Senior People Partner, Funding Circle
9 Month FTC
2-3 days a week in office
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Open for applications
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We back small businesses with the finance they need to succeed. At Funding Circle, we understand running a business is hard work so we provide a fast, hassle-free experience for businesses looking for finance - with SME experts based in the UK.
Role
Who you are
- Proven previous experience in a Senior People Partner / People leadership role (10 years desirable)
- Experience supporting multiple senior executives. Ability to develop trusted relationships, credibility, and influence
- Knowledge of local laws and regulations in the UK and experience in dealing with complex employee relations issues
- An analytical mindset, capable of getting into detail with People data to draw insight. Must be comfortable using spreadsheets and creating pivot tables, v-lookups, and other basic formulas
- Please note that there is an expectation that this role will be in our London office a minimum of two to three days per week, and the successful candidate needs to be able to attend the office more if required
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior People Partner for a 9-month fixed-term maternity cover
- This role sits within our People Team, reporting to the Chief People Officer with line management responsibility of the People Partner team
- You will partner with Funding Circle’s leadership to identify, build, and execute HR strategies to meet business objectives
- You will understand the critical priorities and proactively contribute to a People agenda that supports the business while incorporating our values and adding to the strength of our culture
- The flagship project you will work on is our performance and salary review cycle
- This involves cross-collaboration with Senior Leadership and all People team functions to ensure an equitable and efficient process where high performance is celebrated
- You will contribute to our DEI roadmap and initiatives, drawing on previous experience to help create sustainable and accessible programmes and practices
- Being an advocate of company culture, ensuring all people initiatives, solutions and programs are reflective of the values of the organisation
- Working within the People Partner team to lead and support the resolution of highly complex and or high-risk people issues
- Leading and driving discrete and ad-hoc projects related to organisation design and other people change processes
- Applying data and analytics to help inform trends, identifying appropriate interventions and measuring impact
- Acting as a business partner to the other People functions; working closely with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, and Total Reward to ensure a seamless people experience for the business
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. More recently, however, trading in the group’s core UK market has been helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
40% female employees
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$100.5m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $372.9m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (formally Gym Pass)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business 2 days when in the office
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Samir Desai
(Non Executive Director)Previously a Consultant at BCG and an Investment Executive at Olivant focused on financial services businesses. Awarded a CBE for services to financial services in 2015.
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is CEO of Funding Circle. She is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Andrew Mullinger
(Co-founder)Founded Funding Circle in 2009 until hiring his replacement in 2016.
James Meekings
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Funding Circle in 2009 and was UK MD up until to 2019. He now spends his time helping, and investing in, early stage companies.
Sam Hodges
(Co-Founder)Sam founded our US business and was US MD up until 2018.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Poonam Verma (Director of Talent Development, Culture & Belonging)
- It’s in our differences that we find our strengths!
- We celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. So we’re building a culture where difference is valued. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe diversity makes us better. We particularly encourage applications from applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. We welcome applicants who may want to work flexibly
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