Experience

Actis

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director, HR Operations

  • Jun 2019 - Present

• Senior HR Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Present



Saltwater

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Partner

  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2018

  Saltwater was a founded with a single aim, to use our understanding of recruiting businesses and enterprise talent acquisition to help business leaders overcome gaps in expertise to realise their vision. We possess 40 years of combined experience on the sell and buy side of executive and specialist recruiting, in the context of organisational HR and talent acquisition, and the leading of international staffing and strategic resourcing businesses to growth - it gives us a unique perspective. Our services have been developed to support business owners and leaders in the staffing sector, as well as those industry leaders endeavouring to unlock talent challenges. Show less



Crédit Agricole CIB

• France
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Human Resources

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017



Pantheon

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• HR Manager, Europe & Asia

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2015



USS Investment Management

• London, United Kingdom

• Human Resources Generalist

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2013

  Providing a full generalist HR Support function to 65 Front Office and 45 Operations and Support Staff. • Identifying resourcing requirements and working with Senior Management to recruit Company-wide. • Co-ordination of recruitment campaigns from start to finish. • Providing advice to line managers in respect of employee relations. • Advise on any company/departmental restructures and run subsequent redundancy processes. • Management and development of an annual appraisal, talent management and succession planning process. • Management of the annual salary review and bonus process. Preparation of Salary Survey data (McLagan), identifying peer groups and job codings, analysing the output and making recommendations to the Remuneration Committee. • Implementation of the Employee Incentive Plan. • Monthly HR Reporting to Senior Management. • Design and delivery of HR Projects, for example, Employee Satisfaction Survey. • Identifying training requirements and designing annual Training Plan. Show less



Terra Firma Capital Partners

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Resources Officer

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2010

  Ensuring the provision of a comprehensive generalist HR service within Terra Firma Capital Partners. • Management of recruitment processes for all professional staff from Analyst to Managing Director levels including opening discussions with the recruiting manager, appointment of Headhunters, Interviewing and testing candidates, through to offer and on-boarding. • Providing information for the preparation of the annual budget and monitor and report on performance against budget on a regular basis. • Developing guidance notes and advising Senior Management Team on all HR related issues, including redundancy. • Managing full salary review, bonus and promotion processes, including populating and maintaining compensation spreadsheets, making recommendations following benchmarking exercise and providing proposals to the Remuneration Committee. • Administering Capital Allocation & Carried Interest Payments in conjunction with Mourant in Guernsey. • Assist in the development and management of the personnel and training strategy within the framework of corporate strategy and policies. • Producing statistics and reports for internal use and Investor Due Diligence. • Monthly payroll administration and reporting (and initiating supplementary payroll runs for Capital Allocation payments) • Establish and maintain the Company HR administrative processes and systems. • Ensuring adequate and accurate records of all employees are kept and maintained to comply with local legislation. • Managing and mentoring two HR Administrators. Show less



Soden Construction Limited

• Kent

• HR & Office Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Jul 2006

  • Initiating a comprehensive recruitment procedure including writing job descriptions for each individual role, sourcing suitable media for recruitment advertising, formulating agreements with agencies, conducting first round interviews for all staff, and managing a recruitment budget. • Employee Relations, redundancy issues, disciplinary matters, grievances etc • Standardising all HR correspondence, contracts and procedures • Implementing appraisal procedure and co-ordination of all salary and bonus reviews • Reviewing payroll practice and administration of the company benefits schemes • Recruitment, management and training of all administration staff • Introduction of a Staff Administration Procedures Manual & Company Handbook • Creation of Personnel Database • 30% of the role involved office management including facilities, health & safety, company insurances, sourcing suppliers and maintaining supplier relationships, negotiating new contracts (cleaners, security etc). • Co-ordinated the office move from London to Kent • Management of Company Car Fleet and mobile phone distribution Show less



3i Group plc

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Human Resources for Continental Europe

  • Oct 2000 - Sep 2002

  • Recruitment and selection of support staff, writing job descriptions and person specifications, liaising with recruitment agencies, short listing candidates, interviewing, issuing contracts to successful candidates, starter administration • Giving advice on generalist HR issues to staff and managers including employment, redundancy, disciplinary, performance management, relocation, maternity and expat. issues • Dealing with a wide range of HR issues - recruitment and selection, employment legislation, employee relations and policy development and procedures • Organising the roll-out of Performance Management across offices in Europe, producing literature and organising training to promote new annual appraisal processes • Instrumental in ensuring a smooth transfer of staff leaving to take up expatriate assignments in Europe involving preparing the package, dealing with tax and social security issues, contact with the relocation company and maintaining constant contact with the expatriate during the relocation process and whilst on assignment • MBA recruitment both on-line and at universities worldwide, involving preparing advertisements, exhibition stands and promotional material, identifying suitable candidates, interviewing and generating letters of acceptance/regret. Show less