HR Operations VP - CER Financial

HR Operations VP

London

Hybrid (3/2 split)

£420 - £730 per day (via Umbrella)

Contract up to 31

cer Financial are working alongside a warm and exciting international bank, who are based in London. They are seeking a HR Operations VP to work with them on a contract.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead delivery of regional HR ESG risk frameworks, covering diversity, gender pay gap and working time risks.
2. Define roles and responsibilities across the three lines of defence, aligned to the banks EMEA governance model.
3. Partner with Legal, Risk, HR and external consultants to understand regulatory requirements and ensure compliance.
4. Review existing HR risk frameworks, identify gaps and areas requiring remediation, and develop a clear remediation plan.
5. Own delivery of assigned framework capabilities, including policies, reporting, escalation channels, KRIs and dashboards/visualisations.
6. Coordinate with partner teams and stakeholders to manage dependencies, ownership and delivery milestones.
7. Work with the PMO to monitor progress and provide clear delivery updates.
8. Engage HR leadership to secure approval and sign-off of target-state designs and deliverables.
9. Transition completed frameworks and deliverables into BAU, ensuring clear ownership and ongoing governance.

The candidate will need:

1. Strong experience in HR risk, risk frameworks, governance or ESG-related risk, ideally within a financial services environment.
2. Ability to design and implement risk frameworks and translate requirements into practical processes and controls.
3. Strong understanding of three lines of defence / risk governance models.
4. Experience working with regulatory requirements and partnering with Legal, Risk and other control functions.
5. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly with senior HR and cross-functional stakeholders.
6. Ability to identify gaps, develop remediation plans and drive delivery across multiple teams.
7. Comfortable working across complex programmes with multiple dependencies and deliverables.
8. Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce clear framework documentation, reports and senior-level updates.
9. Experience transitioning project deliverables into business-as-usual ownership and governance.