Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Raymond James UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James UK is seeking an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our HR team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover and partnering with senior leaders to shape people strategies and solutions.

You will collaborate across the organisation to align people priorities with business objectives, lead organisational change, talent management, workforce planning, employee relations and culture initiatives, while building strong relationships and using people data to

Qualifications

• Proven experience as HRBP or Senior HR Adviser in a complex organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience in organisational change, workforce planning, and talent management.
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic adviser to senior leaders and translate business objectives into people plans.
• Lead organisational change initiatives and workforce design.
• Oversee performance, succession planning and talent management.
• Support employee relations and risk management with the Head of Employee Relations.
• Develop people analytics to inform decisions and monitor workforce indicators.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Senior HR Adviser

Stakeholder management

Organisational change

Education

CIPD qualification

Professional HR experience

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our HR team on a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide maternity cover. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially focused HR professional to partner with senior leaders, influencing business outcomes through effective people strategies and solutions.

As a trusted adviser, you will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to align people priorities with business objectives, support organisational transformation, enhance leadership capability, and drive a positive employee experience. This role offers a broad remit spanning strategic business partnering, organisational change, talent management, employee relations, workforce planning, and culture initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnering

• Partner with senior leaders across designated business areas, providing strategic people advice, insight, and constructive challenge.
• Translate business objectives into effective people plans that support organisational performance and employee engagement.
• Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and act as a credible adviser on both strategic and operational people matters.
• Coach and support leaders to strengthen management capability, confidence, and decision-making.

Organisational Change & Effectiveness

• Support business transformation, organisational change, and integration activity, ensuring people considerations are embedded within key decisions.
• Lead workforce planning, organisational design, and restructuring initiatives.
• Identify current and future capability requirements and develop solutions to address business needs.
• Collaborate with specialist teams to deliver organisation-wide change and people programmes.

Talent, Performance & Succession

• Lead talent and succession planning activities across assigned business areas.
• Identify critical roles, capability gaps, succession risks, and development opportunities.
• Support leaders in building diverse talent pipelines and high-performing teams.
• Drive effective performance management practices and support key people processes, including performance reviews, talent reviews, and compensation cycles.

Culture & Employee Engagement

• Champion organisational culture, values, and behaviours across the business.
• Use employee feedback and people insights to drive engagement, inclusion, and organisational effectiveness.
• Support leaders in creating an environment that promotes collaboration, high performance, and a positive employee experience.

People Analytics & Workforce Planning

• Analyse workforce metrics and people data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to support business and workforce decisions.
• Monitor key people indicators and proactively address emerging workforce and capability concerns.

Employee Relations & Risk Management

• Lead complex employee relations matters in partnership with the Head of Employee Relations.
• Advise managers on disciplinary issues, grievances, absence management, restructures, dismissals, performance concerns, conflict resolution, and PHI cases.
• Ensure people decisions are fair, consistent, commercially balanced, and aligned with employment law and company policies.
• Identify and elevate significant people risks where appropriate.
• Work closely with HR colleagues and specialist teams to deliver coordinated and effective people solutions.
• Ensure HR policies, processes, and annual cycles are implemented effectively across assigned business areas.
• Share insight, expertise, and best practice across the wider HR function.
• Build strong internal relationships to ensure business needs are supported through the most appropriate HR expertise.

About You:

You will be an experienced and credible HR professional who combines strong commercial awareness with excellent stakeholder management skills. You will be comfortable operating in a changing environment, influencing senior leaders, and balancing business objectives with people priorities.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience operating as an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Adviser, or in a similar partnering role.
• Experience influencing and advising senior leaders on complex people matters.
• Strong track record of supporting organisational change, transformation, and restructuring programmes.
• Experience in workforce planning, organisational design, talent management, and succession planning.
• Significant employee relations experience, including handling sensitive and complex cases.
• Strong coaching, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent analytical capability with experience using people data and insights to inform decision-making.
• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and modern HR practices.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate business objectives into practical people solutions.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and operate effectively in a complex, evolving organisation.

Qualifications:

• CIPD qualified, part-qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
• Experience within Financial Services, Professional Services, a regulated environment, or another complex organisation would be advantageous.

Raymond James is an equal opportunities employer. We treat all of our applicants the same and we have a diversity and inclusion strategy aimed at ensuring we hire the best person for the job regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or beliefs.