HR Business Partner

1w1 week ago

IG Group

London, GB · Full-time · £70,000 – £95,000

About this role

IG is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions. Built on scale, trust, and proof, we offer genuinely complex problems to solve with the technology and resources to tackle them properly. Join us at IG – the future gets built here.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious HR professional to partner with senior leaders across Finance, Risk, and HR—three functions central to IG's governance, growth, and transformation. Reporting to the Head of HR for Group Functions & Trading & Operations, you will be the trusted HR partner delivering strategic people planning through to operational excellence.

Actively manage the relationship with the Chief Risk Officer, gaining valuable executive-level partnering experience. This role blends strategic and operational HR work, including organisational design, talent planning, and culture initiatives alongside core HR delivery. Build trusted relationships with leaders at all levels in these key functions.

Partner with managers to translate business needs into practical people solutions, deepening commercial impact. Step up stakeholder management while championing IG's values and performance principles. The high bar rewards a curious, forward-thinking mindset with a platform to define what comes next.

Requirements

Experience partnering with senior leaders in finance, risk, or HR functions
Proven executive-level stakeholder management and relationship building
Expertise in strategic workforce planning and headcount resource allocation
Strong skills in talent reviews, succession planning, and performance management
Ability to handle employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, and absence matters
Competence in coaching managers on performance conversations and underperformance
Knowledge of aligning people priorities with business objectives in a commercial environment
Familiarity with organisational design and culture initiatives in fintech or professional services

Responsibilities

Act as the primary HR partner for Finance, Risk, and HR functions, building trusted relationships with leaders at all levels
Actively manage the relationship with the Chief Risk Officer, providing proactive HR advice
Build and input to annual people plans for each client group, aligning people priorities with business objectives
Partner with leaders to understand future capability needs and translate these into workforce plans
Identify critical roles, skills gaps, and succession risks within client groups
Support performance management cycles, ensuring quality conversations, fair calibration, and appropriate differentiation
Own employee relations cases within client groups, managing them through to resolution
Champion IG's values and performance principles, role-modelling expected behaviours