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HR Manager (EMEA/APAC) – Financial Services – 12?Month FTC (Confidential Search)

A leading financial services firm is seeking an experienced HR professional for a 12?month fixed?term contract to support and manage HR operations across EMEA and APAC. This role oversees the full employee lifecycle, ensures regulatory compliance, and partners with senior stakeholders in a highly regulated environment. Managed confidentially by a third party.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily HR operations and HRIS (Workday).
• Ensure compliance with labour laws, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Maintain HR data accuracy, integrity, and regulatory reporting standards.
• Lead employee relations cases and act as a key escalation point.
• Support performance management, goal?setting, and talent processes.
• Deliver HR projects across multiple jurisdictions in line with business needs.
• Partner with senior leaders to embed HR best practice within financial services.
• Oversee talent acquisition, onboarding, development, retention, and offboarding.
• Ensure robust data privacy and manage external HR vendors.

Skills & Experience

• Degree in HR, Business, or related field.
• Financial services HR experience is essential.
• Experience within global or European HR functions.
• Strong HRIS capability (Workday preferred).
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.
• Strong understanding of labour law and HR governance in regulated environments.
• Proactive, adaptable, and able to work autonomously.

Interested?

For further detail or to discuss the role confidentially, please get in touch.

Bruin recognises the positive value of diversity, and aims to promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. As a champion of equal opportunity employment we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions and beliefs. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services industry. Our clients work with us because they value a diverse workforce, and subscribe to our shared principle that all appointments are made on merit and that ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.