Shape the people strategy for Audit as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, translating business priorities, workforce information and external insight into practical people decisions. You’ll lead Senior HR Business Partners, influence workforce planning, organisation design, talent and succession, and guide complex change across a dynamic business area. The role offers high visibility and the opportunity to lead strategic priorities, strengthen the senior talent pipeline and ensure key people activity delivers meaningful outcomes. You’ll join a collaborative HR Business Partner team where you can coach others, challenge constructively and help create an inclusive, high-performing environment in which our people and the business can thrive.
Group Corporate Services (GCS) is the home for all internal support services that support the combined firm. Working with our Capability-led matrix and throughout the whole firm, GCS executes on our Group's strategic goals by enabling growth, protecting the firm and running operations effectively and efficiently, resulting in improved profitability. We do this using a ‘We are Group’ mindset.
The People and Resourcing domain’s purpose is to enable the Group’s business strategy through its people. We maintain our position as an employer of choice by fostering a Values-led culture, enabling our people to thrive, and delivering a positive experience through the employee lifecycle. We are a strategic HR function that leverages digitisation, automation, and data-driven insights to enhance decision-making and productivity.
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) team plays a critical role in enabling Audit to achieve its strategic priorities through its people. Working at the heart of a dynamic and evolving organisation, the team partners with senior leaders to shape workforce strategy, strengthen organisational effectiveness, lead complex transformation and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. Its work spans business growth, capability development, organisational change and innovative people solutions. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, highly visible team that influences business decisions and helps create an environment where our people and the business can thrive.
As Lead HR Business Partner for Audit, you’ll lead delivery of the people strategy for your assigned business area and act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders. You’ll translate business needs, management information and external market insight into clear people decisions, while leading a team of Senior HRBPs to provide an outstanding service to stakeholders. You’ll shape workforce planning, organisation design, senior talent and succession, lead people-related change and oversee key cyclical activity. You’ll also lead strategic Audit priorities, work closely with Centres of Excellence and deputise for the Head of HR when required.
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Provide trusted strategic advice, thought leadership and constructive challenge, using management information, external insight and industry best practice to inform organisation and people decisions.
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Build influential relationships across Audit, Group Corporate Services, Finance, Resourcing, Recruitment, Learning and wider operations to align workforce requirements and delivery.
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Champion the firm’s culture, values, behaviours and Inclusion, Diversity and Equality agenda, and deputise for the Head of HR when required.
