HR Business Partner

About Allica Bank

Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in fintech.

Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers

Role Description

The role of HR BP at Allica Bank will be responsible for working with the Head of HR and the wider HR team, with all aspects of HR. You will also work closely with our 3rd party providers to ensure we deliver a best in class HR service delivery.

As a HR BP you will be accountable for partnering with senior and local management across the bank enabling the implementation of our people strategy by supporting both managers and employees as we continue to grow. You will be the allocated Business Partner for a portfolio of business areas, and as such, will be the first point of contact for, and have autonomy in, any complex people-related queries or activity.

As this is a generalist role, you’ll bring expert knowledge of employee relations, case management, employment legislation, L&D, reward, talent management, employee engagement, change management and wellbeing, as well as providing support on elements of HR administration.

You will be able to demonstrate well-rounded risk management, mitigation, and problem-solving skills. Behaviorally you’ll be commercially astute, with the ability to demonstrate your ability to coach, challenge and influence a wide range of business stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to provide HR expertise and support the alignment and delivery of the people strategy

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to improve HR effectiveness

• Partnering with functional leads to support with assessing and addressing current and future organisational requirements

• Develop people plans with individual functions aligned with the overall HR and organisational strategy focusing on org design, talent & succession, engagement, recruitment plans (alongside the recruitment team)

ER

• Support managers as required with advice relating to employee relations issues up to and including dismissal

• Proactive work with managers to upskill them on best practice when managing employee relations

• Maintain and develop policies and process to support Allica’s objectives in relation to employee relations

L&D

• Support the development of the L&D strategy and tactical actions which support the growth and development of Allica employees

• Own the implementation and on going delivery of the L&D agenda at Allica

• Work with and seek out 1st class 3rd party providers to support the L&D offering at Allica

• Work with finance and business wide stakeholders to manager the L&D budget in an effective manner

Reward

• Support the Head of HR in developing a reward framework to support Allica’s growth

• Support the Head of HR on the annual reward cycle – Bonus, Salary Review etc

HR Administration

• Act as the first point of contact for HR in your business area providing guidance to employees and managers

• Policy development and management

• Using HR data to provide meaningful insight to managers and colleagues driving change

Personal Attributes & Experience

• Previous Banking/FS experience is desirable

• Proven experience of designing and implementing an L&D framework

• Proven experience in managing work from multiple stakeholders to agreed deadlines/SLA’s

• Strong attention to detail

• Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers such as outsourced HR services, payroll providers, recruitment agencies, benefit providers and LinkedIn

• Experience using Direct sourcing tools (such as LinkedIn, talent pooling, Executive Search and working with relevant job boards)

• Commercial understanding of the business and how HR can support the requirements of stakeholders

• Ability to plan ahead to provide proactive HR support to the business

• Pragmatic, diplomatic, and a good team player

• Strong interpersonal skills, working effectively at all levels of the organisation

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind:

• Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities

• Options for flexible working

• Regular social activities

• 25 days holiday – with the option to Buy/Sell

• Pension contributions

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Private health cover (with the option to add family members)

• Life assurance

• Income Protection

• Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

• Season ticket loans

Don’t tick every box?

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate.

Diversity

We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.