HR Business Partner (Associate Director level) with Employee Relations Focus

<p>We are partnering with a reputable global financial services organisation to appoint a Senior HR Business Partner who will support HR for HR and global HR initiatives.</p><p><br></p><p><br>This HR Business Partner role will have a significant employee relations focus. You will provide commercially focused advice and challenge across the full employee lifecycle, whilst taking a lead role on complex employee relations matters, organisational change and workforce transformation initiatives</p><p><br></p><p>.<br>Working closely with senior stakeholders, Legal and HR Centres of Excellence, you will help shape and deliver people strategies that support organisational performance, leadership effectiveness and future capability across a global HR client group of c. 300 employee</p><p><br></p><p><strong>s.<br>Key responsibilities inclu</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>de:<br>Acting as a trusted HR Business Partner to all stakeholders and senior leaders across globa</li><li>l HRAdvising on organisation design, workforce planning, talent and succession strategies to ensure future readin</li><li>ess.Partnering with specialist HR teams to deliver integrated solutions across talent, reward, leadership and organisational developm</li><li>ent.Leading and advising on complex employee relations matters, including those involving legal, regulatory, conduct and reputational r</li><li>isk.Managing sensitive investigations, disciplinary, grievance, performance and workplace conduct issues, ensuring commercially sound and legally compliant outco</li><li>mes.Supporting large-scale organisational change, restructures and workforce transformation programmes, including consultation and change management activ</li><li>ity.Partnering with Legal and wider HR teams to manage risk and ensure consistency of approach across multiple jurisdicti</li><li>ons.Using ER data and insights to identify trends, mitigate risk and inform business decision-mak</li><li>ing.Driving continuous improvement across employee relations policies, processes and management capabil</li><li>ity.Mentor and Coach for the HR team, acting as the escalation for more complex ER mat</li><li>tersSupport the wider HR team and leaders on complex people issues, building confidence and effectiveness in people managem</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>ent.<br>Key Skills and Exper</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>ience<br>HR Business Partnering experience, ideally corporate functions or HR f</li><li>or HR.Has supported across cyclical HR processes i.e. the end of year compensation r</li><li>eview.Deep employee relations experience, including managing complex, high-risk and sensitive </li><li>cases.Experience of HR Business Partnering across Asia and India is desi</li><li>rable.A track record of operating in complex, fast-paced organisa</li><li>tions.Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and business transformation initia</li><li>tives.Strong and current employment law knowledge and the ability to balance risk with commercial pragm</li><li>atism.The credibility and confidence to influence senior stakeholders and challenge construct</li><li>ively.Excellent judgement, resilience and the ability to navigate ambiguity and compl</li><li>exity.An approachable demeanour with the ability to build strong relationships across HR, Legal and the wider bus</li></ul><p><br></p>iness.

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