Head of People

Who are we

Lumon is a leading fintech company specialising in foreign exchange and international payments. Were passionate about empowering individuals and businesses to effortlessly manage their overseas transactions. We are on a mission to become the worlds most trusted currency partner and are always on the look out for those who will help us achieve that.

Life at Lumon

People are always at the heart of what we do no matter if its our clients our community or our Lumoneers. To give you a little flavour of what we mean

We are a proud charity partner of Future First who support children in schools across the UK. We are a carbon neutral business. We are committed to Equity Diversity and Inclusion; our EDI committee serves an important role at Lumon by challenging the status quo and helping us move the needle. We really want to make Lumon a great place to work where people feel comfortable being themselves and where we can attract as much diversity as we possibly can. If this sounds good to you then were thrilled youre considering joining our team!

The Role

We have exciting expansion plans and finding fantastic people to join the team is vital to those. As we embark on our next phase of growth we are looking for a Head of People to lead Recruitment and Business Partnering across our Private and Corporate divisions in the UK Spain France Portugal and Ireland with Cyprus and Greece coming this role youll partner with C-Suite Executives and their leadership teams be able to have a meaningful impact on Lumons future strategy and success and will report directly to the CPO.

So what does that actually mean

In a nutshell:

• Partner with business leaders to ensure we have the best structures and teams in place to deliver our business ambitions

• Enable the transformation of our B2B Sales division in close partnership with the Chief Commerical Officer

• Develop and deliver a robust talent management process elevating the performance of our Lumoneers and ensuring we have the right succession plans in place

• Run the annual benchmarking process salary reviews and continually review and improve our variable pay plans

• Oversee all international expansion from an HR perspective

• Improve our EVP to ensure we attract and retain the best talent for Lumon

• Support employee relations in the UK and internationally as required

• Support the CPO to deliver culture and change programmes

• Work closely with the rest of the people team on projects

The most important attribute you can bring to this job is your ambition to have a big impact on a growing business a willingness to work hard and the right ingenuity to make that happen.

We look for people who strive to improve are restless in their desire to exceed expectations but who know that working as a team brings better results than working alone.

What else will help you to succeed in this role

• 10 years of HR experience in rapidly scaling organisations ideally within financial services

• Strong knowledge of UK and European employment legislation (inc. TUPE)

• In-depth understanding of end-to-end talent management

• Experience in reward: annual processes benchmarking designing variable and LTI plans etc

• An ability to influence senior decision makers

• An ability to improve on processes

• A desire to learn and bring that mindset to the team

• A data-driven approach to decision making

• A champion of diversity and inclusion

• Additional languages are a plus ideally Spanish or Portuguese

We put great value on anyone who can say yes to all our success criteria and someone that wants to play a leading role in our people team.

What Youll Get

• A competitive salary

• 25 days of annual leave with a chance to purchase up to 5 additional days

• Birthday day off

• Free monthly company lunches

• Summer and Christmas parties and other fun social events throughout the year

• Access to Pirkx benefits platform which includes online GP cashback and discounts on shopping and restaurants gym discounts and more!

• Medicash health scheme for you and your family

• Cycle to work scheme

• Quiet/Prayer room in Head Office

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Mental Health First Aiders

• Pension

• 4x Life Assurance

• Ongoing training and development

• Enhanced maternity leave

• Menopause support

• 2 additional days a year for Moments that Matter

Lumon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex sexual orientation age marital status disability or gender identity.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace please highlight this at the earliest opportunity we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process.