People Business Partner

About the Position

Shine is the financial copilot for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Rico Andersen and Martin Hegelund, Shine is a leading European fintech unicorn on a mission to restore the joy of running a business, by ending wasted time on financial admin. Shine offers a connected solution for invoicing, accounting, payroll, business accounts, payments, and financing, meaning business owners can focus their energy on growing a healthy business, not held back by manual admin.

Part of something bigger

Today we're part of Cegid, a European leader in cloud software for finance and accounting. Together we're building Europe's leading financial copilot for small businesses and their accountants.

Shine already supports more than 400,000 small businesses. As part of Cegid, we now reach over one million small businesses and 15,000 accountants across Europe.

We're a multicultural team working from France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, contributing to a wider European network that spans Spain, Portugal and Belgium.

Your hiring experience matters

Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine and Cegid should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

As a People Business Partner for one or two tribes, you will act as a trusted advisor to leaders, helping them navigate growth, change, and organizational evolution.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Partner with leaders across one or two on people priorities, team effectiveness, and organizational health
• Support organizational change and transformation, including team design, scaling, and leadership transitions
• Drive key people topics such as engagement, performance, feedback, and career development
• Contribute to the rollout and application of frameworks related to career leveling, compensation, and pay equity
• Use KPIs and people data to identify trends, guide decisions, and improve performance over time
• Help leaders navigate ambiguity, solve people challenges, and build resilient, high-performing teams
• Collaborate closely with Centers of Excellence and People Operations to ensure consistent and effective execution of people practices

Requirements

• Around 5–7 years of experience in HR Business Partnering or a similar strategic people role, within 300+ organisation
• Experience in an international organisation
• Strong experience partnering closely with managers and senior leaders
• Solid business acumen and understanding of how people decisions support business performance
• Comfortable using data, KPIs and insights to guide decisions and challenge constructively
• Ability to explain complex topics in a clear, structured and pragmatic way
• Effective in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and can bring calm and clarity when things change
• Experience supporting organizational transformation, restructuring, or M&A transitions; this is a strong plus
• Fluent in English and Portuguese

Nice to Have

• Experience in a tech scale up
• Curiosity about how AI, data and technology are reshaping organizations, leadership and people practices

We Offer

• Job located in Porto, with possibility of two remote working days per week
• Regular travel (around once per month) may be required

About the Company

At Shine, our People Experience team helps leaders and teams perform at their best while supporting the company through growth and change.

Within the wider People & Culture function, the team brings together People Business Partners, Centers of Excellence, and Workplace & Well-Being to build modern, fair and scalable people practices across the business.

Equal Opportunities

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.

Our Recruitment Process

1. A 30' first call with Ryan Conaghan (TA Partner) to get to know you better and share more about Shine.
2. A 45' interview with PBP Team Lead to discuss your past experiences and the role we are offering.
3. A 45' business case presentation to highlight your skills and give you a hands-on feel for the role.
4. A 30' team introduction, followed by a soft skills interview to see how we can best support your growth at Shine.