HR Business Partner

HR BUSINESS PARTNER / LONDON / HYBRID / COMPETITIVE BASIC SALARY OF BETWEEN £50000-£60000 DEPENDENT UPON EXPERIENCE / PLUS BENEFITS

About The Team / Role

A dynamic and strategic HR Business Partner to provide HR support to People Leaders and employees across Europe. In this pivotal role, you will partner with leadership of all levels to drive impactful people strategies that align with our business objectives. You will be a trusted advisor, leveraging your expertise to foster a high-performance culture and contribute directly to WEX’s continued growth and success. Reporting to the HR Director - Europe, this role will provide strategic HRBP generalist support to People Leaders and employees within their dedicated client groups in Europe. In partnership with our HR Centers of Excellence teams, you will cover functional HR areas including leadership development, talent management, strategy, employee engagement, compensation, reward, organisational development, and change projects. This position plays a key role in developing a high-performance culture with engaged teams in a positive working environment. 

What’s On Offer

• Highly competitive salary £50000-£60000 (dependant on experience)
• Annual company bonus
• 40-hour week – Monday to Friday
• Hybrid working- from either our Manchester or London Bridge office
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Private Medical
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Gym Flex membership
• Discounts & perks platform
• Employee wellbeing

How You’ll Make An Impact

HR Business Partner, Europe

• Operate as a strategic HR Business Partner, build strong and credible relationships with key stakeholders, and act as a trusted advisor to dedicated client groups in Europe. 
• Work with autonomy to partner with the business and HR leadership to develop and implement HR strategies and people imperatives to support the business needs including driving people performance, revenue, organisational effectiveness, and growth.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to the business on HR process design, implementation, employment law, talent management, talent development, and execution of all HR needs supporting the business and People Leaders with HR queries or issues. 
• Support organisational design and restructuring initiatives in your dedicated client groups in multiple jurisdictions to optimise structure, roles and responsibilities.
• Be a subject matter expert for HR best practices and impart knowledge to global HR colleagues, People Leaders, and employees where applicable and appropriate to do so. 
• Partner with leaders of all levels to provide advice and coaching on employment-related matters to enable them to effectively manage issues including performance issues and terminations of employment.
• Act as a liaison between the business and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) and business units, ensuring alignment of HR programs, policies, and initiatives with business needs and objectives. 
• Demonstrate strong project management skills, including planning, organizing, stakeholder management, and executing HR initiatives with attention to detail and effective time management. Contributing to and/or leading ad-hoc HR projects.
• Provide strategic guidance and support on change management initiatives, ensuring effective communication and stakeholder engagement throughout the change process.
• Contribute to the development of efficient, scalable HR processes, modified as appropriate to support corporate design and local needs.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in HR including AI, driving innovation, efficiencies, automation, and excellence in HR practices and processes.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of employment law and ensure that HR policies and procedures reflect current status, and that managers understand their obligations and responsibilities in this regard. Be the local HRBP contact for one or more European countries to support HR compliance at WEX.
• Support the efforts to manage positive labor relations in Europe including collective bargaining, negotiations, social dialogue, employment rights, trade unions, disputes, fines, and specific in-country agreements or exceptions made to standard practice as outcomes. 
• Provide support and guidance to employees in a confidential manner when required.

Talent and Culture

• Facilitate the annual HR lifecycle for your dedicated client groups including the annual performance review process, compensation planning, talent management programs, and talent development processes. 
• Partner with People Leaders in your client groups on strategic workforce planning initiatives, forecast talent needs and identify succession and development opportunities.
• Partner with People Leaders to implement learning and development strategies and initiatives including internal training and building capability across all levels within your dedicated client group. 
• Identify skills gaps and collaborate with the Talent team to implement leadership and management development programs. 
• Use HR analytics to provide insights on workforce trends, opportunities for improvement, engagement, and performance to influence decision-making. Translate insights into actionable recommendations that support organisational goals and drive business success.
• Support People Leaders to continuously enhance employee engagement including the annual survey and effective action-planning in Europe. 
• Partner with the global Employee Relations team to provide expert advice on complex HR cases and to proactively implement preventable measures ensuring a risk-based approach to employee relations and compliance. 

Experience You’ll Bring

Essential

• CIPD qualified (or studying towards qualification).
• Strong HR generalist experience in a relevant organisation (e.g. start-up, fin-tech, agile, undergoing significant change, international footprint).
• Senior HRBP experience
• Sound understanding and application of employment law, both locally in the UK and in one or more European jurisdictions (specifically Italy, France, Netherlands, Germany, or Belgium).
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into HR solutions.
• International and/or experience working with one or more European markets that WEX operates in.
• Experience with HR Project Management.
• Strong influencer; proven consulting and coaching skills.
• Strong people skills; relates well to people from all backgrounds and levels; able to work across cultures.
• Effective decision maker and problem solver with a growth mindset.
• Effective communicator and great stakeholder management capabilities with the ability to build strong trusting relationships. 
• Ability to travel to European offices, sometimes at short notice.

Preferred

• Language skills – Italian, German, Dutch, or French.
• M&A experience (pre and post-activity/change management).
• Numerate & able to use Excel to intermediate level; strong analytical skills and ability to manipulate and present data.
• Able to deal with setbacks and change – must be robust in approach and flexible.
• Works at pace – has energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude. 
• Flexibility and customer-focused approach to work effectively and responsively in a fast changing environment.
• Effective time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex questions and adversarial situations.
• Demonstrated attention to quality and strategic orientation to work.
• Demonstrated partnering, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Highly proficient user of Google Suite and Microsoft Office packages.
• Experience of using Workday as a HRIS.

What’s next?
If you believe you have the experience for our HR BUSINESS PARTNER here at WEX then please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of application
We do not accept speculative CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.