We’ve maintained culture and connection through online channels like Zoom and Confluence (Atlassian) and in-person office meetings, keeping UK, US and APAC teams feeling together. We connect with each other during our regular collaboration events like innovation days and hackathons, which give employees the opportunity to form a group with others across the company to come up with a new idea or initiative, improve processes and more. We have a strong ERG culture, which gives everyone the opportunity to collaborate and drive awareness across a number of our communities – LGBTQ+, Parents, Inclusion and Diversity, Alfa for Racial Equity, Women’s, Green, Social Impact and Mental Health Allies communities.
We continue to grow – and as we bring in new colleagues they bring new ideas, new approaches, and new skills. We are actively looking to increase our diversity – opening up opportunities to people who previously may not have thought a career in tech was for them, via work experience programmes partnered with upReach and diversity drives across the business. We continue to invest in our biggest asset – our colleagues. We share our vision, strategy and progress regularly at Townhalls and Company meetings so colleagues can see their contribution to our success.
*We have many channels to encourage employee feedback and ideas : Our quarterly engagement survey where results and all responses to concerns are published on our global intranet; Regular Townhalls with live Q&A where employees are encouraged to ask any question of the Company Leadership Team; our Employee Resource groups which are at the heart of our culture, are empowered to drive action throughout Alfa; we give everyone 5 days a year for Innovation where employees are encouraged to spend time working on anything they want to that improves our culture; our product or our processes and we run regular listening groups with our new joiners to take on board feedback and continuously improve what we do.
We provide 5 days per year to everyone for personal development; we have structured career paths that identify skills and competencies required to progress through chosen career; we invest in 3 month training programme up front for all new graduates joining Alfa – bringing in people with limited tech experience and helping them shape their career; career coaches are available across the business that anyone can access; we have a healthy Learning budget that enables us to support employees gain externally recognised qualifications, including attendance at relevant conferences and events; Managers have access to external coaches – on demand and available when they want / need them; we’ve launched a leadership development training – recognising leadership is for all.
We encourage our employees to live our 4 values – challenge without being challenging, let great ideas grow, make it better together and create a positive impact – in everything we do. We celebrate employees who showcase our values through our recognition programme – Alfa Bravo – and through awards announced at our annual December company meeting. We ask candidates during interviews to talk about our values and give their own examples of where they have demonstrated or lived these. We align our in-house learning and development to our values and reference and bring them to life throughout our training.
We have a strong judgement-free culture, celebrating individuals and personal passions; we give time to innovate and collaborate with others through innovation days and hackathons ; regular social events which allow us to meet others across the company and welcome new joiners into the company; our workplace communities which allow employees to work together and raise awareness on important issues in the areas of Inclusion and diversity, parents, women, racial equity, LGBTQ+ and sustainability/ESG ; we involve a mixture of colleagues to onboard and train new joiners; and we support our employees with a variety of learning and development as well as ensuring regular feedback and listening.
Actively using his corporate voice externally to champion equality, diversity and inclusion; operates a virtual ‘door is always open’ policy; regularly communicates free slots in his diary and invites people to come and have a chat; regular contributor in our online Watercooler channel; he presents at all company events taking time to meaningfully engage with colleagues from all across the organisation and is passionate about various causes and movements, active on social media and with various partner charities and organisations.
Employee wellbeing and wellness is important to us and we’ve invested in training Mental Health First Aiders across all locations; we provide specialist support for employees going through life events such as parenthood, menopause and fertility. We offer a number of benefits including corporately funded access to gyms, studios and wellbeing apps through Gympass. Our London office has a in-house rooftop cafe which provides free breakfast, snacks, coffee and ice cream throughout the day. We host monthly free lunches celebrating food from across our diverse employee cultures.
We run quarterly company meetings combining business updates with social activities giving everyone a chance to connect, as well as an annual 2 day Hackathon where everyone has the opportunity to work on anything they want.
We are a class-leading fintech company whose software and services have been supporting some of the world’s largest and most innovative companies for over 30 years. Alfa has been at the forefront of the digital revolution in asset finance because we believe in innovation and investment. We are successful because we trust in our people to challenge conventional thinking and bring fresh ideas.
Our culture is vibrant, innovative and diverse, and we are proud of it. Ours is a close-knit community. Alfa employees are an eclectic mix and all are creative, talented and hardworking. We all enjoy the work-life balance and the great culture, with plenty of social activities to build close working relationships.
We are headquartered in London, UK but have offices in Detroit, Texas , Sydney and Auckland
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