Employee Relations HR Business Partner

About the company

Our client, a leading financial services organisation based in the City of London, is seeking an experienced Employee Relations HR Business Partner to join their HR team on a 12-month assignment.

Your tasks

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional with strong employee relations expertise to support a dynamic and fast-paced business. Reporting directly to the ER Manager, you will take ownership of a broad range of complex ER cases while partnering with senior stakeholders across the organisation to provide pragmatic, risk-focused HR advice and support.

• Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance management, absence management, conduct, capability and workplace investigations.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and business leaders on HR policies, employment law and best practice.
• Support and lead on TUPE projects, including consultation processes and stakeholder management.
• Partner with business leaders to deliver effective people solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Coach and develop managers in handling employee relations issues confidently and consistently.
• Support organisational change programmes, restructures and redundancy processes where required.
• Collaborate closely with the broader HR team, Legal and Compliance functions on complex and sensitive cases.
• Analyse ER trends and provide insight and recommendations to minimise risk and improve employee experience.
• Contribute to HR projects and wider people initiatives across the business.
• Ensure all employee relations activities are managed in line with UK employment legislation and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Proven experience in an Employee Relations, HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor capacity within a regulated environment, ideally financial services.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Experience managing complex and sensitive ER cases from start to finish.
• Previous TUPE experience is essential.
• Comfortable building relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing across all levels of the organisation.
• Commercially aware with a pragmatic and solutions-focused approach

What we offer

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join a highly respected financial services business.
• Exposure to a broad and interesting range of ER and HR Business Partnering activities.
• Hybrid working model in a central London location.
• Collaborative and supportive HR team environment.