HR Operations VP

HR Operations VP

London

Hybrid (3/2 split)

£420 - £730 per day (via Umbrella)

Contract up to 31st March 2027

cer Financial are working alongside a warm and exciting international bank, who are based in London. They are seeking a HR Operations VP to work with them on a contract.

Responsibilities:

• Lead delivery of regional HR ESG risk frameworks, covering diversity, gender pay gap and working time risks.
• Define roles and responsibilities across the three lines of defence, aligned to the banks EMEA governance model.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, HR and external consultants to understand regulatory requirements and ensure compliance.
• Review existing HR risk frameworks, identify gaps and areas requiring remediation, and develop a clear remediation plan.
• Own delivery of assigned framework capabilities, including policies, reporting, escalation channels, KRIs and dashboards/visualisations.
• Coordinate with partner teams and stakeholders to manage dependencies, ownership and delivery milestones.
• Work with the PMO to monitor progress and provide clear delivery updates.
• Engage HR leadership to secure approval and sign-off of target-state designs and deliverables.
• Transition completed frameworks and deliverables into BAU, ensuring clear ownership and ongoing governance.

The candidate will need:

• Strong experience in HR risk, risk frameworks, governance or ESG-related risk, ideally within a financial services environment.
• Ability to design and implement risk frameworks and translate requirements into practical processes and controls.
• Strong understanding of three lines of defence / risk governance models.
• Experience working with regulatory requirements and partnering with Legal, Risk and other control functions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly with senior HR and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to identify gaps, develop remediation plans and drive delivery across multiple teams.
• Comfortable working across complex programmes with multiple dependencies and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce clear framework documentation, reports and senior-level updates.
• Experience transitioning project deliverables into business-as-usual ownership and governance.