Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Role: Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Location: Victoria, London

Hours: 9am to 5pm (but can vary)

Salary: £140K DOE (plus bonus)

I am seeking an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to support a Front Office population within a fast-paced financial services environment. This role is ideal for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys being close to the business and actively involved in the day-to-day delivery of HR support across the full employee lifecycle.

While the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to people strategy, projects and organisational planning, this is fundamentally a hands-on HRBP role. The emphasis is on execution, problem-solving and practical delivery rather than operating solely at a strategic or transformation level. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders whilst maintaining direct ownership of employee relations, performance management, talent decisions, recruitment support, compensation processes and organisational change activity. Adapted from the uploaded job description.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Front Office leaders and managers, providing pragmatic, commercially focused HR support and guidance.
• Maintain direct ownership of the full employee lifecycle, ensuring HR matters are managed effectively, consistently and at pace.
• Lead and personally manage complex employee relations matters, investigations, performance concerns and organisational issues.
• Drive performance management processes, coaching managers through performance discussions, talent assessments and development planning.
• Support compensation, promotion and reward processes, providing practical advice and ensuring smooth execution.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to support hiring activities and workforce growth plans.
• Deliver talent management and succession planning activities, ensuring key talent is identified, developed and retained.
• Support organisational changes, restructures and workforce planning initiatives, taking an active role in implementation rather than purely advisory support.
• Work closely with managers to improve team effectiveness, engagement and leadership capability.
• Lead and develop a small HR team, including HR Business Partners and Early Careers professionals, ensuring high-quality HR delivery across the business.
• Contribute to graduate, intern and early careers programmes where relevant.

Experience and Background

• Approximately 10+ years of HR experience, including significant HR Business Partnering experience within financial services.
• Strong Front Office HRBP experience supporting revenue-generating populations such as Investment Banking, Markets, Trading, Research or similar.
• Experience gained within banking, investment banking, asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading or comparable environments.
• Proven track record of managing employee relations, performance management, compensation, talent management and organisational change activities directly.
• Demonstrated experience operating in lean environments where HRBPs are expected to deliver as well as advise.
• Previous people management experience, including leadership of HR Business Partners and/or Early Careers professionals.
• Experience supporting workforce planning and organisational effectiveness initiatives.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be a highly credible and pragmatic HR Business Partner who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves and taking ownership of delivery. They will be confident working with demanding Front Office stakeholders, capable of handling complex people issues directly, and able to balance commercial judgement with practical execution.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong credibility with Front Office leaders and revenue-generating teams.
• A hands-on, action-oriented approach to HR.
• Confidence managing complex and sensitive people matters from start to finish.
• The ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders constructively.
• Strong judgement, resilience and commercial awareness.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth or evolving organisations.
• A track record of personally delivering HR solutions rather than operating primarily in strategic or transformation-focused roles.

The ideal candidate will be recognised as a trusted business partner who combines commercial insight with operational excellence. They will be equally comfortable discussing business priorities with senior leaders and personally managing the day-to-day HR activity required to support a high-performing Front Office population. Their impact will come from practical execution, strong stakeholder relationships and the ability to deliver solutions rather than simply define strategy.