Senior HR Business Partner

Corient is the world’s largest multi-family office and non-bank wealth manager focused on serving ultra-high- and high-net-worth clients. As the industry’s only global professional services partnership, we combine the personal service and objectivity of a boutique with the scale and resources of a global institution. Our partnership model fosters collaboration over competition, bringing together the collective expertise of Corient to each relationship to deliver a transparent, client-first experience.

As a fully integrated global firm, we deliver comprehensive solutions across investment management, wealth strategy and family office services to help clients simplify their lives, manage their wealth and establish lasting legacies.

The Senior HR Business Partner will deliver the people agenda across the UK during a period of significant organisational change, with specific HR business partnering oversight of Corporate Functions. Working closely with senior functional leaders, managers and the global HR team, the role will translate and execute global people strategies, frameworks and programmes locally, ensuring they are applied consistently while reflecting local business priorities, employment requirements and market context.

The role will provide practical HR advice, lead complex employee matters and change activity, and ensure core people processes are delivered effectively. The role will line manage HR Coordinators and deputise for the HR Director, UK & Europe, when required.

• Act as the lead HR Business Partner for Corporate Functions and the main HR contact for leaders and managers across the UK, with support also covering the British Isles from time to time, providing practical, timely and commercially balanced advice.
• Deputise for the HR Director, UK & Europe, as required, representing HR in leadership meetings, progressing agreed priorities and providing continuity during periods of absence.
• Work with managers on workforce requirements, performance, development, engagement, retention and succession activity.
• Use people data and case trends to identify issues, support decisions and recommend practical actions.
• Coach managers to handle people matters confidently, consistently and in line with policy.
• Maintain end-to-end oversight of the people agenda for Corporate Functions, working with functional leaders to align workforce, organisation design, talent, performance, succession, engagement and capability priorities with global functional strategies and local business needs.
• Partner closely with the global HR team, HR specialist functions and regional colleagues to shape and execute global people strategies, frameworks and programmes locally, adapting delivery where necessary to meet UK and British Isles business, legal and cultural requirements while maintaining global consistency.

• Manage the HR delivery of organisational change, integration and restructuring activity, including planning, documentation, consultation and implementation.
• Enable the effective people integration of acquired businesses, supporting the organisation’s strong M&A appetite by partnering with global and local stakeholders on due diligence, integration planning, organisational alignment, cultural integration and the timely delivery of people-related commitments.
• Support leaders with role design, team structures, resource requirements and capability gaps.
• Assess employee impacts and risks and prepare clear consultation, communication and engagement plans.
• Track actions, risks and outcomes and provide regular progress updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships…