People Business Partner

Silverfin is a cutting-edge cloud software solution built by accountants, for accountants.

Founded in 2013, Silverfin was created to solve the frustrations of manual, error-prone processes in analysing financial data and compliance. From day one, we’ve been a cloud-first platform with an open API architecture, leveraging structured data to transform how accountants work.

Our mission is simple: to enhance and support the accountancy profession through AI and automation, ensuring accountants remain relevant and respected in the future of finance.

In 2023, Silverfin became part of the Visma Group, joining one of Europe’s leading providers of cloud software. This partnership strengthens our ability to innovate and expand our impact within the accountancy industry.

Today, Silverfin is trusted by over +1000 firms across 18 countries. Our clients include all of the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as leading global networks like BDO, PKF, Baker Tilly, Grant Thornton, and Moore.

Headquartered in Ghent, with offices in London, Luxembourg, Gouda (NL), and Mont-Saint-Guibert (BE), we’re a team of over 200 people - including a diverse remote engineering team working across multiple time zones - all working together to drive innovation in accounting.

How would you support our success?

Ellen, our People Business Partner for the UK, will be on maternity leave for around a year, and we're looking for an experienced People Business Partner to step into her role for the duration of her leave, starting early January 2027 and running until end of January 2028, with a short handover overlap with Ellen at both ends of the assignment. This role can be offered either as a 12-month fixed-term employee contract or as a freelance/interim engagement, depending on what suits you best.

You’ll be the People Business Partner for BU UK, and for our Technology (Engineering, DevOps and Business Solutions) and Product departments, partnering closely with their leaders and managers on people topics and workforce planning. As the only HR representative based in the UK, you’ll also be the go-to point of contact for HR-related questions from across the UK business more broadly – in practice the role carries a somewhat more generalist flavour than the title suggests, even though that’s not the intention behind it.

You’ll also pick up the HR programmes Ellen runs: Peakon (our engagement survey) will be your responsibility to manage end-to-end. DEI, Health & Wellbeing and Culture Champs will mainly be managed by Isaline, our Workplace & Culture Manager, over this period, though you’ll stay aligned to these topics as they intersect with your day‑to‑day partnering.

Alongside your day‑to‑day partnering, you’ll partner on a number of projects:

• Organising AI impact workshops with departments across the business, to help support our AI transformation.
• Supporting the broader transformation underway in Technology and Product, as new ways of working reshape roles and skills needs – helping teams through those changes with attentiveness and clarity.
• Helping us make better use of HR data, so we can have more meaningful, informed conversations with our business stakeholders.

You’ll be part of an international People team, working closely with the People Business Partner in Belgium, and will report directly to the Head of People. As you’ll be the only HR presence in the UK day‑to‑day, you’ll need to be comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy, and willing to travel to Belgium roughly once a quarter to stay in touch with the wider People team.

Your responsibilities

• Cross-functional Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to managers, offering expert guidance on people strategy, organisational design, and workforce planning. Build solid, cooperative relationships to improve morale, boost productivity, and enhance employee retention, while identifying opportunities in advance and addressing issues.
• Change & Transformation Support: Support Technology and Product managers through a period of change, contributing to conversations on team structures, role changes and reskilling needs, and helping communicate change clearly and constructively to teams.
• Employee Lifecycle Management: Guide and support managers throughout the employee journey, from onboarding to offboarding. Promote performance management and talent development practices while coaching managers to strengthen their people management capabilities. At Silverfin, we believe that empowering people managers to become the best versions of themselves is integral to our strategy for building the company’s success.
• Talent & Performance Management: Build a culture of feedback and professional growth. Oversee biannual performance review cycles to ensure a structured, effective approach to