Senior HR CoE Manager

Oakleaf Partnership; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakleaf Partnership is assisting a global financial services organisation undergoing a major HR transformation across Europe. The role is strategic yet hands-on, supporting transformation initiatives, governance, operating model development, and a range of HR projects to drive consistency, efficiency and continuous improvement across the region.

You will partner with HR leadership to kick off a regional HR hub servicing all European markets, leading the review, design and implementation of

Qualifications

• Experience in an HR CoE within a financial services organisation.
• Experience supporting or leading HR transformation, change, or organisational development initiatives.
• Broad HR generalist knowledge, including HR policies, processes and governance.
• Experience managing projects from planning through to implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Experience working across multiple countries or jurisdictions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on reviewing and enhancing the HR operating model across European markets.
• Assess practices, identify opportunities for standardisation and improvements aligned to objectives.
• Analyse workforce and reward data to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Lead complex HR projects from diagnosis to post-launch review.
• Build business cases, plans, governance structures and change programmes.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and regional HR teams to drive alignment and adoption.
• Facilitate workshops, consultations and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop training materials, tools and guidance to build capability.
• Contribute to wider HR transformation and people strategy initiatives.

Skills

HR CoE

HR Transformation

Governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Multi-country

Analytics

Strategic thinking

Delivery

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

CIPD Level 7 (desirable)

Job description

An opportunity to join a global financial services organisation undergoing a significant HR transformation programme across the European markets. This is a strategic yet hands‑on role where the successful candidate will support HR transformation initiatives, governance activities, operating model development, and a wide range of HR projects aimed at driving consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement across the region.

You will partner with HR leadership to kick off a people transformation initiative that will create a regional HR hub to service all European markets. You will lead on the review, design and implementation of critical programmes across HR TOM, job architecture, performance management, promotion and reward.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and enhancing HR practices across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the review and enhancement of the HR operating model, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities and effective ways of working across the European markets.
• Assess existing practices, identify opportunities for standardisation and recommend improvements aligned to business objectives.
• Analyse workforce and reward data to support decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Lead complex HR projects from diagnosis and design through to approval, implementation and post-launch review
• Build business cases, implementation plans, governance structures and change programmes to support successful delivery.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and regional HR teams to drive alignment and adoption.
• Facilitate workshops, consultations and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Develop training materials, tools and guidance to build capability and ensure sustainable implementation.
• Contribute to wider HR transformation, organisational development and people strategy initiatives

Requirements

• Experience in an HR CoE in a financial services organisation
• Experience supporting or leading HR transformation, change, or organisational development initiatives.
• Broad HR generalist knowledge, including HR policies, processes, and governance.
• Experience managing projects and delivering initiatives from planning through to implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience working across multiple countries or jurisdictions.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and organisational skills.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent) is desirable.