HR Advisor

Job description

About Ryft Ryft is a regulated payment facilitator and authorised payment institution building the infrastructure layer for modern commerce platforms. We enable marketplaces, SaaS platforms and multi-party ecosystems to embed and monetise payments natively. Our technology handles onboarding, compliance, orchestration, split payments and revenue sharing, allowing our partners to focus on growth while we manage complexity. We are now entering the next phase of scale, expanding into new verticals and building a category-defining embedded payments platform. The Role We're looking for an HR Advisor to lead day-to-day HR delivery at Ryft. As Ryft scales, you'll be the day-to-day face of HR for our managers and employees: the person people come to with questions on policy, performance or onboarding whilst also supporting senior leadership with people strategy. This is a hands-on generalist role. You'll own the operational rhythm of HR at Ryft: keeping policies current and compliant, running onboarding and offboarding smoothly, advising line managers on employee relations issues, and making sure the basics (contracts, letters, records, right-to-work checks) are handled accurately and on time. In a company our size, you'll also have real scope to shape how we do things, not just administer what already exists. What you'll do 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 (disciplinary, grievance, performance improvement) in partnership with the Finance Director, ensuring fair process and accurate documentation Own end-to-end onboarding and offboarding: 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 (HRIS, contracts, absence tracking, benefits administration) Support the annual people cycle, including probation reviews, performance reviews, and salary/benefits benchmarking cycles, with accurate data and timely admin Help managers navigate difficult conversations with practical, pragmatic advice rather than just policy citations Spot patterns across employee queries…