People & Culture Manager/ HR Business Partner
We're looking for an experienced People & Culture Manager/HR Business Partner to join our team. This is a hands on, people focused role supporting the full employee lifecycle while partnering closely with leaders to deliver our people strategy. You will balance day to day HR delivery with forward looking, commercial HR support that strengthens our culture, enhances the employee experience and drives business impact. You will work with smart, collaborative teams in a supportive, professional and forward-thinking environment with opportunities to grow and develop your career.
Your Responsibilities:
* Act as a trusted HR partner to employees and leaders, providing pragmatic guidance, coaching and solutions that support performance and engagement.
* Foster a culture of accountability, responsiveness and service excellence across the People team and beyond.
* Lead our performance and development cycles, ensuring consistent fair processes and a strong culture of feedback.
* Drive learning initiatives to build current capability and future skills.
* Ensure smooth management of compensation and benefits processes including accurate data management, payroll flows and market benchmarking.
* Ensure operational excellence across the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding, driving continuous improvement informed by employee feedback and HR data and insights to inform decisions.
* Lead initiatives that strengthen engagement, recognition, inclusion and wellbeing across the business.
* Ensure policies, compliance, and employment law requirements are consistently met.
* Incorporate AI tools to streamline HR processes and enhance reporting to drive continuous development of people reporting and analytics.
* Support senior‑level hiring through participation in interviews and talent calibration sessions.
Your experience should include:
* A degree in HR, Business, or a related field; postgraduate HR qualification/ CIPD accreditation is a strong advantage.
* 5+ years' HR experience across senior generalist or HR business partner roles.
* Strong knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice.
* Proven experience advising managers, navigating ER matters and driving people initiatives.
* Strong understanding of payroll processes and employee benefits administration.
* Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and relationship‑building skills.
* A proactive, people-first approach with the ability to balance empathy with sound commercial judgement.
* Strong capability working with HRIS systems and AI enabled HR tools.
Why you will enjoy working at BearingPoint Ireland?
We work in an open and collaborative way, where new ideas are always welcome. BearingPoint is an environment where potential and high performance is recognised and rewarded.
What we offer:
You will receive a competitive salary where you are rewarded for both your individual performance and company performance. You will also receive a best-in-class benefits package including holidays, private health insurance, pension contributions, gym/club subscription, wellness programmes, mobile phone and much more. In addition, we offer:
Hybrid working – where each team has autonomy to determine their in-person and remote working schedule.
Continuous learning – we understand that it is imperative to invest in our people's development and we provide external training at prestigious universities such as Oxford and Yale
Social events – our people perform best when they have a good work life balance, monthly events for all to attend
Diversity – we are committed to having a diverse workforce where each individual feels they belong and can thrive in a work environment with a strong sense of community
Mentoring & coaching – every employee has a development manager to help them grow their career with feedback via continuous conversations
Giving Back – you will have an opportunity to join our many giving back initiatives including our commitment to sustainability. Our Emissions Calculator gathers accurate emissions data and enables our clients to understand their footprint and track progress on emission reduction and pave the way for a better future.
Together, we are more than business.
To see more from our people with their experiences of BearingPoint please visit our careers website
About BearingPoint
BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy with European roots and a global reach. The company operates in four units: Consulting, Solutions, Business Services, and Ventures. Consulting covers the advisory business; Solutions provides the tools for successful digital transformation, advanced analytics and regulatory requirements; Business Services provides managed services beyond SaaS; Ventures drives the financing and development of start-ups. BearingPoint's clients include many of the world's leading companies and organizations. The firm has a global consulting network with more than 10,000 people and supports clients in over 75 countries, engaging with them to achieve measurable and sustainable success.
BearingPoint is an equal opportunities employer.
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