HR Business Partner

Aldermore Bank; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldermore Bank seeks an HR Business Partner to drive cultural transformation and implement a comprehensive People Strategy. The role focuses on developing trusted relationships, enhancing talent management, and fostering a high-performance culture to support sustainable growth. If you're passionate about shaping the future of work and eager to make a real impact, we welcome your application.

Benefits

Healthcare Cover

Pension Schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Extensive experience acting as a Business Partner.
• Significant commercial understanding in a regulated environment.
• Experience with culture change programmes.

Responsibilities

• Champion cultural transformation aligned with company values.
• Develop and monitor People strategy success.
• Drive high-performance culture across the business.

Skills

Business Partnering

Stakeholder Management

Cultural Change

Coaching

Resilience

Job description

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We're one of the largest lenders in the UK used car finance market. We’ve specialised in motor finance for over 40 years, and are recognised as one of the best car finance providers in the industry.

We’re part of the Aldermore Group, which includes Aldermore Bank plc. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it. We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose MotoNovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

At Aldermore, our HR team plays a pivotal role in driving business success — empowering leaders to bring out the best in their people, and holding them accountable for cultivating a positive, high-performing culture.

We’re on an exciting journey as we bring our People Strategy to life. Reporting directly to the Head of HR Business Partnering, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a real impact — contributing to our evolving employee value proposition and supporting long-term, sustainable growth.

With a focus on talent development, capability building, and culture enhancement, you’ll be at the heart of transforming how we work, grow, and thrive together. If you're passionate about shaping the future of work and ready to help unlock the full potential of our people, we’d love to hear from you.

What will your day look like?

• Champion cultural transformation in line with the group vision, values and behaviours which are demonstrated by leadership, supported by management and ‘felt’ by all

• Create trusted relationships, to plan and develop, monitor, and measure the success of the overall Aldermore People strategy, in line with the strategic direction of business

• Advise and consult on all People matters and initiatives. In addition, this role will share and raise location/business issues, insights and trends to the Group HR teams and drive resolution.

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the relevant business models, enabling strategic consulting and impactful delivery of all people initiatives

• Partner with the recruitment team to deliver effective Talent Acquisition strategy including executive recruitment

• Ensure that Diversity and Inclusion is a golden thread through all People related matters

• Drive a high-performance culture across the business enabled by Group Performance Management solutions and strategy

• The custodian of effective organisational design, ensuring we develop a fit for purpose, effective and efficient organisation that drives business performance, customer satisfaction and colleague engagement.

• Develop and deliver effective talent management strategies, balancing local needs with delivery of Group talent and succession products. Including mitigation of People Risk.

• Providing leadership coaching, alongside effective and influential challenge, of senior and executive leaders.

• Deliver and support core HR services as required by the business units, such as annual pay/bonus review, development planning and employee relations issues.

We offer hybrid working, with a flexible mix of working from our office and home.

About You

• Extensive experience of acting as a true Business Partner, working with multiple stakeholder groups and a focus on acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.

• Significant commercial understanding and experience of applying existing expertise within a complex, regulated business environment.

• Experience of organisation design and development activities, with capability to support and influence senior leaders in a rapidly changing environment.

• Ability to build relationships and gain credibility at all levels of management and Executive, influencing both the people and the wider business agenda.

• Experience of developing and supporting culture change programmes.

• Ability to demonstrate a resilient and pragmatic approach to partnering.

• Strong intellectual capability and presence.

• Clear commercial mindset and focus with an entrepreneurial approach to getting things done.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

Behaviour Framework

Our behavioural framework underpins our purpose and strategic drivers, as it outlines the behaviours we need to demonstrate in order to succeed. Where our strategic drivers (Stay Ahead Propositions, Relationships That Last and Progressive Platform) outline what we need to do to succeed, our behaviours guide us in how. In your second interview, we’ll ask you to talk through some examples where you’ve demonstrated these behaviours in your previous roles.

Our behavioural framework underpins our purpose and strategic drivers, as it outlines the behaviours we need to demonstrate in order to succeed. Where our strategic drivers (Stay Ahead Propositions, Relationships That Last and Progressive Platform) outline what we need to do to succeed, our behaviours guide us in how. In your second interview, we’ll ask you to talk through some examples where you’ve demonstrated these behaviours in your previous roles.

Not only does MotoNovo Finance offer a competitive remuneration package, we also offer one of the best benefits packages in Wales. Inclusive of our healthcare cover, pension schemes, and our employee assistance programmes, we have also installed a staff bar, game machines, and a pool table.

When you choose to build your career with MotoNovo Finance, we choose to invest in you.

• Hybrid Working
• Your Company Benefits Aviva Digital GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eyecare Voucher & Display Screens/Desk
• Set-Up
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Microsoft Discounts
• Private Medical Insurance Shopping Discounts