Quilter – Southampton, England, United Kingdom

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August 2025) and offers financial advice, investment platforms, multi‑asset solutions and discretionary fund management through its Affluent and High Net Worth segments. The Affluent segment includes the financial planning business, Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors. The High Net Worth segment provides discretionary fund management with Quilter Cheviot, including a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners with a presence throughout the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Our foundations are rooted in extraordinary expertise, and we remain ambitious to stay ahead, delivering an even greater difference to customers, communities and colleagues.

About the Role

Level: 4

Location: Southampton (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days in office)

Department: HR

Contract: Permanent

As an HR Business Partner at Quilter, you will play a strategic and consultative role, partnering with senior leaders to align and deliver people strategy with business objectives. You will partner closely with senior leaders and stakeholders to understand business priorities, translating them into people‑focused solutions across workforce planning, talent development, organisational design and change management. You will drive organisational performance, foster a high‑performance culture, and ensure regulatory compliance across all HR practices.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, providing expert guidance on talent, performance and organisational effectiveness.
• Champion a culture of excellence, integrity and inclusion, ensuring alignment with our values and client promise.
• Identify and develop key talent pipelines, focusing on leadership capability and retention of critical roles.
• Drive a high‑performance culture through coaching, feedback and structured review processes.
• Support year‑end compensation planning and reward strategies aligned with performance and market benchmarks.
• Lead people aspects of change programmes, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new ways of working; drive organisational design, change management and optimisation initiatives.
• Use people analytics to inform decisions, track progress and identify opportunities for improvement; provide regular reporting and insights to business leaders.
• Partner with the I&D team to embed inclusive practices and promote wellbeing across high‑pressure environments.
• Ensure HR practices meet regulatory standards and contribute to internal governance forums.
• Collaborate across HR, Finance, Compliance and Transformation to deliver joined‑up solutions.

About You

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist, ideally in financial services or a regulated environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Sound understanding of employment law and regulatory frameworks.
• Analytical mindset with confidence in interpreting HR data and metrics.
• High levels of discretion and ethical judgement, especially in sensitive or complex scenarios.
• Commercial acumen.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast‑paced, evolving business.
• Experience supporting change initiatives and organisational transformation.
• CIPD Level 5 or above (or equivalent qualification) preferred.

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and our communities.

Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we are one step ahead of our clients’ needs, encouraging experimentation and recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.

Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes, using ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth.

Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone; we speak openly, listen actively, support one another, challenge constructively and embrace new ideas.

Core Benefits

• Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
• Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate, incentivising business performance and personal contribution.
• Pension Scheme: A non‑contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
• Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase to include partner or children.
• Life Assurance: 4 × your salary.
• Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.
• Flexible benefits: UK employees can choose and pay for selected benefits via a salary deduction.