Senior Specialist, HR Business Partner

Senior HR Business Partner - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Are you an experienced HR professional with experience of working in a regulated environment and ready for your next challenge at FCE Bank plc?

We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join FCE Bank plc, part of Ford Motor Company, on a full-time, 18 month fixed term contract providing maternity leave cover.

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the delivery of key business objectives, partnering across the organisation to align our people strategy with our organisational goals while supporting a strong culture of compliance, controls and positive employee experience.

Location:

Dunton
- Hybrid working model with 4 days onsite

Contract Type:
Full Time, 18 Month Fixed Term Contract
- Maternity Leave Cover

Reporting to:
Manager, HR Compliance & Business Partner

FCE Bank plc is a dual-regulated bank and a proud part of Ford Motor Company - a globally recognised brand leading its transformation towards electric and connected vehicles.

FCE plays a vital role in this journey, providing innovative financing solutions that enable customers to access Ford vehicles, while supporting dealers and the wider automotive ecosystem. Through Ford Money, we also offer secure and accessible savings products in the UK and Germany.

Joining FCE means being part of a global, forward-looking organisation focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences, building long-term relationships, and driving innovation as we evolve our business for the future.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. In this role, you will partner across the organisation to align our people strategy with our organisational goals, supporting leaders and employees through a wide range of people-related matters.

Based at our Dunton campus in Essex, you will serve as a strategic partner to assigned business units, providing comprehensive HR guidance and coaching leaders and employees across key areas including employee relations, performance management, organisational change, workforce planning, compliance and controls.

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to assigned business areas

• Provide guidance across the full employee lifecycle

• Coach leaders to build engaged, high-performing teams

• Support compliant, business-aligned people outcomes within a regulated environment

As our Senior HR Business Partner, you will act as a champion of our company culture and values, partnering strategically across the business at varying levels to foster an engaged and high-performing workforce.

• Partner with business leaders to align people strategies with organisational goals, acting as a trusted advisor and coach.

• Provide strategic insight and guidance on organisational design, workforce planning and performance management.

• Guide and enable leaders to optimise performance, navigate change and deliver business-aligned outcomes.

• Partner with leaders and employees to manage complex employee relations matters, including investigations, disciplinaries and grievances.

• Provide regular updates on cases and partner with key stakeholders to support business-aligned, legally compliant approaches and outcomes.

• Apply sound judgement to minimise risk, promote fairness and support positive employee experiences.

• Guide leaders through effective organisational change and functional restructuring to achieve business objectives.

• Advise on people impacts, change management approaches and compliant consultation processes where required.

• Support sustainable people solutions during periods of business transformation.

• Facilitate and coach managers and employees through our Performance+ cycle, including goal setting, feedback, reviews, compensation review cycle and performance enhancement plans.

• Drive performance management processes aligned to company policies, enabling leaders to build high-performing teams.

• Support a culture of accountability, continuous development and constructive performance conversations.

• Collaborate with HRBPs, People Leaders and the Talent Team to deliver effective talent and workforce planning strategies.

• Help ensure FCE has the right talent, with the right skills, at the right time.

• Identify current and future needs and contribute towards solutions across recruitment, succession planning and skills development.

• Ensure consistent application of HR policies and compliance with employment law and regulatory requirements.

• Contribute towards the design, implementation and maintenance of effective HR controls to support legal, regulatory and internal policy requirements.

• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory changes, identifying opportunities to strengthen people-related policies and frameworks.

• Partner with second line of defence functions where required to support credible regulatory submissions for our SM&CR population.