People Partner, iwoca
6 Month Fixed-Term Contract
£55-65k
+ Employee share options scheme
1-3 days a week in office
Online loans for small businesses
Job no longer available
Online loans for small businesses
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
£55-65k
+ Employee share options scheme
1-3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give small business owners a great experience while getting the finance they need.
Role
Who you are
- Solid experience in HR at a high-growth company
- Extremely high attention to detail, even when working at a fast pace and spinning many plates
- Great communication skills, and able to engage effectively with people from across the business
- A keen interest in HR strategy and innovations. You read blogs, attend webinars or listen to podcasts to learn about the latest developments in HR, and are keen to research and try out new ideas for making our HR function truly great
- A growth mindset. We want people who are hands on and are happy to dive in and learn new skills, rather than just relying on previous experience
- Extremely proactive, and able to identify tasks that need to be done or ways of improving existing processes
- Obsessed with efficiency, keen to find ways to do things faster and better
- A great problem solver, able to think on your feet
- Extremely personable, kind and empathetic, without compromising your objectivity
- Able to prioritise so that you use your time most effectively to contribute towards the business goals
Desirable
- Some knowledge of data analytics, e.g. proficient in use of Google Sheets (e.g. pivot tables, functions, data validation, etc.)
- Experience working with Germany based teams or with German Employment Law.Experience with German Employment Law
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a passionate People Partner to join our team for a 6 month FTC
- Our People Operations team consists of People Ops & People Experience Partners (7), Talent Partners (4) and an Office & Culture Manager
- Our mission is to create and support a team of truly exceptional performers, who really, really love being at iwoca
- You will work to develop the capability of our managers through coaching and mentoring, helping them be exceptional leaders and to develop high-performing teams
- You will nurture a culture of continuous learning, radical candour and humility across the organisation, focusing particularly on those teams you are supporting
- You will facilitate a seamless performance review and salary review processes for the teams you support
- You will act as a subject matter expert on any Employee Relation cases that arise within the teams you support e.g. performance issues, disciplinaries, grievances etc
- You will take the lead on some strategic projects such as our improving our cross-team integration, well-being initiatives, manager training etc
- You will be responsible for relaying payroll changes and inputs & benefits admin process for your business areas to our People Experience team
- You will 'own' the relationship with one or more of our senior leadership team members and manage the People relationship for their department
- You’ll recommend improvements and ways of working with the aim of improving and simplifying our employee experience
- Some of the teams you will be supporting are based in Germany, so some knowledge of German employment law and process is preferable but not a requirement
- Willingness to understand the team culture in Germany, learn the nuances of the employment law landscape and ensure that our German team feels like a valued part of the iwoca team is essential
Salary benchmarks
Our take
UK SME's are the backbone of a complex economy that is constantly changing, so the need for fast and responsive access to finance is becoming more and more important to ensure their success and growth. iwoca allows SMEs access to business loans in less than a minute, with its API and business marketplace partnerships.
With offerings like iwoca's, gone are the days where waiting up to eight weeks for a loan decision was viable. Its simplified business loans of £1,000 - £500,000 come with no fees attached, and applying online takes no more than five minutes. The ready availability of iwoca loans gives business owners a level of certainty, so that they can make instant decisions to help their business grow.
iwoca has made a number of partnerships with other players in the business finance space, including an impressive industry-first invoice checkout integration with QuickBooks. Funding raised by the company, which is now operating at net profitability, will enable it to meet a recent surge in demand for corporate loans. The company has made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since launching, positioning itself as a leading European fintech.
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33% female employees
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Great opportunities available to learn from both individuals through shadowing, and teams through presentations and even secondment opportunities -..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2019
$13.2m
GRANT
Feb 2019
$26.4m
SERIES D
Total funding: $95.7m
Company benefits
- Flexible working across all teams.
- Twice a year we rent houses in places like Sicily and the French Alps where each team can work together for a week poolside.
- Share options after six months.
- Comprehensive health insurance and cash plans.
- Gym discounts and weekly yoga classes.
- Each floor of iwoca HQ has a fully stocked fridge for breakfast.
- Every Friday we unwind with beers and wine.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave for new parents plus a nursery benefit.
- Unlimited unpaid leave.
- The time and budget to invest in your professional development.
Company values
- Motivated: Going to work shouldn't feel like a slog, so we want everyone in the team to personally care about what they're working on. We stay motivated by celebrating our wins, learning from our mistakes, and always looking for new gaps to step into.
- Smart: At iwoca being smart isn't about what you know, it's about how you think. Smart thinking means looking at each problem by asking ‘why’ first, then figuring out ‘how’.
- Humble: We know all ideas are flawed, all code has bugs, and everyone makes mistakes - it’s how we learn. For us, being humble means you question yourself first, rather than your team.
- Growth Mindset: We think there's always a better way to solve a problem. So we never let ourselves get comfortable with being good enough.
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
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Founders
Christoph Rieche
(CEO)7 years of experience in finance, most recently as a VP at Goldman Sachs.
James Dear
(Head of Systems & Numbers)Previously a VP at Deutsche Bank. Has a PhD in Physics from King's College London.
People progressing
Joined as a Customer Onboarder, moved into the Broker Team and has most recently been promoted to Partnerships Manager.
Diversity & Inclusion at iwoca
- We work hard to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that diversity isn't an optional add-on, it's the core ingredient of what makes us great.
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