SVP HR Business Partner

Annapurna; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Join Annapurna as a Senior HR Business Partner in Corporate Banking, London (Hybrid). This strategic role involves partnering senior leaders to shape the people agenda during a transformative period, focusing on workforce planning and talent management.

Ideal candidates will have experience in Financial Services and strong skills in organisational design and stakeholder engagement. Contribute significantly to high-profile initiatives and become a valued partner within the business.

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex, regulated environment like Banking.
• Ability to translate business strategies into people outcomes.
• Experience influencing at Director and Managing Director levels.

Responsibilities

• Partner senior leaders to deliver strategic people solutions.
• Lead organisational design initiatives.
• Drive talent and succession planning activities.
• Coach senior stakeholders on performance and culture.
• Support transformation and change programmes.

Skills

Proven experience as a Senior HR Business Partner in Financial Services

Commercial acumen

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Change management

Relationship building

Job description

Senior HR Business Partner - Corporate Banking

Location

London (Hybrid)

Salary

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

We're partnering with a leading financial services organisation to appoint a Senior HR Business Partner supporting a Corporate Banking population. This is a highly visible role, partnering senior leaders across a complex, commercially driven business and helping shape the people agenda during a period of growth and transformation.

Working as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leadership teams, you'll play a key role in translating business strategy into people outcomes, driving organisational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce planning, talent management and change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner senior leaders across Corporate Banking to deliver strategic people solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Lead organisational design and workforce planning initiatives to ensure the business is equipped for future growth.
• Drive talent and succession planning activity, identifying and developing critical talent pipelines.
• Coach and influence senior stakeholders on leadership, performance, engagement and culture.
• Support business transformation, change and restructuring programmes where required.
• Use people data and insights to identify trends, challenge thinking and support decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with Centres of Excellence including Talent, Reward, Learning and Employee Relations to deliver a joined‑up people strategy.
• Champion a high‑performance culture focused on accountability, development and inclusion.

About You

• Proven experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner within Financial Services, Banking or a similarly complex, regulated environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to understand business priorities and translate them into effective people strategies.
• Experience partnering senior executives and influencing at Director and Managing Director level.
• Strong organisational design, workforce planning and change management capability.
• Demonstrable experience leading talent, succession and leadership development initiatives.
• Confident using data and insights to support recommendations and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Excellent relationship‑building skills with the credibility to operate at senior levels across the organisation.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded organisation where HR is viewed as a genuine strategic partner to the business. You'll work alongside an experienced leadership team, contribute to high‑profile transformation initiatives and have the opportunity to shape the future people agenda within a critical business division.