People Lead

Stake is looking for an ambitious and forward-thinking People lead to join us at our Bondi Junction HQ, with a flexible hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 WFH).

We’re an Australian investing platform on a mission to help ambitious people confidently grow their wealth. By offering seamless, immersive access to the share markets, Stake has grown fast from a fintech startup into a robust financial services company with even bigger plans. Today we have 500,000+ global customers and more than A$4 billion under administration.

This role is your chance to contribute in making a lasting impact on the financial security of thousands and thousands of Aussies and Kiwis.

About this role 

This is a newly created role designed to be integral to the people leaders of Stake across Australia, NZ and Brazil. We are at an exciting point in our history where we are moving from a scale up to a wealth organisation. We need an experienced HR Business Partner who can energetically yet emphatically lead our teams through our scale up and growth. 

You will be

• Reporting to the CPO and translating the new People strategy into action
• Leading the performance, development, talent, and succession activities across the group
• In partnership with strategy, tax and legal, developing our rewards and benefits strategy
• Leading the organisation development approach to stretch our people, leaders and customers. 
• Collaborating with our small and mighty People team to simplify the complex and creatively solve people problems
• A key member of each Executive’s leadership teams eg the Marketing Leadership team, Finance Leadership team. 

What you’ll need

• 8+ years of experience as a HRBP/People Executive ideally in the brokerage or investment industry, or with a strong passion for markets paired with experience working with a data-driven product.
• An ability to respectively challenge and coach senior leaders.
• A passion to lead in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, championing innovation and striving for ambitious results.

At Stake, we value hustle over honours degrees, so we’re more interested in you than your resume. If you believe this is a role you want to jump into, please apply and let us know why in your cover letter!

Benefits of working at Stake

At Stake you’ll have the opportunity to work with autonomy while learning from some of the best talent in the industry, playing a meaningful role in building a company that has loads of positive momentum and excitement around it. Having said that, we also have perks.

Please see on our Careers website the list of benefits under our Grow with Stake program. They include:

• $2,500/year professional development allowance
• $1,000/year wellbeing allowance
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Childcare allowance of up to $18,000 in value over 24 months
• Extra paid leave during tough times
• Discretionary performance bonus and talent referral bonus
• Employee Share Options scheme

Stake is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We’re proactive about providing an inclusive work environment and do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. We’re also endorsed by WORK180 as a great employer for women. 

It all comes together to explain why Stake placed 1st in the 2024 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list for the Banking, Superannuation & Financial Services category, across all of Australia and New Zealand.

So what happens next?

Once we've received your application, we'll give it the attention it deserves, and you'll hear from us regardless of the outcome. If we think you’d be a great fit for our team, we’ll give you a call and take it from there.

To all recruitment agencies: Stake does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or directly to Stake employees. Stake is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.