HR Advisor

About the role

The HR Advisor will lead day-to-day HR delivery and serve as the primary point of contact for managers and employees regarding policy, performance, and onboarding. This hands-on generalist role involves managing operational HR tasks, ensuring compliance with UK employment law, and supporting senior leadership with people strategy as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for managers and employees on HR queries, including policy interpretation, performance management, absence, and general employee relations
• Advise on and support employee relations casework in partnership with the Finance Director, ensuring fair process and accurate documentation
• Own end-to-end onboarding and offboarding, including contracts, right-to-work checks, new starter setup, exit interviews, and leaver admin
• Maintain and improve HR policies and the employee handbook, keeping them current with UK employment law and FCA-appropriate conduct standards
• Keep HR systems and records accurate and audit-ready
• Support the annual people cycle, including probation reviews, performance reviews, and salary/benefits benchmarking cycles
• Help managers navigate difficult conversations with practical, pragmatic advice
• Spot patterns across employee queries and casework and flag process or policy gaps to the Finance Director
• Support recruitment coordination where needed, including offer letters, referencing, and onboarding logistics

Required skills

• HR operations
• Employee relations
• UK employment law
• Performance management
• Onboarding
• HRIS
• Compliance

Nice to have

• Fintech
• Payments
• FCA-regulated environment
• Scaling HR functions

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Advisor, HR Officer, or similar generalist role
• CIPD Level 3 or 5 qualification

About the Company

Ryft is a regulated payment facilitator and authorised payment institution building the infrastructure layer for modern commerce platforms. They enable marketplaces, SaaS platforms and multi-party ecosystems to embed and monetise payments natively.