Product Designer - Spend Management

About Allica Bank

Allica is the UK’s 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.

Role Description

As a Product Designer in our Spend Management squad, you’ll help create tools that go beyond the basics of banking — empowering businesses to control spending, set limits, track transactions in real-time, and eliminate admin.

You’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to improve existing journeys and design new features from the ground up. You’ll use insights from users, data, and teammates to solve problems and contribute to delivering great outcomes. This is a great opportunity to deepen your craft, grow your influence in a cross-functional team, and help shape the future of small business banking.

We’re creating a culture of ownership and openness—we encourage people across the business to share knowledge and experiences to learn from one another and grow. You are an advocate of design and systems thinking; your expertise positions you perfectly as a mentor to other designers and to collaborate with team members across the business to explore and solve challenges together.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Delivery

• Contribute to product discovery by mapping journeys, sketching ideas, and shaping flows.

• Translate insights into intuitive, accessible, and user-centered designs.

• Design end-to-end experiences in Figma - from wireframes to polished UI.

• Use established systems and patterns while identifying opportunities to improve them.

• Break work into iterations that support fast feedback and learning.

Collaboration and Communication

• Work closely with product managers and engineers to shape and refine solutions

• Share your thinking early and often - in critiques, async channels, and stand-ups

• Clarify requirements and priorities to ensure your work aligns with project goals

• Participate in squad rituals and contribute to improving how the team delivers

Growth & Impact

• Take ownership of your work with increasing independence

• Seek and respond to feedback from peers, stakeholders, and users

• Use data and insight to guide your decisions and explain your approach

• Continuously improve your skills and contribute to the growth of the design practice

Personal Attributes & Experience

At Allica, we value how you think, collaborate, and grow — not just what you design. You’re someone who: -

• Makes thoughtful, user-focused design decisions backed by data and insight.

• Works independently but knows when to involve others and ask questions.

• Communicates clearly and shares the reasoning behind your work.

• Balances speed and quality - knowing when to iterate and when to polish.

• Gives and receives feedback constructively.

• Is naturally collaborative - you enjoy working with others to solve problems.

• At least 2 years designing digital products in-house or in product-focused teams.

• A portfolio of work across responsive web and/or native mobile apps.

• Strong visual design and interaction design skills, with attention to detail.

• Comfortable working with and contributing to design systems.

• Familiarity with accessibility principles and inclusive design practices.

• An interest in financial services or solving complex workflows (a bonus, not a requirement).

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

Don’t tick every box?

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s 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

We’re 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.