Associate HR Business Partner

Role Purpose: Join our HR team and play a key role in supporting talent across PIC. As an Associate HRBP, you will partner closely with HR Business Partners while owning your own caseload—covering employee relations, parental leave, flexible working requests, performance improvement plans, and disciplinary investigations. You will also help shape and maintain our HR policies, employee handbook, and employment contracts, ensuring everything stays clear, consistent, and compliant with UK employment legislation. A great opportunity to deepen your HR expertise, work across diverse client groups and make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and update HR policies, procedures, and systems to enhance the employee experience and drive measurable improvements.
• Manage non‑complex employee relations cases, coaching managers to resolve issues confidently and in line with UK employment legislation.
• Support the Strategic Workforce Plan by partnering with Finance, Talent Acquisition, and senior leaders to manage headcount and employment costs.
• Co‑deliver engaging training sessions on HR best practice, regulatory changes, talent management, and employment law.
• Produce clear, insightful reports with analysis and recommendations to improve processes and drive efficiency.

Knowledge of the financial services industry and experience working within a regulated environment.

• Technical experience working in an HR function or supporting HR teams across areas such as HR Ops, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Development, and/or HR Business Partnering.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Familiarity with capacity planning, flexible working, PIPs, and probation processes.
• Proven experience within one or more HR centres of excellence.
• Exposure to organisational design, operating model changes, or HR‑led change initiatives.
• Experience delivering HR projects on time and within budget.
• Experience reviewing and updating HR policies.
• HR qualification or professional accreditation beneficial but not essential.

Personal:

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Able to influence and persuade effectively, both directly and indirectly.
• Excellent at prioritising and meeting deadlines within set processes.
• Strong commercial judgement and decision‑making.
• Strong analytical skills, using data to create compelling insight and drive change – ideally with knowledge of Power BI.
• Empathetic, humble, and human‑centric in approach.

DE&I at PIC:

At PIC, we believe that true innovation stems from embracing diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to building a workplace where every individual, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or socio‑economic background, feels valued, heard and empowered to succeed. We hold ourselves accountable through ongoing initiatives, such as inclusive hiring practices, and equitable career development opportunities that support belonging and community. While we’re proud of our progress, we recognise there’s work ahead, and we remain dedicated to listening, learning and evolving together.