Strategic HR Business Partner – Financial Services

Oakleaf; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known recruitment firm is seeking a Strategic HR Business Partner with significant experience in Financial Services, particularly in Corporate Banking. The candidate should excel in business partnering at leadership levels, demonstrate strategic HR experience, and possess strong influencing and analytical skills. This role offers the opportunity to work within a global matrix environment, driving thought leadership and strategic direction.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Work strategically with the business at leadership levels.
• Build trust and respect quickly with senior stakeholders.
• Drive thought leadership in HR practices.

Skills

Business Partnering experience

Strategic HR experience

Influencing skills at ExCo level

Analytical mindset

Excellent communication skills

Adaptability

Customer focus

Job description

Strategic HR Business Partner – Financial Services

Client:

Oakleaf

Location:

United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

02f44b171744

Job Views:

11

Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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-1 / Leadership 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.

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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

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Created on 12/08/2025 by TN United Kingdom