Senior HR Business Partner - Financial Services

About the role

A financially astute and highly analytical Senior HR Business Partner is sought to drive organisational effectiveness, workforce strategy and business performance. The role requires expertise in organisational design, succession planning, competency frameworks, talent assessment and people analytics, and the ability to turn business objectives into measurable people strategies.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership and business heads to turn corporate objectives and operational challenges into workforce and talent strategies.
• Lead organisational reviews, job and work design, role evaluation, restructuring, manpower planning and workforce optimisation.
• Develop succession frameworks, identify critical roles and high-potential talent, and assess leadership readiness.
• Design and implement enterprise-wide competency models, assessment frameworks and capability mapping.
• Strengthen performance management systems, KPI frameworks, performance calibration and talent development interventions.
• Generate and interpret workforce data, build HR dashboards and give evidence-based recommendations to executives.
• Drive productivity, engagement, retention, leadership effectiveness and change management, and ensure people strategy aligns with regulatory requirements, HR policies and risk management.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations or a related field; a postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• Relevant professional certification (CIPM, SHRM, HRCI or equivalent).
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive HR experience, including substantial strategic HRBP exposure.
• Demonstrable experience in banking, microfinance, lending or other financial services institutions.
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical judgement and executive presence.

Required skills

• Workforce analytics, data interpretation and HR reporting tools
• Excel and Power BI
• Organisational design, job design, succession planning and competency frameworks

What we offer

• Net monthly remuneration of N1,300,000 plus performance-based incentives.