers may be experiencing poor outcomes. You can challenge constructively and build relationships at the same time.

• A bias towards action: You don't believe reporting is the end of the process. You want to understand what needs to change, bring people together, and help make it happen.

• Project and remediation experience: You're comfortable managing actions, timelines, dependencies, stakeholders, and risks across cross-functional projects, particularly where there is a regulatory, customer, or operational outcome to deliver.

• An AI and automation mindset: You're naturally curious about how AI and automation can make processes more efficient, improve analysis, and free up time for higher-value work. You look for sensible opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and use AI to augment your thinking, while maintaining appropriate human oversight, critical judgement, and accountability — particularly where customer outcomes or regulatory decisions are involved.

Why is this role a good fit for you

This role is a good fit for you if:

• You love using data to uncover things that others might not see.

• You want your analysis to drive real change, rather than sit in a report or dashboard.

• You enjoy asking "why?" and getting to the root cause of customer problems.

• You're comfortable challenging the business when the evidence tells you something isn't working.

This role is not a good fit for you if:

• You prefer to produce reporting without being involved in what happens afterwards.

• You're uncomfortable challenging stakeholders or having difficult conversations when customer outcomes aren't where they should be.

• You prefer working within a narrow functional remit rather than across multiple teams.

How you’ll develop in this role

In your first 6 months at Pleo, you'll:

• Build a deep understanding of our customer outcome data, existing Consumer Duty MI, complaints, vulnerable customer journeys, and current areas of risk.

• Take ownership of key Consumer Duty dashboards and reporting, developing a clear view of the metrics and insights that matter most.

• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders across Customer Support, Complaints, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Product, Data, and Technology.

• Lead the analysis behind Consumer Duty reporting and help shape how customer outcomes are presented to senior stakeholders and the Board.

Over time, you'll have the opportunity to shape how Pleo measures, understands, and improves customer outcomes, helping move Consumer Duty from a regulatory obligation into a genuine driver of better customer experiences and better business decisions.

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)

• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office

• Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis

• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays

• For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options

• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice

• We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being support with great success so far

• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work

The interview process

We want to ensure you are set-up for success and understand what will be expected of you. If your application is successful, our interview process is as follows:

1. Intro call: A 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background.

2. Meet the Hiring Manager: 1hr going through role in more depth.

3. Pleo Challenge: A case study were you talk us through how you'd solve a work appropriate challenge.

Transparency is important to us so we also wanted to share some insights about what we’re looking for in applications to ensure you can set yourself up for success!

Last time we advertised this role, we received a really high volume of applications but could only select so many. Some of the key reasons why previous candidates didn’t make it past the application screening stage include:

• CV writing and content: we receive a lot of CVs, and many of them are AI-generated. We love seeing people leverage AI—it’s a big focus for us internally too—but without human intervention, these CVs can sometimes become generic and fail to show a candidate in the best light. What we're really looking for is the specific details of real impact that only you know from your previous experience. A top tip from us is to use the “Achieved X, as measured by Y, by doing Z” formula (credit: Laszlo Bock, ~2014) to give a really clear picture of what you’ve worked on. A final note: including links to your previous companies' websites is a huge help and allows us to truly understand your background!

• Application care: every single application we receive is reviewed by a human (yes, hundreds of them) because we believe that candidates' efforts should be matched by an equal level of human care. This means that we expect a similar level of attention put into your application. Read and answer the application questions carefully, they make a huge difference in our decision-making process.

• Profile to role fit: highlight most important aspects of the role, points that might get misunderstood, any specific industry requirements etc.

About your application

• English first. Since it's our company language, please submit your application in English. You’ll be using it a lot if you join us.

• A fair look for everyone. Our talent team reads every single application to ensure the process is fair. To keep things running smoothly, we only accept applications through our system—our support team can’t pass on calls or emails.

• Diversity drives us. We can only reach our goals if our team reflects the world around us. That starts with you hitting apply, even if you don't tick every single box. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to join us.

• Interview at your best. We want you to feel comfortable throughout the process. If you have any accessibility requirements or need a specific format, email belonging@pleo.io. We’ll design a process that works for you.

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• Applying for multiple roles? Nothing is stopping you, and we assess every role independently. However, we do look for alignment, so make sure you can explain why your interest and experience are right for each specific role.

• Reapplying. If you’re applying for the same role again, please wait six months from your last decision before hitting submit.