New Job Opening: HR Manager (new, exclusive opportunity) in Belfast, UK

Job Description

HR Manager

• Belfast


• Excellent autonomy & opportunity to make a real impact


• Attractive salary & Benefits


• Flexible working hours and hybrid work pattern

We are hiring for our client, a high-growth financial services organisation, who are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join their leadership team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded HR Manager to act as the People Champion for a growing business, supporting leaders and employees across the full employee lifecycle.

The successful HR Manager will play a key role in organisational growth, employee engagement, change management, talent development, and employee relations while helping to shape and embed a positive people culture.

Top 3 Things to Know About this Job

• Strategic and operational HR Manager role with significant business partnering exposure


• Opportunity to support growth, acquisitions, integration projects and organisational change


• Join a progressive financial services business with a strong focus on people, culture and development

The Role

• Partner with senior leaders to deliver the people strategy and support business growth initiatives


• Support acquisitions and business integration projects, including organisational design, job architecture and harmonisation of terms and conditions


• Lead employee engagement initiatives, action planning and wellbeing programmes


• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on employee relations, absence management and performance issues


• Lead complex disciplinary, grievance, capability and appeal processes


• Support the development of a high-performance culture through performance management and development frameworks


• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and workforce planning activities across the hub


• Drive learning and development initiatives, including structured development programmes and apprenticeships


• Present HR updates and people insights to senior leadership teams and board meetings


• Partner with the Group HR Director to deliver key group-wide HR initiatives

The Person

• CIPD qualified (or equivalent)


• Significant HR Generalist experience, ideally gained within a standalone HR Manager or Business Partner role


• Experience within financial services, professional services or regulated environments would be advantageous


• Strong employment law knowledge


• Experience supporting organisational growth, change and business transformation


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills


• Commercially minded with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels


• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills


• Highly organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  
  

The Reward

• Attractive salary and benefits package


• Generous annual leave


• Flexible benefits package


• Permanent HR leadership opportunity


• Strategic role with exposure to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders


• Opportunity to influence business growth and culture


• Supportive and collaborative working environment


• Excellent long-term career prospects

Next Steps – Why Hunter Savage?

For further information and to apply for this HR Manager role, please contact Stephanie Mulholland at Hunter Savage for a confidential discussion.

Hunter Savage is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting HR professionals across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the UK.

We reserve the right to heighten shortlisting criteria dependent upon the calibre of response.