Across Scotland’s financial services market, HR teams are being pulled into some of the most business-critical transformation programmes the sector has seen in years.
From restructures and operating model redesigns through to TUPE activity, workforce consultation and large-scale change programmes, organisations are increasingly recognising that successful transformation depends as much on people strategy as it does on commercial delivery.
That shift is creating significant demand for experienced HR professionals who can operate in complex, high-pressure environments. Particularly within Glasgow and the wider Scottish market, we’re seeing growing demand for HR Business Partners with deep expertise across workforce change, consultation processes, union engagement and organisational restructuring.
At Meraki Talent, we’ve continued to strengthen our HR offering across Scotland because many of the organisations we already partner with across financial services, professional services and corporate functions are now asking for specialist HR support during periods of transformation and change.
As part of that growth, we’re currently supporting a major financial services client in Glasgow with the build-out of a significant HR project team tied to a national restructure and TUPE programme.
The project will require multiple experienced HR Business Partners with backgrounds including:
- Workforce consultation and redundancy programmes.
- TUPE transfers and organisational restructuring.
- Union and works council engagement.
- Workforce change and transformation.
- Stakeholder and change management within regulated environments.
The market for experienced HR change professionals in Scotland remains highly competitive, particularly for individuals who combine strong operational HR capability with commercial awareness and programme delivery experience.
For employers, the challenge increasingly isn’t simply finding HR professionals. It’s finding individuals who have already operated through complex transformation environments and can quickly build credibility with leadership teams, employees and union representatives alike.
For candidates, there is also a growing recognition that interim and project-based HR opportunities now offer exposure to some of the most strategic work taking place across the Scottish market.
This latest programme represents exactly that type of opportunity.
Led by myself, Tony English, we’re now engaging with experienced HR Business Partners across Scotland who are interested in joining a major transformation programme within a highly respected financial services environment.
If you would like to discuss the project confidentially, or hear more about the wider HR market across Scotland, please get in touch with me directly on email via tony.english@merakitalent.com or meet me on LinkedIn.
