HR Manager

Financial Services | Hybrid

Are you an experienced HR leader who thrives in a hands on, fast paced environment while still contributing to strategic people priorities? This role offers the best of both — the opportunity to shape the people agenda while staying close to day to day delivery and team development.

We’re looking for an HR Manager who can partner closely with the HR Director and senior leadership team to strengthen leadership capability, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the business has the people foundations it needs to grow.

About the role

You’ll take ownership of a broad HR remit, ensuring the function delivers a high quality, commercially focused service. Your work will span everything from developing your team, to coaching managers, to driving people centric change initiatives.

A typical week could involve reviewing ER data with managers, designing a development workshop, supporting a restructure, or guiding your team through a complex case. You’ll be the person leaders turn to for clarity, confidence and practical solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, contributing to strategic discussions and supporting the delivery of business objectives.

• Lead, coach and develop a team of five HR professionals, ensuring high performance, accountability and continuous growth.

• Oversee the full spectrum of generalist HR activity — recruitment, performance, policy, legislation, and day to day people support.

• Provide confident, timely guidance on employee relations matters, ensuring issues are resolved fairly and efficiently.

• Strengthen leadership and management capability through coaching, guidance and targeted development interventions.

• Design and deliver training sessions that build core skills and support a culture of learning.

• Play a key role in organisational change, including restructures and consultation processes.

• Drive HR projects that enhance processes, improve efficiency and elevate the employee experience.

• Monitor team performance, productivity and service quality, ensuring HR delivers in a professional and cost effective way.

• Hold regular 1:1s, oversee annual performance reviews and support ongoing development conversations.

• Stay up to date with employment legislation and industry best practice, ensuring compliance and proactive risk management.

• Represent and model company values in all interactions and decision making.

• Travel to other offices when required.

What you’ll bring

• CIPD Level 5 or above

• Proven experience leading and developing an HR team.

• Strong generalist background with depth in ER, performance management and development planning.

• Experience in a fast paced, customer focused, high volume environment — Financial Services experience is desirable.

• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance people and business needs.

• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.

• A blend of strategic thinking and hands on delivery.

Why join?

You’ll be joining a medium sized Financial Services business that genuinely invests in people development and continuous improvement. This is a role with visibility, influence and the scope to shape how HR supports the organisation — while still staying close to the work that makes a real difference day to day.