HR Manager

Antal International Network; Greater London; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A multinational recruitment firm is seeking an experienced HR Manager to join a team in West London. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, driving HR initiatives that enhance performance and culture across the UK and Nordics. You must have at least 7 years of HR experience in international settings, strong knowledge of employee relations and labour laws, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders effectively. This is a hands-on role that requires excellent communication and conflict-resolution skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' HR experience in international, fast-paced environments.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders in a multinational environment.
• Fluency in English and knowledge of UK and Nordic labour laws.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders across the UK and Nordics.
• Lead complex employee relations cases and ensure compliance with labour laws.
• Support workforce planning and organizational restructuring.

Skills

HR experience in international environments

Knowledge of labour law

Stakeholder management

Change management

Excellent communication skills

Fluent in English

Conflict-resolution skills

Job description

Our client based in West London is looking for a HR Manager to join their team.

Role overview

The HR Manager will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders across the UK and Nordics, driving HR initiatives that enhance performance, engagement, and culture. This is a hands‑on role requiring strong HR generalist expertise in a multinational environment, with responsibility for employee relations, change management, and talent development.

Key Responsibilities

• Partnering with managers on talent management, employee development, and performance
• Leading complex ER cases, including investigations and disciplinary actions
• Ensuring compliance with local labour laws and internal policies
• Supporting workforce and succession planning, as well as organisational restructuring
• Identifying training needs and delivering leadership development initiatives
• Analysing HR trends and metrics to improve engagement, retention, and efficiency
• Driving HR initiatives that strengthen employee experience and workplace culture
• Liaising with labour authorities and managing HR budgets/cost‑efficiency projects
• Collaborating with regional and local cross‑functional teams to align HR with business goals

Experience

• 7+ years' HR experience in international, fast‑paced environments
• Strong knowledge of labour law, employee relations, talent management, and change management
• Proven stakeholder management and HR project delivery experience
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict‑resolution skills
• Analytical, strategic, and confident operating across multiple markets
• Adaptable, solutions‑focused, and fluent in English

Ideal candidate

A strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills, collaborative, people focused, resilient, tenacious, proactive, and operating with a growth mindset. Stakeholder management is particularly important to the HM, so needs the candidate to have managed various senior stakeholders before. Also, the role will focus on regions including the UK and Nordics, so ideal candidate will need to have experience and knowledge of these labour laws or experience with UK and additional regions across Europe ideally please. Also, as we are a global company and employ over 8,600 people, we need the ideal candidate to have ideally worked for an international or global company previously of at least 2000+ employees.