Finance Business Partner jobs in United Kingdom

Key interfaces:

The role holder will interact with both Operations and Head Office teams across the business including Senior business leaders. In addition to providing people solutions and administrative tasks and reporting, the role holder will liaise regularly with the key business departments.

Business Partner:

• Support Regional and District managers to implement HR initiatives and processes, providing comprehensive assistance when required and building a pipeline of talent.
• Work closely with 2 HRBPs to continuously improve manager capability, by challenging, influencing, and supporting managers to develop their knowledge, understanding and ability to manage teams effectively.
• Lead ER cases, including liaising with our solicitors to support effective decision making. Thorough knowledge and experience of employment relations and legislation.
• Influence managers’ thinking and develop their confidence to drive and maintain standards and the expectation of achieving high-performing teams.
• Support each stage of the Employee lifecycle, and look for opportunities to improve, and adopt change to deliver the business plan.
• Advise, influence and offer constructive feedback to managers to improve organisation effectiveness.
• To adopt a culture of coaching and empathy with all line managers to encourage a positive employee experience.
• Encourage new thinking when supporting on organisational design, encouraging efficiencies and effective change.
• Provide thoughtful and tactical recommendations when developing business plans.

Reporting

• Analyse HR metrics and organisation-related data to identify any risks and positive trends and collaborate with the HRBP’s and managers to design and develop action plans to support change.
• Use HR data to improve case management and reduce case numbers.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and business cases.

Business Change Initiatives

• Ensure effective training needs are identified and evolving solutions to support the development of our teams.
• To support in the project management and delivery of engagement initiatives, such as Employee Surveys and raising awareness of Apprenticeships.
• Work collaboratively with the HRBP’s and line managers, on the Performance Management Plan as part of the calibration and performance process, providing advice, guidance, and support.
• Proactively support managers to identify key talent whilst building development plans to future-proof the business.

Skills Experience and Technical Ability

You should:

• Have a strong foundation and knowledge of HR. Proven work experience as a HRBP. Have a strong desire to make a difference and deliver.
• Have excellent people skills and be able to build strong working relationships.
• Be resilient and able to manage to a senior level.
• Be a self-starter, ready to work with a team and on their own initiative.
• Be able to deal with ambiguity and show flexibility in this ever-evolving landscape.
• Be empathetic and thoughtful, whilst supporting both the individual and the business
• Have excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Have a broad knowledge of the employee lifecycle.
• Demonstrate commercial acumen and a strong awareness of business, customer, and market pressures.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills and a passion to continually develop themselves and their understanding of HR.
• Have the ability to manage themselves in difficult conversations and situations.
• Have a high level of integrity, confidentiality and tact and understanding when to ask for support.
• Have a working knowledge of all Microsoft programmes. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc)
• Be adaptable and have the willingness to learn and adopt to new systems.