Senior HR Business Partner

Simplybiz; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000

Job description

Permanent | Salary up to £65,000

At Fintel plc, we are on a mission to help financial professionals create better outcomes for their clients. As the UK’s leading provider of technology, regulatory, and business support services to the retail financial services sector, our people are at the heart of everything we do.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation, and fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and high-performing culture is key to our success. To help us achieve this, we’re seeking an exceptional Senior HR Business Partner to join our team and play a pivotal role in driving culture, engagement, and change across the business.

About the Role

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will work closely with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that support our ambitious growth plans and cultural aspirations. You will be instrumental in embedding our values and behaviours, driving engagement initiatives, and ensuring that our people are empowered to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

This role is all about creating meaningful change and building a workplace where trust, accountability, and collaboration enable exceptional performance.

The role will require a presence across our sites in the South of England, primarily at Aylesbury (Bucks), Teddington and Dorking (Surrey) with the ability to travel further afield on occasion, for example, to our Head Office in Huddersfield.

Key Responsibilities

1. Culture and Engagement:
2. Change Management:
3. Strategic Partnering:
4. Employee Relations:
5. Employee Experience:
6. Performance and Development:
7. HR Analytics:
8. Policy and Compliance:
9. Talent Development:

About You

You’ll bring:

1. Significant experience in HR Business Partnering or a senior HR role, ideally within a dynamic, fast-growing organisation.
2. A strong focus on culture, employee engagement, and organisational development.
3. Expertise in leading complex change initiatives and embedding new ways of working.
4. Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility across all levels.
5. A strategic mindset with the ability to balance big-picture thinking with hands-on delivery.
6. Strong knowledge of HR best practices, employment law, and the latest trends in people and culture.
7. CIPD Level 7 qualification (or equivalent experience).

What We Offer

1. A comprehensive benefits package, including pension and a wide range of funded insured benefits (Income Protection, Life Assurance, Critical Illness), Medical Cash Plan, and access to our flexible benefits platform.
2. 25 days holiday per year, increasing to 29 with length of service, and ability to buy up to a week's worth in addition each year.
3. 1 day off for your birthday every year.
4. Discretionary performance-based annual bonus.
5. Access to our annual calendar of wellbeing initiatives.
6. Hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance.
7. Opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development.
8. A vibrant and inclusive workplace culture where your ideas and contributions are truly valued.

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.