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Root Cause Analyst

Newcastle upon Tyne, England; Glasgow, Scotland

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City/Region Newcastle upon Tyne, England; Glasgow, Scotland Job ID 109110 Category Data Insights and Analytics Contract type Permanent Full Time Applications Close 21 Nov 2025 (11.55pm GMT)

Business Unit: Customer Support
Salary range: £24,000 - £30,000 per annum DOE + benefits 
Location:  UK Hybrid – Glasgow/ Gosforth

Our Team

Join our Service Delivery & Assurance Team as a Root Cause Analyst – focusing on the underlying causes of customer complaints relating to Collections, Bereavements, Power of Attorney and Specialist Support journeys. Finding common areas for improvement across complaints, QC and EOT findings. If you are self-motivated, enthusiastic, and ready to make a real difference to a new and exciting team then we are looking for you!

As a team we are responsible for supporting Customer Support Operations and Financial Care and Collections analyse data and identify the right actions that will improve customer service and protect outcomes, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

What you’ll be doing

  • Providing timely, accurate and insightful analysis and MI. Improving customer outcomes by identifying key drivers of complaints, understanding the relevant processes and inputting into solutions.
  • Drawing on a technical background and understanding of advanced techniques (predictive modelling / analytical deep dives) to support and develop insights, recommendations and efficient solutions to improve performance, customer experience, colleague effectiveness and reduce costs.
  • Collaborating and communicating effectively with key stakeholders to ensure complaints analysis is used in the most effective ways.
  • Reporting & Communication Produce clear, concise Complaint RCA reports with actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Present findings to local governance forums, senior stakeholders, and other relevant committees.
  • Ensure RCA outputs are documented and stored in line with internal standards.
  • Work with Operations to define and track remediation plans or corrective action and report through to governance forums

We need you to have

  • Proven experience working within customer journeys such as Collections, Bereavements, Complaints, Power of Attorney or Specialist Support either within a financial services environment
  • A track record of using analytical skills to review data and produce clear, meaningful insight supported by experience using Excel. PowerPoint, Power BI or similar tools.
  • Demonstrated problem solving ability , with experience interpreting information, identifying key issues and delivering high quality outcomes.
  • Experience working to tight timescales, compiling and presenting insight in a clear, engaging way across multiple channels and to a range of audiences.
  • Strong working knowledge of reporting techniques and processes, with experience producing accurate, reliable outputs

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

  • Experience or understanding of complaints root cause.

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. 

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  


Be yourself at Virgin Money

At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  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 careers@virginmoney.com

Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Now the legal bit
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, 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.  



Success profile

As well as being a bit tech-obsessed, you’ll be adaptable, able to work with agility and enjoy collaborating with your teammates. Here are our top candidate traits.

Collaborative; Digitally savvy; Team player; Tech-savvy; Agile; Adaptable;

Culture at Virgin Money

We’re an inclusive, innovative, collaborative bunch with big ideas and even bigger aspirations. We have fun, show up for one another and grow strong together.

Our colleagues are celebrated for being fully themselves, and we ensure accountability and equity are prioritised in every role. We encourage everyone to use their voices to pitch in, be an ally and make Virgin Money the fun and inclusive environment it is. We also believe in rewarding our colleagues – we offer an enviable benefits package and sprinkle in little thank-you bonuses along the way.

Interested in joining us but not sure you’ve hit every requirement on the checklist? Don’t worry. Experience is important, but it isn’t everything – potential can be just as valuable. If you’re enthusiastic, curious and hungry to learn, you could be exactly the person we need. Tell us your story, and let’s discover what your next chapter could hold.

This is my third role in Digital Engineering since I joined. The culture enables you to work in an area where you can contribute the most. It's a testament to the opportunities and encouragement available.

Arun Technology Consultant – Digital Engineering

Influential

For us, living a life more Virgin means living well. We focus on people, not policies. Flexibility and fairness are at the core of our wellbeing initiatives, allowing our colleagues to tailor their benefits to suit them from day one. Centred around four pillars – Mind, Body, Social Connection and Finance – our initiatives include mental and physical health support, financial and medical aid, social activities, flexible working, gender-neutral family leave, wellbeing apps, discounted gym membership, counselling, information services, and so much more. People work best when they’re happy and healthy, and we like our people to be both.

Big, bold benefits

A life at Virgin Money is a rewarding one. With wellbeing and flexibility at its core, our benefits offering can be tailored to make your life a little easier. Enjoy a flexible holiday package, health plans, parental leave and everything in between from the day you join us.

  • The adventures continue after your career. Invest in your future with our generous pension scheme.

  • Your health and wellbeing are important to us. Our health assessments and insurance plans help you maintain yours.

  • We've got you covered with our income protection and life assurance plans.

  • Live life to the fullest with 30 days of leave, 8.5 bank holidays, 5 pro-rated wellbeing days.

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