People Business Partner (6-Month FTC)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract: 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Sector: Financial Services
A leading international financial services organisation is seeking an experienced and commercially focused People Business Partner to support senior leaders across key corporate functions on a 6-month fixed-term basis.
This is a high-impact role operating within a fast-paced, regulated environment, partnering closely with leadership teams across Operations and Finance. You will act as a trusted advisor on a broad range of people matters, helping to drive organisational performance, strengthen leadership capability and support the delivery of business objectives.
The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with a pragmatic, hands-on approach, bringing strong employee relations expertise and the confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with senior leaders to deliver people strategies aligned to business objectives and commercial priorities.
Provide expert advice on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning and talent management.
Lead on complex employee relations matters including performance management, grievances, investigations, conduct issues, restructures and exits.
Support annual reward and compensation processes, including salary reviews, bonus planning and benchmarking activities.
Coach and develop managers on leadership capability, people management and team effectiveness.
Analyse workforce and engagement data to identify trends, risks and opportunities, providing insight-led recommendations.
Collaborate with specialist HR teams including Talent Acquisition, Reward and Learning & Development to deliver integrated people solutions.
Support organisational change and transformation initiatives.
Ensure people practices align with employment legislation, governance requirements and regulatory expectations.
Contribute to broader HR projects focused on employee experience, engagement and continuous improvement.
About You
You will be an experienced HR Business Partner with a strong track record of supporting senior stakeholders within a regulated environment.
Essential Experience
Significant HR Business Partnering experience within financial services, insurance, banking or another regulated industry.
Experience partnering with senior leaders across Operations, Finance and/or Technology functions.
Strong employee relations expertise and confidence managing complex cases independently.
Experience working within FCA and/or PRA regulated environments.
Knowledge of SM&CR and associated people processes.
Demonstrable experience supporting organisational change, restructures and workforce planning initiatives.
Strong commercial awareness and sound judgement.
Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders effectively.
Strong analytical capability with experience using people data and workforce metrics to inform decision-making.
Resilient, proactive and solutions-focused approach.
Desirable Experience
Experience within financial services
Exposure to international or matrix organisational structures.
Experience supporting shared services, operational excellence or transformation programmes.
What's on Offer?
Opportunity to join a highly respected international organisation.
Exposure to senior leadership and strategic business initiatives.
Broad and varied HR Business Partner role with genuine commercial impact.
Collaborative and high-performing team environment.
Hybrid working model.
