Meet Monika Snitke, our Chief Operations Officer (COO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monika studied Economics and Accounting at City University London and joined Team TransferGo back in 2012 as one of our first employees. Today, Monika Snitke manages teams responsible for customer service, financial operations and business process management. A few years ago, Monika Snitke was included in the UK Fintech Industry Outlook list of the most influential women in fintech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here, Monika Snitke discusses the things she loves about working at TransferGo, what she\u2019s excited about, the lessons she\u2019s learned and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TransferGo has an amazing culture and it\u2019s full of amazing people. I just really enjoy working here. We\u2019ve been sticking to our company values for years and we\u2019re entirely focussed on that. We\u2019re not moving away from our core values and we\u2019re not changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a lot of successful projects I’m very proud of but I\u2019m the most proud of the team and people I have. My team members have been working at TransferGo for over 5 years. They\u2019re all very ambitious, smart and eager to grow\u2014it’s a big challenge to retain people and keep their motivation at high levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m working on end-to-end operations and customer-centricity. I have an idea and a goal of automating all the operational work. We\u2019ve already done this in financial operations; with the help of AI, we’ve automated most of our processes. Now, I want to scale that so that all work is automated across other operational teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our values of collaboration, building trust, ownership, being at one\u2019s best and doing the work that matters\u2014they\u2019re not just words. They reflect my experience of being here. They\u2019re what we all care about the most. I like meeting people and collaborating. I like transparency; that\u2019s the most important thing for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve learned that you have to be brave and speak up. You have to be ambitious and you have to talk to people. There are a lot of smart people here and they\u2019re all happy and willing to listen to you, hear your thoughts and share their own experiences with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been here for 11 years now and I was the second employee so I\u2019ve pretty much learned everything at TransferGo. I\u2019m very grateful as we\u2019ve always had a very strong, diverse and international team and we\u2019ve all had the chance to learn from each other, develop and grow. The company has grown a lot in that time but our core values have stayed the same. That\u2019s why I\u2019m still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s nothing in particular that I do. I just have to prioritise what I need to prioritise. Health is crucial for me. If I get overly tired or too stressed, I get ill very quickly and then my productivity drops. So I\u2019ve learned to listen to my body\u2014I always try to get enough sleep, eat a balanced diet, spend time outside and pay attention to what my body needs. When I\u2019m healthy and full of energy, the balance comes naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love reading books and my kids love when I read to them. Bedtime stories help me to forget everything, I just disconnect from everything that is happening in the world and focus entirely on the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My weekends are usually all about the kids. We like going to the theatre, swimming, meeting friends and visiting museums. Our weekends are usually quite busy and active. We have a small tradition of making pancakes on Sunday morning and watching a family movie in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like working from home because it saves me an hour per day of commuting time. But I do prefer working in the office as I like meeting people. I also think being in the office and having quick chats brings a lot of benefits. Small talk can make a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Favourite city:<\/strong> London<\/p>\n\n\n\n Favourite meal:<\/strong> I love steak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Favourite restaurant<\/strong>: Dziaugsmas in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Favourite artist: <\/strong>I like a variety of artists; from Coldplay to Andrea Bocelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Favourite book:<\/strong> I can\u2019t choose a favourite book, it depends on the year but you can always find a big pile of books next to my bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Favourite movie:<\/strong> A Beautiful Mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best advice you were given:<\/strong> Be yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ______________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sign up<\/a><\/em><\/em> for TransferGo and make easy online money transfers. And for more Meet the Team interviews like this one with Monika Snitke, head over to our blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet Monika Snitke, our Chief Operations Officer (COO). Monika studied Economics and Accounting at City University London and joined Team TransferGo back in 2012 as one of our first employees. Today, Monika Snitke manages teams responsible for customer service, financial operations and business process management. A few years ago, Monika Snitke was included in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1494,1496],"tags":[],"business_case_studies_tags":[],"class_list":["post-51654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-team-updates"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/transfergo.com\/gb\/meet-monika-snitke","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Meet the Team: Monika Snitke, Chief Operations Officer","url":"http:\/\/www.transfergo.com\/gb\/meet-monika-snitke","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.transfergo.com\/gb\/meet-monika-snitke"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.transfergo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/231120_Blogs_MeetTheTeam_Monika-Snitke.jpg?resize=150,150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.transfergo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/231120_Blogs_MeetTheTeam_Monika-Snitke.jpg"},"articleSection":"Team updates","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Tate"}],"creator":["Jennifer Tate"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TransferGo","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-01-09T09:47:32Z","datePublished":"2024-01-09T09:47:32Z","dateModified":"2024-10-28T14:17:55Z"},"rendered":"