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Job summary
A leading wealth management firm in Reading seeks an HR Adviser to join their dynamic team. This full-time position offers hybrid working arrangements, requiring 3 days in the office. The role includes supporting HR operations, maintaining records, and enhancing employee relations within a rapidly growing firm. Candidates should demonstrate strong attention to detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and experience with HR Information Systems. Competitive benefits include a pension scheme, private medical insurance, and professional development support.
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Qualifications
- Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Deep understanding of MS Office applications.
- Experience developing and maintaining HR Information Systems.
- Experience in data analytics and problem resolution.
- Ability to interpret policies and modernize procedures.
- Experience in a rapidly growing or changing organization.
Responsibilities
- Act as a second tier point of contact for HR enquiries.
- Maintain accurate records in the HRIS system.
- Support annual processes across the employee lifecycle.
- Ensure policies are up to date with legislation changes.
- Enhance the resourcing experience for employees.
- Identify opportunities to drive process efficiency.
- Manage employee relations and maintain positive relationships.
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HR Adviser – Reading
Location: Reading, Hybrid working (3 days per week in office)
Reports to: HR Operations Lead
Type: Full time, permanent
What does Ascot Lloyd do?
Ascot Lloyd is one of the UK’s leading independent wealth management firms, proudly serving over 22,000 clients with a commitment to excellence. As one of the UK’s fastest‑growing national firms, we offer exciting opportunities across the country, with a focus around our 5 regional hubs. Backed by Nordic Capital, we are at the forefront of transforming the wealth management landscape. Our strategy is built on three core tenets: delivering expert financial advice, providing exceptional client service, and harnessing innovative technology to make wealth management easier and more accessible.
What’s on offer at Ascot Lloyd?
- Career Accelerator: Ascot Lloyd counts as one of the UK’s fastest‑growing national firms. A chance to work autonomously and drive forward your career in a high growth environment.
- Benefits: we give access to a generous pension, private medical, life assurance, critical illness cover, electric car salary sacrifice and paid time off for celebrations and volunteering—plus fun perks to help you thrive at work and beyond!
- Recognition and reward: we provide market‑competitive compensation, performance bonuses, and longer‑term incentives.
- Values‑Driven: We put people first, championing a client‑first approach, clarity, expertise, and collaboration.
- Support to Succeed: We invest in your personal and professional growth through our in‑house Learning and Development Portal, tailored training plans, sponsorship of professional memberships, and much more.
Apply today and start your journey as an HR Adviser at Ascot Lloyd!
What does the People team look like at Ascot Lloyd?
Join our dynamic HR department of 20+ professionals who are welcoming, collaborative, and values‑driven. We thrive on teamwork and encourage individuals who take initiative, work with accuracy, and bring a data‑driven mindset. Curiosity and a willingness to ask questions are celebrated, and mentorship from experienced colleagues is always available to support your growth. In return, you’ll enjoy a fast‑paced environment with diverse projects that provide the perfect platform to develop and advance your HR career.
Your impact on the wider business:
- Act as a second tier point of contact and escalation for HR enquiries, seeking pragmatic resolution in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate.
- Support the maintenance of our current HRIS system, maintaining accurate and compliant records.
- Work with the wider HR team to own or support on annual processes across the employee lifecycle from ‘Hire to retire’ such as: reward, recruitment, management information and other core activities.
- Work with the wider HR team to ensure policies are continually reviewed and up to date, ensuring changes to legislation are included, and uploaded to Athena.
- Support a ‘client first’, fully inclusive, resourcing experience which enhances our brand.
- Consistently review processes and workflow, identifying opportunities to drive efficiency and employee satisfaction and the continual development of a competitive employee value proposition.
- Support the effective case management of employee relations, focusing on creating and delivering people practices which develop and maintain positive working relationships and align to best practice/policies.
What you’ll bring to the position:
- Excellent attention to detail, coupled with the ability to use judgement & problem‑solving skills to manage complex scenarios.
- Excellent understanding of MS Office Package [Excel, PowerPoint, Word].
- Experience of developing and maintaining HR Information Systems.
- Experience of data analytics and complex problem resolution – high level of data fluency.
- Preferred – CIPD Level 3/5 qualified (or similar experience).
- The ability to interpret policy and procedures and apply to employee experience and modernise policies.
- Experience in an organisation/industry that has experienced rapid growth, transformation and/or best practice/functional excellence.
- Experience of working in a high paced, high change environment.
- The ability to use initiative and drive for results. Solutions focused.
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