HR Business Partner

£45,000 + Bonus

Manchester City Centre | Hybrid

This is a newly created opportunity for a HR professional to step into a high-impact role within a growing Accounts division, partnering directly with senior leaders to shape and strengthen the people agenda.

With continued organic growth and recent acquisition activity, the business is investing in dedicated HR support for the division — creating a role with real scope across manager development, performance, engagement, employee relations and people integration.

You’ll work closely with leadership to align people priorities with commercial objectives, while helping build the structure, consistency and capability needed to support the next phase of growth.

Why this role is different

• True business partnering role with direct access to senior leaders and managers
• Opportunity to shape and improve key people processes in a growing division
• Broad remit across development, appraisals, engagement, ER and talent planning
• Exposure to M&A people integration workstreams
• Newly created role with clear scope to grow as the business scales

Role overview

As the HR Business Partner (HRBP) for the Accounts division, you will play a pivotal role in aligning people strategies with business objectives. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and managers, driving workforce performance, engagement and development across the division.

This role requires a proactive, commercially minded HR professional who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, client-focused environment and enjoys balancing strategic input with practical day-to-day support.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Accounts leadership team to understand business goals and translate these into people priorities and HR plans
• Influence and support workforce planning, succession planning and talent management initiatives
• Lead / support People Integration activity across Accounts M&A workstreams
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent practice
• Coach and mentor line managers through the full performance lifecycle, including appraisals, 1:1s, salary reviews, promotions and underperformance
• Champion initiatives that support a high-performance culture and employee engagement
• Work closely with recruitment teams to attract and retain talent aligned to the division’s growth plans
• Support onboarding, training and career development programmes
• Act as an advocate for Group culture and values across all people initiatives
• Contribute to wider HR projects as required

About you

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner, People Partner or Senior HR Advisor role
• Strong generalist HR background with confidence across both strategic and operational activity
• Comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing managers at different levels
• Strong employee relations experience and sound employment law knowledge
• Experience supporting performance management, appraisals and manager capability development
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent practical experience)
• Experience of M&A integration / TUPE would be advantageous
• Experience in professional services would be advantageous

What’s on offer

• Salary up to £45,000
• Annual bonus
• Hybrid working (Manchester City Centre base)
• Newly created role with genuine scope to shape the position and grow with the business

If you’re looking for an HR role where you can make a visible impact, build strong stakeholder relationships and help shape a growing division, please apply for a confidential discussion.