HR Senior Business Partner

Fitch Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial information services provider is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner based in London. This role involves leading HR service delivery, talent management, and acting as a strategic advisor to senior management. The ideal candidate will have extensive HR experience and a strong understanding of labor legislation across multiple jurisdictions. A hybrid work environment is offered, promoting a culture of learning and inclusivity.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Environment

Culture of Learning & Mobility

Retirement planning

Comprehensive healthcare offerings

Supportive Parenting Policies

Inclusive Work Environment

Dedication to Giving Back

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of HR experience in consulting or financial services.
• Experience in organizational transformation and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Talent Management and HR service delivery for over 170 employees globally.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior management on HR matters.
• Manage complex employee relations issues and provide legal counsel.

Skills

Strategic HR Management

Employee Relations

Talent Management

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Organizational Change

Education

Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate HR qualification

Job description

Fitch Group is currently seeking a Senior HR Business Partner, Fitch Learning based out of our London office.

As a leading, global financial information services provider, Fitch Group delivers vital credit and risk insights, robust data, and dynamic tools to champion more efficient, transparent financial markets. With over 100 years of experience and colleagues in over 30 countries, Fitch Group’s culture of credibility, independence, and transparency is embedded throughout its structure, which includes Fitch Ratings, one of the world’s top three credit ratings agencies, and Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of insights, data and analytics. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. It is the strength of our business. It comes from people around the world in a shared pursuit: to equal something greater than they could ever accomplish alone. Every team member is essential to our business and every perspective is critical for our success. Develop yourself in a culture that values flexibility, expects your opinion and trusts your decisions. Together we evolve and so will you, in an environment that asks you to challenge yourself – and us.

About the Team

Fitch Learning provides unrivalled support to financial services professionals and organizations in their learning and development needs. Leveraging Fitch Group’s global expertise, cutting-edge research and data analytics, Fitch Learning delivers top-tier financial education, empowering clients to excel and stay ahead.

Reporting to the Head of HR, Fitch Solutions, the Senior HRBP, Fitch Learning will lead Talent Management and HR service delivery for over 170 employees globally.

As one of the senior-most Human Resources business leads in Fitch Group, the Senior HRBP, Fitch Learning will operate as a credible, strategic and commercially focused advisor at Senior Management level, supporting the CEO and Senior Leadership Team across a multi-market client group. She/He will utilize this credibility to influence and drive organization planning, increase capability and performance and resolve business conflict where necessary.

A successful Senior HRBP will lead by example to establish best practices and performance standards, ensuring they engage in a thoughtful, proactive, and strategic dialogue with their client groups and collaborate effectively with HR CoEs and the HR Service Centre. They will have ownership over the development and application of a wide range of HR activities within their client groups including, but not limited to:

• Resource planning and oversight of staffing budget;
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Talent and Performance Management.
• Employee Relations and Workforce Risk & Control processes.
• Compensation assessment and planning.

As a member of the Fitch Group HR team, the Senior HRBP, Fitch Learning will also contribute to wider HR Strategy, ensuring their objectives and approach are aligned to this and helping to foster strong, collaborative and productive working relationships between their team and other teams in HR, as well as key “partner” Group functions such as Legal, Finance, and Risk.

The ideal candidate must be an enterprise level thinker who has a successful track record in enabling organizational growth and change through tactical HR activities. Candidates will need to demonstrate strong knowledge of strategic Human Resource Management practices and the concepts that underpin these, and a robust understanding of labor legislation and its application across multiple jurisdictions, with substantial experience handling sensitive employee relations issues. Ideally, candidates will have held roles in different HR specialisms (e.g., recruiting, talent, employee relations) and will have prior experience managing and motivating a team.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Develops a thorough understanding of the business goals and objectives while aligning HR services with management needs and requirements. Learns the business objectives, it’s future business direction, and links HR strategy with business deliverables.
• Acts as a counsel to the business leaders for all employee related matters. Including but not limited to performance management, employee relations, headcount planning, organizational and change management initiatives.
• Works proactively with other operations teams to gain a solid understanding of the key business drivers. Can assess and disseminate complex situations into workable solutions for the business and employees.
• Works seamlessly with the recruiting team to identify and recruit top talent. Interviewing candidates when necessary, agreeing compensation, creating compelling employment packages.
• Maintains an effective level of business literacy including Fitch’s financial position, the medium to long term objectives, its culture, and the competition.
• Anticipates HR related issues and proactively addresses employee matters. Analyzes trends and metrics to develop solutions programs and policies.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Is commercially responsible to know when to inform internal Legal Counsel. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations. Coaches both manager and non-managers on work related issues and provides policy interpretation. Guides managers and others through legally, sound performance management and corrective action process.
• Acts as the single point of contact for business managers. Collecting and discussing issues and finding resolutions by leveraging the specialist HR representatives.
• In collaboration with the Learning and Development team, helps develop and deliver training programs on a variety of technical and management topics.
• Provides timely, accurate and meaningful management reports, analysis, and forecasts, both quantitative and qualitative on workforce data. Recommends strategies and approaches to correct or improve issues and/or trends identified.

You May be a Good Fit if:

• Expertise and familiarity within a commercial learning provider is highly desirable, as is experience gained in a content-driven service business, such as a financial information and data provider, a consulting firm, or a professional services firm.
• A minimum of 10 years’ professional HR experience, ideally gained in a Consulting, Financial Services or Professional Services business.
• Experience of partnering with senior executives in a dynamic and fast changing environment and representing and promoting the leadership change agenda through a thoughtful and constructive approach
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and ideally a postgraduate HR or business management qualification
• Direct experience in organizational transformation and change management projects.
• Experience of working with global client groups
• Line management and development of junior HR professionals

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Integrity. As a trusted advisor a Senior HRBP must be able to discuss and advise management about all aspects of employee related matters.
• An expert in communications with all levels of employees and management. A key influencer with leadership decisions through sound judgment and analytical guided advice.
• Problem solving. An appreciation that employee matters are not straight forward.
• Project management. An ability to resolve and manage highly complex multi-faceted projects.
• A high level of business acumen. Taking time to evaluate business performance and adjusting advice and guidance based on evolving business goals.
• A credible executive level advisor and coach. A successful Senior HRBP will gain the respect of long-established leadership team. Will be invited to conversations related to business strategy and growth and will be called upon for management guidance and critical evaluation.
• The ability to operate comfortably in a highly analytical, data-driven management culture.
• A proactive, self-starter who understands how discrete issues can be understood within the bigger picture.
• A team player with strong attention to detail and an ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and produce results.
• An ability to work in an international environment, where professional and cultural sensitivities are always considered when providing counsel and advice.

Why Choose Fitch:

• Hybrid Work Environment: 2 to 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
• Inclusive Work Environment : A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.