HR Business Partner 

Edinburgh; office based 

• Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things?   
• Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on experience? 
• Do you want to have the opportunity to people partner with business leaders in a high growth Fintech? 

If so, we would love to hear from you! 

We are looking for high-energy, and value-adding talent to join Modulr, the fastest growing payments business in the UK and Europe, to play a key partnering role in our People & Culture team. 

About Us  

At Modulr our mission is to move money efficiently to power business productivity. We are building a new digital payments service to make money flow more efficiently through businesses and the economy. This is a new type of payments account that is built for businesses that need faster, easier and more reliable ways to move money. 

Our flexible platform and innovate approach allows our customers to utilise our payments account instead of a traditional bank account. Our accounts come with a sort code and account number, access to payment systems (eg Faster Payments and Visa) and everything our customers need from a payments account. They can instantly open as many accounts as they need, automate how they make and receive payments as well as the reconciliation processes these create. All in real time, 24/7 through their own systems utilising our API that integrates into any platform. 

Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by payments giants PayPal Ventures and FIS Ventures, as well as startup and scale up specialists Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog and Highland Europe which enables us to leverage their resources and expertise to drive our growth initiatives. These partnerships provide us with the necessary provisions to propel our business to new heights. 

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 People Partner is a vital role within Modulr 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 Edinburgh office and responsibilities include:  

• Partner with leaders and line managers to develop and deliver clear people plans aligned to Modulr’s strategic goals for their functions, providing HR support and guidance when needed, anticipating and flagging risks. 
• Lead and manage complex employee relation cases, supporting managers with practical advice and guidance in line with current legislation. 
• Proactively work with senior leaders and line managers on people projects such as succession planning and talent reviews. 
• Drive workforce planning and resource management discussions with senior leaders to develop clear action plans for our Talent team.  
• Influence and advise senior leaders on organisational design to drive organisational effectiveness 
• Advise line managers and employees on aspects of the performance review process, ensuring consistency of approach. 
• Help to manage and support the wider People & Culture team on annual processes such as compensation review and performance management. 
• Collaborate on initiatives to enhance organisational effectiveness, culture and employee engagement. 
• Lead on ad hoc projects for the People function. 

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 

• An excellent working knowledge of HR with a previous role that included responsibilities in ER, performance management, stakeholder management. 
• Outstanding stakeholder experience and ability to challenge senior stakeholders. 
• Ideally have experience in financial services, professional services or scale up business 
• Experience of working in an international setting would be an advantage. 
• Outstanding communication skills and superb attention to detail is a must! 
• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment. 
• Capacity to work efficiently and stay calm under pressure. 
• Ability to deal with confidential information and always maintain confidentiality. 
• The ability to work independently and problem solve effectively. 
• A flexible, can-do attitude with the ability to work to deadlines. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills. 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills. 
• Strong IT literacy (Microsoft Office, Excel, HR systems) 

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. 

• Share Options Incentive Scheme 
• 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 colleaguesfor 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 WeWork in 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. 

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