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HR Business Partner

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Hybrid
London, England, GBR
Senior level
Hybrid
London, England, GBR
Senior level
Supports EMEA Operations and Corporate Services leaders across the full HR lifecycle, including employee relations, workforce planning, recruitment, compensation, performance, talent management, organizational effectiveness, and diversity and inclusion. Provides risk-aware HR advice, coaches managers, supports organizational change and workforce planning, contributes to compensation processes, and uses HR data to inform decisions across a complex, global matrix environment.
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We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team to support EMEA Operations and Corporate Services divisions, reporting into the lead HRBP for Operations and Corporate Services. The role partners closely with senior stakeholders across London and EMEA, supporting approximately 1,200 employees and helping to deliver the people agenda across complex, matrixed business areas.
The role spans the full HR lifecycle, including employee relations, workforce planning, recruitment, reward, performance, talent management, organisational effectiveness and diversity and inclusion. It offers the right candidate an excellent opportunity to work in partnership with the business unit and the broader HR team on a variety of projects and initiatives.
The successful candidate will need to operate independently and proactively across the full range of HR disciplines, partnering with managers and senior leaders across Operations and Corporate Services.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

  • Relationship Management

  • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across multiple client groups, adapting style and approach to provide credible, practical HR partnership
  • Partner with Operations and Corporate Services MDs and EDs to shape and deliver talent priorities aligned to business objectives
  • Collaborate with HR product teams and regional HR colleagues to deliver joined-up advice, solutions and support to the business
  • Lead the effective delivery of global HR processes across the region, ensuring local business needs are understood and reflected
  • Develop insight into the Firm, business strategy and external market context to provide people advice that supports business unit and Firmwide goals
  • Employee Relations
  • Provide practical, risk-aware advice to managers on the interpretation and application of Morgan Stanley policies, procedures and employment practices
  • Advise on redundancy and organisational change processes, partnering with managers and legal counsel to ensure matters are handled fairly, consistently and with appropriate risk awareness
  • Advise and coach managers on complex employee relations matters, including performance, conduct, absence, disability, redundancy and compliance-related issues, ensuring matters are handled fairly, consistently and with sound judgement
  • Influence managers to address performance, conduct and compliance matters effectively, ensuring issues are managed consistently and escalated where required
  • Support managers in the management of short- and long-term absence and disability cases, working closely with Occupational Health, Benefits and other internal partners as appropriate
  • Resourcing

  • Partner with Recruitment, business COOs and senior stakeholders on workforce planning, hiring strategy and role-level decisions, ensuring recruitment activity supports both business needs and broader talent priorities
  • Guide hiring-related decisions at all levels, including compensation proposals, role levelling and background screening considerations
  • Talent Management

  • Coach managers to deliver effective performance feedback and support the consistent execution of the performance evaluation process
  • Partner with business leaders and global HR counterparts to deliver cyclical people processes in a way that supports talent outcomes and business priorities
  • Support leadership development, succession and career development initiatives, including selection for leadership programmes and actions to attract, develop and retain early-career and diverse talent across the client group
  • Work with the Talent team to identify development needs and deliver relevant learning solutions across the client group
  • Diversity & Inclusion

  • Support initiatives to attract, develop and retain early-career and diverse talent across the client group, while helping to strengthen inclusion and improve representation
  • Reward and Compensation

  • Advise managers and HR counterparts across EMEA and the US during the year-end compensation process, supporting fair, consistent and commercially informed reward decisions
  • Use HR data and insights to support business discussions, identify trends and inform people-related decisions
  • Maintain reliable management information by supporting data quality and audit activity, resolving discrepancies and advising on required updates
  • Provide guidance to managers on compensation structures and relevant regulatory requirements, ensuring decisions are made with appropriate governance and control

What you'll bring to the role:

  • At least 6 years of relevant HR Business Partner experience, ideally gained in a complex, global or matrixed environment
  • Degree educated or equivalent
  • CIPD qualification preferred
  • An ability to manage and develop relationships within matrix management structures
  • Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate fluently and effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing
  • Able to influence and persuade clients and colleagues
  • Strong results focus and ability to deliver
  • Rational and logical approach to problem-solving
  • Ability to manage expectations of clients and colleagues
  • Strong appreciation of employment-related risks, with ability to identify and escalate

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years.  Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.
Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

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