Senior HR Business Partner - FTC

Office Based

• Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking to innovate?
• Do you want to work in embedded payments where you can keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on experience?
• Do you want to have the opportunity to people partner with business leaders in a Fintech company?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We want to hire ambitious, and value-adding talent into Modulr, one of the fastest growing payments businesses in the UK and Europe. Modulr is experiencing significant growth, and this role will play a key partnering role in our People & Culture team.

About us

At Modulr, our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments. Modulr enables businesses, from SMEs to Enterprise, initially across the UK and Europe to efficiently pay-in, collect and disburse funds instantly via a range of payment schemes, accounts, and card products.  

We have created an industry-leading API platform with comprehensive online tools and access, to meet the demands of daily business payments. We have two routes to market. Our Core Business Payments product allows customers in any sector to connect to us and our expanding network of accounting and payroll platforms, including Sage, Xero, BrightPay and IRIS to automate payments. Our Vertical Solutions targets a growing range of industry verticals which directly connect their IT platforms to our APIs and webhooks. We solve complex payment problems for hundreds of clients in a range of industries, including Travel, Lending, Wage Advance, and Investment & Wealth.  

We are deeply integrated into the payment eco-system. In the UK, we are direct participants of Faster Payments and Bacs. Modulr hold settlement accounts at the Bank of England. Our payment network connectivity includes CHAPS, Open Banking, SEPA, SWIFT and account issuance in multiple currencies. We are principal issuing members of Visa and Mastercard schemes across UK and Europe.  

Our regulatory permissions and governance structure are the foundations of our business. We are regulated and supervised as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (AEMI) in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and in the Netherlands by De Nederlandsche Bank.  

Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by the venture arms of payments giants PayPal and FIS, as well as growth investors Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog Capital and Highland Europe.  

Modulr now has over 400 employees spread globally across offices in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Mumbai. 

Modulr values

• Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile
• Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest
• Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way
• Achieve it together, working as a team and being Modulite

The Role

The Senior People Partner is a vital role within Modulr leading a team of People Partners, supporting the day-to-day HR requirements as well as inputting into the longer-term People strategy. This role partners with business leaders, coaches, provides constructive challenges, and supports business area planning. The role is based in our London office and responsibilities include: 

• Be an integral part of directorate senior leadership teams, driving the delivery of Modulr people priorities, ensuring strategic alignment between organisational strategy and local people difficulties
• Responsible for building long-term strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, contributing to key business aims and building people management and leadership capability

• Leadership of the People Partner team deputising for the Director of People and Culture where appropriate.
• Lead and manage complex employee relation cases, supporting managers with practical advice and guidance in line with current legislation.

• Use data and insight to inform decision-making; use People Metrics to inform key insights and develop solutions to key business problems
• Collaborate with line management and Finance Business Partners to deliver the annual business planning cycle and associated people activity, including guiding workforce planning and change management
• Utilise the full HR service offer to land interventions to improve people management capability. Provide two-way insight and support to improve HR services and land key people initiatives
• Engage with confidence to run and implement projects and work programmes using clear and engaging delivery and methodology
• Consider emerging research and findings that have potential to add value to the organisation
• Provide input into the controls and mechanisms which support the organisational design and operation of the organisation

About you:

The successful People Partner will have an exceptional track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role. We value knowledge and experience - and so are more interested in finding out about your skills and expertise than your academic qualifications.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in utilising quantitative and qualitative organisational data to influence judgements and outcomes
• Leadership skills and or experience in leading people.
• Navigate complex organisational structures and dynamics to develop insights and a deeper knowledge of core business strategy
• Ability to solve complex problems using conceptual and practical knowledge across a range of related HR disciplines
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills at all levels of the organisation to drive outcomes
• Bring evidence-based perspectives, critical thinking and thought leadership as an HR professional
• Able to question and influence at all levels with an assured approach to managing conflict and gaining credibility quickly
• Ability to develop internal and external networks and use these to assist delivery

What can Modulr offer you

You’ll be part of a cross disciplinary team(s), some might be in Edinburgh, London, or Amsterdam. We are friendly and sociable, challenging but rewarding. We want you to push yourself and for us to support you in your future as we scale up and grow. Our culture and values are putting you first and are about investing in your future.

• Company Bonus - the more successful we are together; the more company bonus we offer
• Enhanced Pension
• Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs
• Perkbox - enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + your birthday off - choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones
• Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But, we don’t want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels and platforms to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr.
• Modulr hands-on - join your colleagues for our company wide events throughout the year.
• Great workspace - Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We have state of the art offices located in Exchange Cresent Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.

ModInclusion 

We believe that by seeing Modulr, and the world, from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all.​ We want you to know that the things that make you, you — like your identity, age, ability, and background — are things that we will always celebrate and support with open arms.  As such, we are keen to maximise the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.