HR Business Partner, City of London

Portfolio HR & Reward are partnered with a continuously growing tech business who are looking to hire a track proven HR Business Partner to provide hands-on, commercially focused HR support across global teams. You will cover the full employee lifecycle, balancing day-to-day HR operations with trusted advice for line managers

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support managers with everyday HR queries, offering practical, commercially sound advice on policies, performance, conduct, absence, wellbeing, and employee relations.
• Help bring newly acquired businesses into the fold by aligning HR policies, terms and conditions, and ways of working.
• Guide and coach managers through restructures, role changes, and consultations, making sure the process is fair and transparent for everyone.
• Work with department heads on succession planning, role design, recruitment, and onboarding to bring in and retain great people.
• Team up with Reward colleagues on salary reviews and recognition, while keeping employee records and HR systems accurate and compliant.
• Collaborate with the wider People & Culture team to share knowledge, tidy up workflows, and make our core HR processes run smoothly.

Must Have

• Full CIPD qualification, or solid equivalent experience as an HR generalist in a fast-paced commercial business.
• Strong grasp of UK employment law and good HR practice, with the confidence to handle employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Real experience supporting restructures, consultations, and organisational design.
• A commercially minded self-starter who can work independently, spot risks early, and use HR data to back up decisions.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working in a private equity-backed or investor-led business.
• Background in M&A, post-deal integration, harmonising contracts, or TUPE transfers.
• Experience supporting international teams.

Who You’ll Work With

• Chief People Officer, Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, Line Managers, Employees, People & Culture Colleagues, and External Suppliers.

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.