Senior HR Business Partner

The Role
Are you an experienced HR professional looking to partner dynamic executive leadership teams in an organisation with a strong sense of purpose and big transformation agenda? This is a great opportunity to work as an integral part of a senior leadership team, leading a team of HR business partners to build people leadership capability across the Financial Conduct Authority.
We are transforming to become a data-led regulator, that identifies and runs towards future problems, and embraces future opportunities. Our people function is at the heart of that transformation and our HR Business Partners are critical to enabling our success.
We will look to you to provide expert advice and guidance to senior leaders across the FCA. You will work directly with members of our Executive Committee, acting as trusted advisers, consulting with and advising them on the development of people strategies that will deliver our vision and business plan. You will work closely with their leadership teams to develop and execute those strategies, including talent management, organisational effectiveness, strategic workforce planning, diversity and inclusion, and employee retention & engagement. You will collaborate closely with your colleagues in our HR Centres of Expertise and your business areas, bringing business insight and advocating a client-centred approach to colleagues across HR and the rest of FCA Operations to develop solutions that help to deliver outcomes for the FCA, our colleagues, consumers, market participants and the economy. You will also contribute to the broader FCA Leadership through a number of cross-functional programs and initiatives.

To be successful in this role, you must be able to quickly grasp your business area, understand their priorities and translate them into the highest impact work. You will work with colleagues to develop insightful, evidence based recommendations to improve performance, retention and drive the overall employee experience. You will have the curiosity to see patterns, the tenacity to diagnose issues, the openness to think creatively and excellent intervention skills in order to use these insights to deliver business outcomes in both the short and long term.
This position will be based in London.
Skills/Experience Required Minimum We’re a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role. A minimum criterion needs to be measurable from reviewing a candidate’s CV.

• Experienced HR Professional, with demonstrable experience of working with businesses to develop people strategies that deliver business outcomes
• Engaging leader who can manage, coach and develop others
• An evidence based HR practitioner able to use metrics, data and evidence to develop impactful interventions

Essential

• You are an engaging leader who can set a vision, enthuse colleagues and lead and manage people, directly and/or indirectly to deliver business outcomes
• You have strong consultancy skills which enables you to contract clearly, diagnose issues, develop solutions, implement interventions and manage a wide range of stakeholders
• You are a competent manager of change projects who has the ability to assess priorities, clearly scope and contract deliverables, manage trade-offs and develop plans to successfully implement different types of change
• You are collaborative, with an ability to operate across organisational boundaries to gain buy in to your ideas and achieve successful outcomes
• You have an impactful personal presence and influencing skill that enables the development of strong client relationships
• You can work quickly to understand a business, identify opportunities and challenge where necessary to deliver best results
• You are curious about people and organisations, and you can apply that to develop insights and deliver creative intervention. You are open to feedback, and to your own development, and to supporting the development of those around you
• You have effective analytical skills, and an ability to use research, evidence, data and metrics to develop insights and create solutions

Desirable

• Experience of working within financial services may be helpful, but not essential
• Relevant industry or academic qualifications

About the FCA The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.
The FCA's Values & Diversity Our ambition is to create a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the society we serve, helping us to be a better regulator
Flexible working We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working from home, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.
Hybrid working The FCA also supports hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our office locations.
Useful Information

• This role is graded as Senior Manager - Corporate
• This role is based in London only
• Applications for this role close on 6th June 2023

The base salary range for this role is from £72,400 to £116,200 per annum (dependent on skills and experience) in London, plus an additional flexible allowance. Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash. Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 28 days holiday per year
• Private medical for yourself
• Pension contributions of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35).
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

If you are interested learning more about the role please contact:
For internal applicants, please contact Sara Holland on Sara.Holland2@fca.org.uk
For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam on Ifrah.Azam@fca.org.uk Please note – Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.