HR Business Partner

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.