Principal People Business Partner, Finance

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Human Resources

This role is for a Principal People Business Partner at SoFi, a financial services company. The role focuses on aligning people strategies with business objectives for the Finance team, acting as a strategic advisor to senior leaders. Responsibilities include designing and delivering HR solutions, coaching leaders, managing change initiatives, leveraging data analytics for decision-making, and ensuring compliance with employment practices. The ideal candidate will have strong HR expertise, data-driven decision-making capabilities, and excellent influence and relationship-building skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be a Strategic Partner: Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance leaders, shaping and executing people strategies that align with business goals to enable high performing and engaged teams.
  2. Design and Deliver Impactful People Solutions: Diagnose root cause organizational and talent challenges, develop scalable and innovative solutions, and lead execution to drive sustainable business outcomes.
  3. Coach and Advise Senior Leaders: Provide executive-level coaching to leaders on leadership effectiveness, performance, team dynamics, and change management.
  4. Lead Change and Transformation Initiatives: Address highly ambiguous organizational challenges and drive large-scale initiatives to shape the future of the organization, ensuring clear communication and leader readiness.
  5. Leverages Data for Results: Use people analytics and business data to inform decision-making, anticipate future organizational needs, identify trends and risks, and proactively improve organizational health and performance.

Skills

Required

  • Strategic and Hands-On Expertise
  • Influential Advisor
  • Data-Driven Decision-Making
  • HR Knowledge and Expertise
  • Influence and Relationship Building
  • Clarity in Ambiguity

Nice to have

  • Experience in a banking or tech company
  • Workday experience

What the JD emphasized

  • people strategies
  • people analytics
  • organizational challenges
  • drive sustainable business outcomes
  • drive large-scale initiatives
  • drive intended business outcomes