Head of People Boutique Financial Services

Overview
The mandate calls for a candidate who combines strategic judgement with practical delivery a credible adviser to senior leaders who is equally comfortable resolving a sensitive matter strengthening management capability or improving the foundations of the people function.

Mandate
Build a people function that supports the business with clarity discretion and commercial purpose. You will connect organisational priorities with the decisions that determine performance: whom the business appoints how it develops its people what it expects of its leaders and how it retains critical capability.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior leaders on organisation design workforce planning and succession.

• Lead recruitment onboarding development and retention across the business.

• Strengthen performance management and support managers in making clear fair decisions.

• Oversee employee relations people policies and core HR operations.

• Shape and deliver a people strategy aligned with business priorities.

• Bring considered advice to compensation benefits and reward decisions.

• Use people data to identify risks and inform leadership decisions.

• Establish proportionate processes that support the firm as it evolves.
  
  Required Experience

• You understand the balance a boutique requires: sound governance responsive delivery and processes suited to the scale of the business.

• We would welcome evidence of:

• Broad ownership across the employee lifecycle.

• Strong UK employment practice and employee relations knowledge.

• You bring senior HR or people leadership experience within financial services alongside a record of working directly with demanding stakeholders.

• Credibility advising senior leadership on sensitive people matters.

• Experience developing managers and improving organisational performance.

• The ability to move between strategic advice and hands-on execution.

• Discretion independence of judgement and clear communication.

• CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience would be welcomed.

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