People Manager

Overview

In this role you will own the UK people agenda for a growing financial services business, acting as the sole HR presence in the UK. You’ll balance strategic oversight with day-to-day HR operations, partnering with senior stakeholders locally and at Head Office to drive talent, engagement and compliant people practices. You will support approximately 25 employees with planned growth and lead initiatives across recruitment, onboarding, ER, payroll, and culture. This is a high-impact, autonomous position in a fast-paced, international environment with a clear opportunity to shape the UK HR function.

Pay / Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted HR partner to business leaders and employees
• Manage recruitment and secure top talent in a competitive market
• Advise on employee relations, performance management and organisational change
• Oversee onboarding, exits, contractor populations and workforce planning
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation and regulatory requirements
• Oversee payroll, benefits administration and HR operations
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives
• Build relationships with regional and global stakeholders across the organisation
• Serve as the go-to HR expert for all UK people matters

Key requirements

• Standalone or highly autonomous HR experience
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Proven experience managing full employee lifecycle independently
• Excellent attention to detail and thorough approach
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset and problem-solving skills
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
• Comfort operating within matrixed and international organisations
• Commercial mindset with empathy and credibility
• Experience collaborating with head office teams in another geography

• stakeholder management
• influencing capability
• problem-solving
• UK employment law
• HR best practices
• employee relations

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