HR Business Partner
Posted 1 day ago by 1774595994
£90,000 Per year
Fixed-term
Hybrid
London
Summary: The HR Business Partner role is a 12-month fixed-term contract within a high-growth financial services organization in London, with the potential for permanent placement. The position requires an experienced HR professional to support senior stakeholders and shape people strategy in a dynamic environment. The role combines strategic HR partnering with hands-on delivery, focusing on employee lifecycle management and organizational effectiveness. The working pattern is hybrid, with four days in the office and one day at home.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to translate business priorities into pragmatic people solutions
- Managing employee relations, performance management, and organisational change activity
- Supporting talent, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives
- Driving engagement and people initiatives aligned to business growth
- Contributing to HR projects, process improvements, and transformation activity
- Using data and insight to inform decision-making and improve outcomes
- Ensuring HR practices align with regulatory and governance expectations within a financial service environment
Key Skills:
- Proven HR Business Partner experience within financial services (asset/investment management, banking, or similar)
- Strong generalist HR expertise across ER, talent, L&D, and reward
- Experience working within a fast-moving SME or growth environment
- Commercially minded with strong stakeholder influencing skills
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Hands-on, proactive, and delivery focused
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility quickly
Salary (Rate): £90000 per annum
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: HR
HR Business Partner – Asset Management
12-month Fixed Term Contract (strong potential to become permanent)
Salary: Up to £90,000
Location: London
Working pattern: Hybrid (4 days office / 1 day home)
Oakleaf Partnership are partnering with a high-growth financial services organisation operating within a fast paced front office environment. The business is undergoing a period of continued evolution and expansion, creating an opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner to play a key role supporting senior stakeholders and shaping people strategy. This is a true generalist HRBP role combining strategic partnering with hands-on delivery, suited to someone with experience in financial services, who thrives in a dynamic, commercially focused SME environment.
The Role
As an HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, delivering end-to-end HR support across the full employee lifecycle while helping drive organisational effectiveness.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to translate business priorities into pragmatic people solutions
- Managing employee relations, performance management, and organisational change activity
- Supporting talent, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives
- Driving engagement and people initiatives aligned to business growth
- Contributing to HR projects, process improvements, and transformation activity
- Using data and insight to inform decision-making and improve outcomes
- Ensuring HR practices align with regulatory and governance expectations within a financial service environment
This role requires someone comfortable operating at pace, balancing strategic input with operational execution
Skills and Experience
- Proven HR Business Partner experience within financial services (asset/investment management, banking, or similar)
- Strong generalist HR expertise across ER, talent, L&D, and reward
- Experience working within a fast-moving SME or growth environment
- Commercially minded with strong stakeholder influencing skills
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Hands-on, proactive, and delivery focused
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility quickly
