Senior HR Business Partner

Description

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Department

EDF Trading's Human Resources team are based in London and Houston and provide a full range of HR support to all the Company’s offices.

Position purpose

The Senior HRBP serves as a strategic advisor to the trading desks and leadership. You will align the people strategy with commercial objectives in a volatile market.

Main responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Act as a trusted partner to Senior Traders and Heads of Desk, providing data-driven insights to influence business decisions, workforce planning, and organizational design.
• Organizational Development: Lead initiatives in organizational design, workforce planning, and cultural transformation to improve efficiency.
• Talent & Succession Planning: Drive talent management strategies, including identifying high-potential employees and establishing robust succession plans.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Partner with Legal and Compliance to mitigate people-related risks, including conduct, regulatory changes, and employee relations in highly regulated environments.
• Data-Driven Insights: Leverage HR analytics and workforce metrics to identify trends, pre-empt future challenges, and measure program effectiveness.
• Coaching & Leadership: Coach senior leaders to enhance their people management capabilities and mentor junior members of the HR team.
• HR Project Leadership: lead in the implementation of specific projects, procedures and guidelines to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the organisation.

Experience required

The ideal candidate will be a highly credible individual with a proven track record in developing, managing and implementing HR strategies across a range of business areas.

Deep understanding of the commodity lifecycle, trading P&L, risk management (VaR, hedging), and the impact of global events on market volatility.

They will have a broad range of HR experience and will be happy to do a mix of operational and strategic work.

Technical requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification
• Experience of utilising HR systems (Workday)
• Strong understanding of employment law.
• High level of proficiency in digital HR tools

Person specification

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent advisory skills, with the ability to manage all levels of stakeholders, including commercial employees
• High level influencing skills and ability to build relationships
• Proactive and diligent, with excellent attention to detail
• Autonomous and highly organised, with good prioritisation skills.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Resilience