Employee Relations Manager, Grant Thornton UK
6 Month FTC
Leading UK professional services firm offering audit, tax, and advisory
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Leading UK professional services firm offering audit, tax, and advisory
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make businesses more personal by investing in building relationships.
Role
Who you are
- Joining us as an Employee Relations Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a Human Resources professional qualification, ideally Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) with post qualification HR experience as a specialist in Employee Relations demonstrating the following skills:
- Experience of managing a formal process of grievance, appeal, capability and disciplinary
- Experience of advising on and being involved in restructures, changes to terms and conditions or negotiated exits weighing up the risks and using judgement
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal - to hold formal meetings, provide and create supporting documentation including report writing
- Attention to detail and ability to self-review own work and others
What the job involves
- Employee Relations Manager – fixed term contract
- Maternity cover for six months duration
- Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals
- Employee Relations is a specialist team, part of People Operations within People & Culture
- We provide everyday advice, guidance and support on complex people matters and change management
- We are the subject matter experts in employment law, application of policies and procedures and managing the employment relationship
- It’s a small team that covers a national remit so location is not important, but this may mean some travel is required
- We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours; we’ll support you to balance your work and life
- Provide advice, guidance and support to Business Leaders, Service Line teams and the wider People & Culture teams on wide-ranging employee relations matters and change management
- Oversee, manage and provide support to the people who chair disciplinary, grievance and appeal investigations, bringing technical skills as well as management skills to effectively support and conclude the process
- Advise on and provide a range of solutions on conflict resolutions and complex long term sickness absence and capability matters
- Project manage discrete projects and/or support on firmwide change programmes such as restructures, redundancies, process reviews, TUPE acquisitions and disposals, business transfers outside of TUPE, and consultation programmes
Our take
Grant Thornton UK is a leading professional services firm that's part of a global network spanning over 150 countries and more than 76,000 people. With 23 offices across the UK and a team of over 5,000, they combine an international reach with deep local insight.
It specialises in audit, tax, and advisory services, but what really sets it apart is its focus on fresh thinking and building strong, personal relationships. From helping CFOs digitise their operations to advising on high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, Grant Thornton works across a wide range of industries to tackle complex challenges and unlock real progress.
Recently, the company has doubled down on its growth, welcoming hundreds of new trainees, launching digital-first roles, and promoting key talent into leadership. With investments in technology and talent development, it's building future-ready teams for clients and pushing into new markets.
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Company benefits
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Matched pension
- Private medical, including anytime access to Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
- Professional subscriptions
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Malcolm Gomersall
(CEO)Malcolm has been at Grant Thornton since 2001, holding various roles including Office/Regional Managing Partner and Business Unit Leader. And he became CEO of the company in 2024.
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