Hr Business Partner
The Role
We’re looking for an ambitious and commercially minded People Partner to support our growing teams across Europe.
This is an opportunity for someone who already has strong HR operational foundations and is ready to continue developing broader People Partnering capability in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
You’ll work closely with managers and employees across the business, supporting everything from employee relations and performance conversations to onboarding, organisational growth, process improvement, and People projects.
This role is hands-on. You’ll need to be comfortable operating operationally while also thinking about how we scale smarter, improve manager capability, and build better People practices globally.
If you enjoy pace, ownership, and variety, you’ll thrive here.
About Sokin
Sokin was founded in 2019 with a simple vision to remove borders, barriers and burdens associated with international payments.
Today it enables global businesses to send and exchange more than 70 currencies and hold balances in 26 currencies with its multi-currency IBAN and local currency accounts - all through one comprehensive platform that streamlines cross-border accounts payable, receivable, and treasury operations.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the company has offices in the United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Mexico, Norway and India.
For more information, visit www.sokin.com
What You'll Do
Partner with managers and employees across Europe on day-to-day People matters
Support and manage employee relations cases including probation, absence, performance management, investigations, and low-level disciplinary matters
Help managers navigate People challenges with confidence and consistency
Deliver high-quality People operations across the employee lifecycle
Coordinate onboarding and offboarding activity
Prepare contracts, HR documentation, and employee communications
Support People projects, process improvements, and operational scaling initiatives
Maintain employee data and HR systems accurately and compliantly
Contribute to employee engagement, culture, and People experience initiatives
Help build scalable, commercially credible People practices as the business grows
What You'll Bring
Around 5+ years’ experience across HR Operations, HR Advisory, or People Partnering
Strong understanding of UK employment law
Experience managing employee relations matters confidently and pragmatically
Experience supporting fast-paced, scaling, or commercially driven businesses
Strong organisational and relationship-building skills
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
Confidence working independently while knowing when to escalate
Experience using BambooHR or similar HRIS platforms
Mindset we care about
Collaborative not siloed - You build strong partnerships across teams and geographies, working with a One Sokin mindset to achieve shared goals together.
Responsive and reliable - You develop trust through transparency and shared purpose, helping others succeed and contributing to collective outcomes.
Principled and thoughtful - You handle employee relations matters with professionalism and confidence, applying fairness, sound judgment, and integrity even in difficult situations.
Ownership with intent - You take initiative and help improve how things get done.
Think beyond today - You create People processes that scale for tomorrow’s growth.
What Success Looks Like
In this role, success means becoming a trusted and dependable People Partner who combines strong operational delivery with growing business partnership capability.
You’ll:
Build trusted relationships with managers and employees across the business
Deliver responsive, high-quality People support
Manage employee relations matters professionally and confidently
Take ownership of initiatives and help improve how we operate
Contribute to building scalable People processes fit for a global growth business
Develop broader partnering capability through exposure to organisational growth, leadership support, and operational scale
What We Offer
Hybrid working with flexibility (3 days in the office)
Private healthcare
Pension contribution
Opportunity to shape security strategy at a high-growth fintech
You decide, laptop or Mac?
28 days annual leave
Your birthday off
A fun, fast paced and collaborative place to work, where you’ll be actively involved in shaping our culture (and yes, we have beanbags and free snacks)
Why Join Sokin?
This is a chance to help shape a growing global business, not just support one.
You’ll join a high-performing People team with real exposure to leadership, meaningful ownership, and the opportunity to grow your career quickly within an ambitious fintech environment.
At Sokin, we value people who:
Bring the Hustle
Own It
Better Together
Communicate with No Bullshit
Break the Mould
If that sounds like your kind of environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Please note, candidates will need to have the right to work in the jurisdiction that they are looking to work in.
Sokin is an equal opportunities employer and committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. As a growing global startup with bases across multiple countries, we were established on and continue to promote an agile, flexible working culture. Please reach out to discuss any accommodations you may require during the recruitment process.
