People Business Partner

Tokio Marine HCC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tokio Marine HCC in London seeks a commercially minded People Business Partner to advise senior leaders across Underwriting and other functions within a fast-paced, regulated insurance environment. You will shape organisational design, workforce planning, leadership capability and employee relations, balancing commercial outcomes with risk management.

The role requires credibility, strong stakeholder management and hands-on delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant People Business Partner experience within insurance, banking or broader financial services.
• Exposure to SM&CR regime and associated processes.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders across Underwriting and/or other front office functions.
• Proven employee relations capability with confidence handling ER matters independently.
• Commercially astute with the ability to balance people, operational and business priorities.
• Experience of operating within FCA and/or PRA regulated environment, with a strong understanding of regulatory expectations relating to conduct, governance, accountability and people risk.
• Demonstrated experience supporting organisational change, restructures, workforce planning and transformation activity.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability, with credibility and confidence operating at senior leadership level.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using people metrics, workforce data and business insight to inform decision making.
• Curious, proactive and solutions focused mindset with the resilience to operate effectively in a fast paced and evolving environment.
• Team player, happy to balance the strategic thinking with the day-to-day people advisory responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders and managers across Underwriting and other designated areas to deliver people strategies aligned to commercial priorities and organisational objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership capability and talent risk.
• Lead and manage employee relations matters including investigations, performance management, absence management, conduct issues, grievances, restructures and exits, ensuring balanced commercial and legal outcomes.
• Support the annual reward and year-end compensation process, partnering with Compensation and business leaders on salary review, bonus planning, benchmarking, calibration and communication to ensure fair, consistent and commercially aligned outcomes.
• Coach and influence functional leaders and managers on people management, team effectiveness, organisational culture and leadership behaviours.
• Use workforce, engagement and operational data to identify trends, risks and opportunities, providing insight led recommendations to leadership teams.
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Learning & Development and Pay & Benefits colleagues to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Build strong relationships across the business to ensure the People team is viewed as a proactive, commercially credible and value adding partner.
• Ensure people practices operate in line with internal governance, employment legislation and regulatory expectations within a regulated financial services environment.
• Contribute to broader People team initiatives including leadership development, employee engagement, process improvement and continuous enhancement of the employee experience.

Skills

People Business Partner

Insurance/Financial services

Regulated environment

SM&CR exposure

ER expertise

Stakeholder management

Analytical capability

Job description

Tokio Marine HCC?

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

Job Title:

People Business Partner

Reporting to:

Head of People, UK

Position Type:

Permanent

Why Tokio Marine HCC?

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

Job Summary

We are seeking a commercially minded and highly credible People Business Partner to act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and managers across key business functions. Operating within a fast paced, regulated specialty insurance environment, this role will partner closely with Underwriting and other designated leadership teams to drive organisational performance, strengthen leadership capability, manage employee relations matters, and shape a high performing, engaged culture. This is a high impact role requiring a curious, resilient and pragmatic People Professional with sound judgement, exceptional stakeholder management capability, and the confidence to influence at senior level. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with hands on delivery, balancing commercial outcomes with employee experience and risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders and managers across Underwriting and other designated areas to deliver people strategies aligned to commercial priorities and organisational objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership capability and talent risk.
• Lead and manage employee relations matters including investigations, performance management, absence management, conduct issues, grievances, restructures and exits, ensuring balanced commercial and legal outcomes.
• Support the annual reward and year-end compensation process, partnering with Compensation and business leaders on salary review, bonus planning, benchmarking, calibration and communication to ensure fair, consistent and commercially aligned outcomes.
• Coach and influence functional leaders and managers on people management, team effectiveness, organisational culture and leadership behaviours.
• Use workforce, engagement and operational data to identify trends, risks and opportunities, providing insight led recommendations to leadership teams.
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Learning & Development and Pay & Benefits colleagues to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Build strong relationships across the business to ensure the People team is viewed as a proactive, commercially credible and value adding partner.
• Ensure people practices operate in line with internal governance, employment legislation and regulatory expectations within a regulated financial services environment.
• Contribute to broader People team initiatives including leadership development, employee engagement, process improvement and continuous enhancement of the employee experience.

Essential

Skills and Experience Specification

• Significant People Business Partner experience within insurance, banking or broader financial services, and exposure to regulated process
• Exposure to SM&CR regime and associated processes.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders across Underwriting and / or other front office functions within Financial Services.
• Proven employee relations capability with confidence handling ER matters independently.
• Commercially astute with the ability to balance people, operational and business priorities pragmatically.
• Experience of operating within an FCA and/or PRA regulated environment, with a strong understanding of regulatory expectations relating to conduct, governance, accountability and people risk.
• Demonstrated experience supporting organisational change, restructures, workforce planning and transformation activity.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability, with credibility and confidence operating at senior leadership level.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using people metrics, workforce data and business insight to inform decision making.
• Curious, proactive and solutions focused mindset with the resilience to operate effectively in a fast paced and evolving environment.
• Team player, happy to balance the strategic thinking with the day-to-day people advisory responsibility.

Desirable

• Experience within the London Market, specialty insurance or Lloyd’s environment strongly preferred
• Experience of supporting Underwriting leadership teams and respective divisions
• Exposure to international or matrixed organisational structures.

What We Offer

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals.

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.