HR Manager (new, exclusive opportunity)

HR Manager

• Belfast
• Excellent autonomy & opportunity to make a real impact
• Attractive salary & Benefits
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work pattern

We are hiring for our client, a high-growth financial services organisation, who are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join their leadership team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded HR Manager to act as the People Champion for a growing business, supporting leaders and employees across the full employee lifecycle.

The successful HR Manager will play a key role in organisational growth, employee engagement, change management, talent development, and employee relations while helping to shape and embed a positive people culture.

Top 3 Things to Know About this Job

• Strategic and operational HR Manager role with significant business partnering exposure
• Opportunity to support growth, acquisitions, integration projects and organisational change
• Join a progressive financial services business with a strong focus on people, culture and development

The Role

• Partner with senior leaders to deliver the people strategy and support business growth initiatives
• Support acquisitions and business integration projects, including organisational design, job architecture and harmonisation of terms and conditions
• Lead employee engagement initiatives, action planning and wellbeing programmes
• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on employee relations, absence management and performance issues
• Lead complex disciplinary, grievance, capability and appeal processes
• Support the development of a high-performance culture through performance management and development frameworks
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and workforce planning activities across the hub
• Drive learning and development initiatives, including structured development programmes and apprenticeships
• Present HR updates and people insights to senior leadership teams and board meetings
• Partner with the Group HR Director to deliver key group-wide HR initiatives

The Person

• CIPD qualified (or equivalent)
• Significant HR Generalist experience, ideally gained within a standalone HR Manager or Business Partner role
• Experience within financial services, professional services or regulated environments would be advantageous
• Strong employment law knowledge
• Experience supporting organisational growth, change and business transformation
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Commercially minded with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Highly organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

The Reward

• Attractive salary and benefits package
• Generous annual leave
• Flexible benefits package
• Permanent HR leadership opportunity
• Strategic role with exposure to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders
• Opportunity to influence business growth and culture
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• Excellent long-term career prospects