Senior HR Business Partner

Job Description

The VacancyOVERALL SUMMARYAt Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you dont tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your workand home life. Reporting to the Head of HR - Lending, the Senior HRBP will work closely with the Group COO to develop people solutions that will help drive business objectives, whilst enabling employees to flourish. The role holder will build robust relationships with key business stakeholders, providing strategic HR advice and practical guidance across multiple client groups, whilst ensuring all HR activities are fully aligned to the overall HR people plan. RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partnering in the delivery of people activities including talent & succession planning, compensation process, engagement programmes and operating model changes.
• Strategically partnering with the management teams to improve diversity and inclusion through developing and sharing a clear view on diversity and inclusion within the business area, facilitating regular full rounded discussions with management teams onD&I, and ensuring all demographic characteristics are being considered and discussed.
• Directing the Group COO business partnering team to deliver an excellent HR service to the functional teams including Technology, Central Change, Security and Resilience, Third Party Management and Workplace Services
• Partnering with the Group COO and senior stakeholders on organisational design and changing operating models including identify people risks and issues arising from the proposed change activities.
• Identify training and development needs to assist employees in aligning to future skills required by the bank.
• Working closely with the businesses to recognise their resourcing needs. Providing oversight to the TABPs to ensure delivery of an efficient, cost effective, creative talent acquisition strategy to attract diverse candidates, ensuring an integrated onboardingprocess with the Group COO HR Business Partner team.
• Contributing to the development of the Groups Employer Brand
• Encouraging an inclusive culture through tone from the top and role modelling the company values and expected behaviours.
• Developing a high performing team through the recruitment, selection, development, reward, and succession planning within the Group COO HR Business Partner

Developing Our People: as a line manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and motivating your team, as well as developing performance through coaching. You will encourage your team to take responsibility for their own personal developmentand provide support through regular feedback. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF HAVE:

• Ability to effectively partner senior stakeholders across the business with a confident and credible approach; excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Evidence of managing high performing teams, able to lead, coach and engage a team of recruitment and HR professionals
• Keen interest in diversity and inclusion with experience in designing practical initiatives to improve diversity, whilst maintaining an inclusion culture
• Proven ability to use data insight in decision making, identify themes and the bigger picture

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE:

• Experience of working within Financial Services.

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application formin an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back. ABOUT USFor roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working. Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purposeis to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term. To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://careers To find out more about life at Close Brothers:https://life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541 To find out more about our benefits:https://employee-benefits To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:https://inclusion