People Business Partner in London

About finova

finova is the UK's largest cloud-based mortgages and savings software provider, supporting over 60 leading lenders, 3000 mortgage brokers and 200 financial institutions.  Our suite of award-winning software includes a Core Banking Platform, Broker Platform and finova Connect, a range of solutions that connect lenders, intermediaries and consumer. Fast implementation and open architecture are at the centre of our technology, giving our customers the flexibility to integrate into their existing system or configure solutions to meet the needs of their business.

The People Team

The People Team provides support to all 450+ colleagues across finova. Our priority is the wellbeing and happiness of our colleagues, ensuring they enjoy their work environment and their life at finova. We are a close-knit team who strive for the best in everything we do. We have grown considerably over the past couple of years as the business has grown so that we can provide a first-class service to our colleagues. We work closely alongside the business to partner with them in achieving their successes.

People Business Partner

About you:

• You are a true HR generalist with proven experience, ideally gained within scaling tech/fintech company/start-up (this isn't essential)
• You will be passionate about the colleague experience at finova and you will feel comfortable collaborating with other members of the team and wider Group
• Experience of working in a Business Partnering model
• Employee engagement and L&D experience preferable
• Superb communication skills and the ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels
• Proactive and pragmatic, and not afraid rolling up their sleeves to getting things done
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy is crucial
• Resilient and adaptable, and can support ongoing change and growth
• Great attention to detail
• You will be a team player
• Knowledgeable about UK employment laws and HR best practices

What you will be doing:

• Working closely with business leaders and line managers to build their people capability
• Be the trusted advisor for a wide range of people-related initiatives and projects
• Managing complex employee relations matters
• Influencing and building relationships with people around the business
• Creating a culture of continuous feedback on performance and talent management and provide support and coaching to employees and managers
• Implementing and facilitating the end-to-end employee lifecycle from onboarding to performance assessments and pay reviews to offboarding; with an emphasis on creating a positive, nurturing environment for colleagues
• Overseeing and ensuring the effective running of People Operations including; payroll and benefits, managing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers to improve our employee value propositions
• Working together with the People Team to review and refine group people policies and procedures to ensure company compliance
• Working to continuously improve Employee Engagement across the group, including the management of pulse surveys to gauge success and driving engagement initiatives
• Be a driver of our values to promote a positive workplace culture
• Own our HR systems, data and controls and provide accurate HR analytics and reporting to senior stakeholders; applying a data driven approach to guide senior management on key employee areas of concern from turnover to diversity

What will you get from joining the finova family?

Flexible Working:

• 25 days holiday in each calendar year plus bank holidays 
• Bank Holiday trading: flexibility to work bank holidays and take another day off that fits your values, beliefs or celebration calendar better
• Increasing your work life balance, holiday trading allows employees to buy an extra 5 days holidays
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks a year
• We recognise the importance of juggling family and work life therefore finova offer a flexible hybrid working policy
• We're open to applicants from all walks of life, please feel free to ask us if you require flexible working and we'll do our best to accommodate

Looking After You:

• Life Assurance, Group Income Protection and Private Medical Insurance
• Pension scheme via Salary Exchange
• Employee Assistance Programme with counselling sessions available 
• Virtual GP to save you time in trying to get an in-person appointment

Family Friendly policy:

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss

Extra Perks:

• Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Access to a huge range of benefits & discounts for shops, restaurants and gym memberships
• Free fresh fruit daily
• Share your passions and Interests with like-minded people through our colleague networks and social groups - from book clubs to fitness challenges and group parties 

Giving you the chance to give back:

• Give-As-You-Earn scheme allowing you to support your favourite charities straight from your monthly salary 
•  One days paid volunteering day a year

Equal Opportunity Statement

Diverse teams really are the best teams, we promote a working environment in which diversity is recognised, valued and encouraged. We acknowledge the multi-cultural and diverse nature of the UK workforce and society in general. We are committed to principles of fairness and mutual respect where everyone accepts the concept of individual responsibility. Our policy seeks to ensure job applicants and employees are treated fairly and without favour or prejudice. We are committed to applying this throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

We know that some candidates (and, from the research we've seen, especially women) may feel less inclined to apply for a role if they don't quite meet every requirement of the role. If you like the look of a role but you're not 100% sure if your skillset will meet our requirements, please reach out and we will be happy to talk through your experiences.

Personal Data

finova retains applicants' personal data on our HR System for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating applications and contacting candidates to discuss job opportunities. For unsuccessful candidates, finova will retain your personal data and CV for the duration of 6 months.