Human Resources Director

Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance

We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.

We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients. With more than 1,800 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.

What’s In It For You

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid based working
• Flexible working hours
• Pension 
• Private medical insurance
• Dental plan
• Life assurance
• Income protection & Critical illness

Reporting to: Chief People Officer

Purpose of the Job 

With dual responsibility for the regional Heads of HR, this role has a strong operational focus, optimising resources and the HR service across all offices as well as lead partner for enabling functions. ​

Main Responsibilities

• Working with regional Heads of HR to ensure transformation, talent pipeline and M&A is delivered and value optimised.
• Key contact and business partner for enabling functions ensuring their resources (535 FTE) support the requirements of the business.
• Champion best practice through current, well documented, easy to access policies and procedures – work with Regional Heads of HR to ensure managers adopt best practice.
• Ensuring employment relations are dealt with according to legislation, in a timely and efficient manner.
• Working closely with the regional Head of HR and the country managers, forecasting and actioning local plans to reduce attrition and absence and optimise performance and contribution.
• In partnership with other HR functions to ensure delivery of the annual cycle such as performance management, training and career development is undertaken.
• Experience and excellent working knowledge of data management together with strong project management skills.
• Demonstratable experience and expertise in people and culture, managing and leading teams.
• Strong coaching style and approach operating at all levels of an organisation.
• Delivered proactive and agile stakeholder management - communication, conflict resolution, negotiation to influencing.

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Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Degree in related field
• CIPD level 7 or level 5 with experience
• Experience of providing HR services in a complex global, matrixed environment.
• Experience of HR delivery within a professional services or financial services organisation.
• Strong multi-jurisdictional labour law knowledge and experience of handling complex employment relations cases across a wide range of geographies and cases.
• Career experience of working in another function other than HR, to ensure a wide range of business capability.
• Strong background and experience in streamlining HR delivery, optimising self-service and ensuring managers are capable an accountable.

Our Values

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful.  These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.