Principal People Business Partner, Finance

SoFi • New York City, NY

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About The Position

At SoFi, our People Business Partners are strategic and trusted advisors to senior leaders, responsible for aligning people strategies with business objectives. In this role, you’ll lead and implement the people strategy for our Finance Team, working directly with SoFi’s Chief Financial Officer. Your work will empower the business to make smart, data-driven decisions while fostering a high performing culture. This role balances strategic influence with hands-on execution, operating as a thought partner to executives and a coach to leaders.

Requirements

• Proven ability to balance big-picture thinking with hands-on execution, including progressive HR experience in dynamic environments.
• Trusted sounding board for executives, shaping leadership decisions through strong influence and executive presence, while also developing senior leaders.
• Strong capability to leverage people analytics and business data to identify trends, assess risk, inform decisions, and drive meaningful organizational change.
• Strong understanding of key HR domains such as compensation, performance management, employee engagement, employee relations, talent management, and inclusive culture.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, adapt messaging to diverse audiences, and influence outcomes across the organization.
• Effectively navigates complexity to drive aligned, focused action. Adaptable and resilient, quickly adjusting priorities and recommendations based on new information.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a banking or tech company
• Workday experience

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Diagnose root cause organizational and talent challenges, develop scalable and innovative solutions, and lead execution to drive sustainable business outcomes.
• Provide executive-level coaching to leaders on leadership effectiveness, performance, team dynamics, and change management.
• Address highly ambiguous organizational challenges and drive large-scale initiatives to shape the future of the organization, ensuring clear communication and leader readiness.
• 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.
• Balance employee and business needs by providing expert guidance on employment practices, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of legal requirements and ensuring a fair, compliant, and supportive workplace.
• Make it easy for the business to work with the people team, simplifying programs, weaving the people strategy throughout multiple touchpoints to drive intended business outcomes through people programs with tailored business knowledge.
• Partner with and mentor People Business Partners, supporting their professional growth, capability development, and effectiveness as strategic advisors.
• Work closely with People Team Centers of Excellence and HR Business Partners to design and deliver integrated people programs that drive measurable impact for the business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed