Strategic HR Business Partner – ExCo level

Oakleaf Partnership; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known global bank is seeking a strategic HRBP to partner with top-level executives. Ideal candidates will have solid business partnering experience and a strong background in financial services, along with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments. This role requires strong leadership skills, analytical thinking, and a customer-obsessed approach to problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Solid business partnering experience with strong technical HR depth.
• Proven strategic HR experience and thought leadership.
• Significant experience in Financial Services, ideally in Corporate Banking.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to the business, influencing decisions at ExCo level.
• Manage complex stakeholder environments within a global matrix organization.
• Use data to inform decisions and adapt strategies accordingly.

Skills

Business Partnering

Strategic HR

Influencing Skills

Analytical Mindset

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Job description

Oakleaf are partnering with a well known global bank in order to help them find a purely strategic HRBP. This is a pure strategic HRBP role that requires candidates that have worked at ExCo and ExCo-1 levels and have partnered not with client groups but businesses themselves.

Suitable candidates must be able to think of the overall business/group, not about the individual and have demonstrable experience of doing so. Financial Services experience is a very strong preference for this role and as this is a global matrix business candidates will also need to understand the complexities of working in this environment.

These is an extremely exciting role requiring thought leaders, candidates who are not transactional but truly strategic. Candidates will also need to be robust, corporate, confident, strong willed, can build trust and respect quickly and add value at the most senior levels.

Requirements:

• Solid Business Partnering experience, with a strong level of technical HR depth
• Proven strategic HR experience and thought leadership
• Significant experience in Financial Services, ideally in Corporate Banking
• Proven ability to influence at ExCo level and manage complex stakeholder environments
• Analytical mindset with experience using data to inform decisions
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship building skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adaptability, with the ability to easily adjust or change working style.
• Customer obsessed, with a passion for solving problems to help make our customers better happen