HR Business Partner - UK & Europe

Salary: Circa £100,000 - £130,000 + 15% Bonus

Location: Central London

My client rapidly is a rapidly growing organisation in the financial services sector operating both in the UK and in Europe. A newly created role as a result of their significant growth, they are recruiting for an ambitious HR Business Partner who can identify and implement proactive People initiatives across their multi-location footprint.

Job Description

• Lead the People function and a small team to provide a cohesive and consistent experience for employees, in line with best practice and legislation.
• Development, planning, and strategy for all HR activities across the business, working with Managers in each location to provide advice on People processes and practices.
• Provide strategic HR advice and support to employees at all levels of the organisation and play a critical role in supporting the business growth.
• A mix of business-as-usual HR activity and delivery of change programmes to further professionalise and drive sophistication in their HR capability.
• Improve performance appraisal and people development processes.
• Implement a training program to support current and future managers in key managerial skills.
• Create an impactful onboarding process for new starters in all departments.
• Manage the training and development plans and ensure they are of a high standard.
• Manage the diversity, equality, and inclusion values and practices within the company, including providing training to the wider business.
• Ensure internal HR communications, including any issues, initiatives and programmes are well planned, coordinated, relevant, timely and adhere to the company’s values.

Person Specification

• Ideally a minimum of 7 years direct experience of People or Human Resources at managerial level.
• You must have worked in fast moving, high growth entrepreneurial environments with SME experience, with a blend of hands-on operational and strategic experience.
• Demonstratable knowledge of European employment legislation is essential to support both current and future international locations.
• Professional services background, ideally within Financial Services to understand the rigours of operating in a regulated sector.
• Ideally CIPD qualified.
• Ambitious to grow as the business continues to grow rapidly.
• Comfortable with both monthly travel to their European offices and also a more office-biased working pattern.

My client is offering a compelling package and alongside this they provide exciting career opportunities. This is a rare opportunity to have a significant impact within a fast-growing business and shape a crucial role. This role supports hybrid working with the ability to work from home 1-2 days per week based on business needs and also requires monthly travel to their European offices.

GEM Partnership are acting as an employment agency on this vacancy.