Head of HR

We're partnering with a highly successful financial services organisation to appoint a Head of HR to lead their UK People function. A rare opportunity to own end-to-end people strategy, drive culture, and shape long-term career development in a growing, high-performance environment.

The Opportunity

You will work closely with senior leadership to shape and oversee all HR operations. You'll lead a small, high-performing team and ensure the organisation's culture, values and people-centric approach remain at the core of every decision. This role requires a proactive, agile HR leader with the ability to influence, innovate and drive long-term career development across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day HR function, ensuring high-quality service delivery across all people processes.
• Provide trusted HR advice to senior leaders and coach managers to strengthen people leadership capability.
• Lead talent management and development initiatives.
• Manage the annual performance and compensation review cycles.
• Champion company culture, values and DEI, ensuring inclusive and consistent people practices.
• Oversee early-career programmes.
• Maintain HR governance, compliance, policy updates and expert handling of complex employee relations cases.
• Ensure robust HR data integrity, reporting and monthly cost/budget oversight.

Experience and qualities

• 10+ years HR leadership experience, ideally within financial services.
• Agile, innovative approach with a focus on engaging and positively influencing others.
• Proven ability to drive and sustain a positive and engaging culture.
• Strong employment law expertise with confidence handling complex ER cases.
• Commercial, pragmatic partnering skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, strong judgement and the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.

Offering competitive total compensation package that will include strong benefits and bonus component.

This role will require someone to be on site 5 days per week.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.