Human Resource Business Partner

Job Purpose

The People & Culture Business Partner is an integral part of the People & Culture team, working in partnership with global, functional teams to deliver high-quality, commercially focused and legally compliant people support.
This role provides end-to-end generalist HR support across the employee lifecycle, combining strong operational delivery with trusted advisory support to people managers and stakeholders. You will play a key role in enabling the business to deliver its objectives by embedding effective people practices, supporting organisational change and post-acquisition integration, and ensuring a consistent, positive employee experience across One Gresham.
As a trusted partner, you will provide specialist coaching, guidance and influence to managers, maintaining excellent standards across core HR activity while contributing to the harmonisation and continuous improvement of people processes and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive business-as-usual HR support to people managers and stakeholders through the practical application of people policies, procedures and initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to managers, offering pragmatic and commercially sound guidance on performance management, conduct, absence, wellbeing and employee relations matters.
• Contribute to the One Gresham programme, supporting the harmonisation of people policies, terms and conditions, processes and practices across acquired businesses.
• Provide advisory and hands-on support on organisational design and change management activity, including restructures, role changes, consultation and resourcing decisions.
• Support and coach people managers through organisational change, ensuring a consistent, fair and engaging employee experience.
• Partner with managers to manage employee relations cases effectively, building confidence and capability in people management.
• Support managers with short-, medium- and long-term resourcing needs, including recruitment, role design, workforce planning and succession planning.
• Assist with recruitment, selection, onboarding and development activity to ensure high-quality hiring and effective integration of new starters.
• In conjunction with Reward and Benefits colleagues, support the delivery of reward, pay review and recognition processes.
• Maintain accurate people data, records and documentation, ensuring compliance, data integrity and consistency across HR systems and processes.
• Work collaboratively across the People & Culture team to share knowledge, ensure smooth handovers and maintain operational excellence.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency and quality within core HR processes and the employee experience.
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Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• 4-7 years of work experience.
• Significant experience delivering generalist HR support in a commercial environment.
• Strong working knowledge of India employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience supporting organisational change, such as restructures, consultation or organisational design.
• Proven ability to manage day-to-day HR operations independently and at pace.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to identify risks and implement practical solutions.
• Confident using HR systems and analysing people data to inform decision-making.

Desirable

• Experience in a private equity-backed or investor-led environment.
• Experience of mergers, acquisitions or post-acquisition integration, including harmonisation of terms and conditions or TUPE.
• International HR exposure, Netherlands, US and APAC.

Attributes

• Able to build strong working relationships and credibility at all levels of the organisation.
• Highly customer-focused, with a pragmatic, solutions-driven approach.
• Strong emotional intelligence, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive, adaptable and energised by working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with the wider team.

Key Stakeholders

• Chief People Officer
• Executive Leadership Team
• Senior Leadership Team
• People managers
• Employees
• People & Culture team
• Third-party suppliers and external partners

Equal Opportunities Statement
 
At Gresham, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported.
 
We make employment decisions based on merit, skills and potential, and do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic. We are also committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment lifecycle.

Company Summary  
 
Gresham is a global financial services technology company specialising in enterprise data automation. We help financial institutions ensure that their operational, regulatory and management data is complete, accurate, timely and fully auditable — particularly within complex environments where data is distributed across multiple systems. 
 
Our solutions automate data controls, reconciliations, workflows and exception management, enabling clients to reduce operational risk, strengthen data governance and enhance confidence in reporting across highly regulated environments. Serving both buy-side and sell-side organisations worldwide, Gresham partners with clients to deliver trusted, transparent and resilient data operations. 

Equal Opportunities Statement
 
At Gresham, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported.
 
We make employment decisions based on merit, skills and potential, and do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic. We are also committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment lifecycle.

Company Summary  
 
Gresham is a global financial services technology company specialising in enterprise data automation. We help financial institutions ensure that their operational, regulatory and management data is complete, accurate, timely and fully auditable — particularly within complex environments where data is distributed across multiple systems. 
 
Our solutions automate data controls, reconciliations, workflows and exception management, enabling clients to reduce operational risk, strengthen data governance and enhance confidence in reporting across highly regulated environments. Serving both buy-side and sell-side organisations worldwide, Gresham partners with clients to deliver trusted, transparent and resilient data operations.