Senior Employee Relations Lead
FNZ is a global wealth management platform provider.
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About FNZ
FNZ describes itself as 'wealth's growth platform', providing a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology, business operations, and investment operations within a regulated financial institution connected to a universe of investment products. The company serves banks, wealth managers, insurance companies, and asset managers, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform and nearly 30 million end investors served through its clients. Its offerings span wealth management platforms, advisor tools and productivity solutions, asset management distribution, and trade and post-trade securities services, along with a data platform combining an Operational Data Store, Analytical Data Warehouse, and Aggregated Data Warehouse to power analytics, machine learning, and generative AI insights. FNZ has notable clients including Santander, Colonial First State (CFS), Vanguard, Aviva, and Swedbank, and in 2025 announced a global five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot across its platform and operations. FNZ is backed by major institutional shareholders including Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), CPP Investments, Generation Investment Management, and Motive Partners.
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About the Role
You will lead the response to UK employment law reforms, translate legislation into practical policies, act as the employment law expert for the People team, and handle complex cases including grievances, disciplinaries and tribunal matters while driving continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Significant employee relations experience in a complex organisation
- Extensive knowledge of UK employment law
- Experience implementing legislative change
- Experience managing complex high-risk ER cases
- Experience partnering with Legal, Payroll and HR Systems
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Lead response to UK employment law reforms
- Translate legislation into policies, processes and guidance
- Partner with Legal and senior stakeholders
- Review and redesign employment policies and ER frameworks
- Act as employment law subject matter expert
- Coach People Partners on technical ER matters
- Advise on workforce change, consultation and redundancy
- Lead complex ER cases including grievances, disciplinaries and tribunals
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and compliance controls
- Drive continuous improvement across ER processes
Benefits
- Private health and life insurance
- Paid parental and volunteer leave
- Funded learning and professional development
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements