HR Business Partner – Global Finance Function
- Location: London (Hybrid – 2/3 days onsite per week)
- Contract Length: 9 months
- Day Rate: £658.38 p/d via Umbrella
Overview
We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support a Global Finance function within a complex, matrixed organisation. This is a highly impactful role focused on data-driven decision making, organisational effectiveness, and workforce transformation.
Working closely with senior leaders, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the people strategy, leveraging HR analytics and insights to inform business decisions and drive performance.
Key Responsibilities
Productivity & Organisation Effectiveness
- Support the delivery of global transformation initiatives across the Finance function
- Leverage HR data (e.g. Workday, OrgVue) to generate insights and inform workforce planning
- Analyse trends to measure the impact of change programmes and identify opportunities for improvement
- Partner with Finance stakeholders on headcount planning, reporting, and forecasting
- Operate effectively within a matrix environment, collaborating across functions and geographies
- Work with country HR teams and HR PMO to ensure consistent delivery of global initiatives
Talent, Succession Planning & Diversity
- Support talent reviews and succession planning to build a robust leadership pipeline
- Collaborate with hiring managers and recruitment teams to ensure high-quality hiring decisions
- Contribute to and lead Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives
Purpose & Performance Culture
- Embed a high-performance culture aligned to organisational goals
- Coach and support leaders to drive inclusive and effective team performance
- Enable teams to deliver value through strong engagement and accountability
General HR Support
- Provide support on employee relations matters, ensuring a positive and compliant workplace
- Partner with HR Centres of Excellence, HR Operations, and regional HR teams to deliver core people processes
- Coordinate key HR activities and programmes across multiple markets
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner in a complex, fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end employee lifecycle and HR best practices
- Demonstrated ability to use HR data and analytics to drive insights and decision-making
- Experience supporting transformation, restructuring, or change initiatives
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders
- Strong attention to detail with experience in planning, tracking, and reporting project activity
- Ability to operate with autonomy, sound judgement, and comfort in ambiguity
- Knowledge of the UK employment landscape
- Experience working across global teams and multiple geographies (desirable)