Job Information

I am currently working with a financial services organisation based in London. They have an opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join their team in the capacity as a Senior HR Officer.

The role will focus on the provision of a generalist HR service to staff and Partners, specifically within a number of fee-earning and support services departments in the London office and within some of the regional offices.

The role will involve the recruitment and selection of fee earning and support staff in own areas of responsibility, as well as assisting with the recruitment of the firm’s graduate trainees. The role will also involve dealing with a range of day to day employee relations issues and all the administration associated with this. The job holder may also be responsible for the administration associated with reward and benefits, including monthly payroll and pensions.

The job holder will also be expected to become involved in general HR project work : including the implementation of our new HR system - and assist other HR colleagues with recruitment and staff issues within other London departments and regional offices as necessary.

In addition, the HR department provides HR consultancy services (recruitment, employment law advice and contract development) to external clients of the firm and this role will involve assisting the Head of Human Resources on a wide range of issues.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide advice and direction to Partners and Managers as appropriate, on good HR practice and employment law
• Responsible for the recruitment of new members of staff in own areas of responsibility. This involves managing the recruitment process from preparing job descriptions and person specifications to conducting first interviews and arranging second interview shortlists. The recruitment process involves extensive liaison with staff partners, line managers and recruitment agencies to ensure that the whole process runs smoothly, including assisting with Tax recruitment up to Supervisor level.
• Conduct graduate interviews.
• With the HR Manager and Senior Manager, assist with the annual salary review process. Collating market rate salary information from a variety of sources, mainly recruitment agency contacts and managing all of the administration associated with the salary review
• Assist with the preparation of the monthly payroll changes to be sent to our payroll provider
• Assist with the monthly pension process and ensure that all relevant changes are processed through payroll
• General HR reporting on the Firm’s absence and turnover figures
• Assist the Head of HR with any client work that is referred to the HR department by the Partners of the firm
• Involvement in general HR and Learning and Development project work.
• Ad hoc duties as required, to support the managers and other team members.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• Ideally worked within the financial or professional services sector.
• CIPD qualified or Equivalent or working towards.
• Must have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, with a flexible and enthusiastic attitude to work.
• Good time management skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to work on your own initiative.
• Must have good working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• You will be friendly and highly organised and be a supportive team player.
• Knowledge of HR systems and databases together with a working knowledge of Payroll