HR Business Partner

Company: Grant Thornton UK
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Location: Birmingham
Job Description:

  • This is a unique opportunity to join our CAS People Advisory team at a time of significant growth and transformation
  • As the business continues to evolve across Digital, HR Commercial and Finance, we’re strengthening our People Advisory capability to ensure we have the right support in place for the future
  • We’re seeking an experienced People Advisory Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to work alongside our Senior People Advisory Manager, playing a key role in shaping our service, influencing change and supporting the delivery of our people strategy
  • Deliver the people strategy in your client groups and work collaboratively with teams to embed a high-performance culture and mindset
  • Build trusted, influential relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as a valued advisor who shapes thinking, challenges constructively and drives meaningful change
  • Lead key people cyclical activity, including salary and bonus reviews and performance moderation, ensuring fair, commercially focused and consistent outcomes across the CAS business
  • Develop exceptional people manager capability by providing expert coaching, insight and pragmatic advice that enables confident, high-quality decision making
  • Be genuinely excited about the use of AI and how that can transform teams, the operating model and the way of work
  • Harness people data and analytics to identify trends, anticipate future needs and translate insight into actions that strengthen culture, capability and business performance
  • Be comfortable operating in the grey to guide and support your stakeholders through periods of change and flux
  • Have a forward-facing mindset with a focus on workforce planning, team shape, future talent and performance that is underpinned by the wider strategy and the firm’s I&D agenda
  • Closely support talent in CAS to understand their business case and to work collaboratively with them and wider stakeholders ensuring that robust objectives and development plans are in place
  • Support ER case activity as required
  • Inspire, coach, and challenge the CAS People Advisory Team, delivering candid, constructive feedback that builds capability, drives accountability, and elevates individual and team performance

Benefits

  • Income protection
  • Matched pension
  • Life cover
  • Private medical, including anytime access to Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
  • Professional subscriptions

Proven experience of leading cyclical HR activities whereby you can hit the ground runningIt would be great if you also had experience in a professional services environment, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the wayA track record of strategic HR delivery in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment, ideally as an HR Manager or HR Business PartnerConfidence navigating a matrix or multi-stakeholder environment at paceExperience of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders through organisational changeA commercial mindset, using HR data & insight to shape decisions and manage risk priorities

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026