Head of HR

Job Description:

Core-Asset Consulting is recruiting on behalf of our client, a growing financial services organisation, for an experienced Head of HR to lead the firm's people strategy and HR function.

This is a senior, highly visible role working closely with the CEO, Directors and Board.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted strategic partner, helping to shape and deliver a forward-looking people strategy that supports the firm's growth ambitions while ensuring strong governance, regulatory compliance and effective people management.

• Strong HR experience from FCA regulated firm


• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent


• Strategic & Commercial Thinking


• Flexibility & Achieving Change


• Customer Focus


• Problem Solving & Analysis


• Communication


• Collaboration & Teamwork


• Developing Capability


• Valuing Diversity


• Relationship Building


• Credibility

• Act as a trusted partner to the CEO, Finance Director and Board, developing and delivering a forward-looking people strategy aligned with the firm's growth ambitions and wider objectives.


• Lead major HR projects, including taking a leading role in managing complex and difficult employee matters.


• Lead strategic workforce planning, organisational design and capability building, ensuring the business has the structure, talent and scalability required to support sustained growth while managing people cost and risk.


• Define, embed and uphold the firm's culture, values and desired behaviours as the business scales and integrates new teams.


• Lead the people-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions and integrations.


• Manage workforce due diligence, TUPE transfers and retention of key talent.


• Review terms, benefits and HR policies across acquired businesses.


• Appoint, lead, motivate and develop the HR team, with occasional travel between offices.


• Establish that departmental heads across the business are fully exercising their HR responsibilities, including staff development and training, performance appraisal, recruitment, promotion and redundancies.


• Handle cases involving alleged wrongful or unfair dismissal and attend courts or tribunals on behalf of the company.


• Monitor HR policies and procedures, initiating changes in response to legislative developments and evolving business objectives.


• Develop and implement new policies and procedures where required.


• Ensure the firm's training and education programme reflects the importance of compliance and meets FCA requirements under the Training and Competence sourcebook.


• Act as the point of escalation and oversight for SM&CR and HR regulatory matters, working closely with Compliance and Senior Management Functions on governance and processes.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.