HR Business Partner, Operations

4 weeks ago

London Area, United Kingdom IFRS Foundation Full time

HR Business Partner, Operations

Based: London

Status: Permanent

Job Purpose: The HR Business Partner will serve as a strategic and key HR advisor to assigned leaders, managers, and stakeholders within the Foundation in understanding current and anticipating future business needs in delivering effective HR solutions to meet these needs.

Principal Accountabilities:

Strategic HR Leadership & Change Management:

  • Develop a deep comprehension of the Operation unit's vision and strategy, incorporating the HR perspective.
  • Proactively contribute to strategic planning with a focus on people impact, ensuring alignment with global business needs.
  • Leads change management initiatives to align workforce and strategies.
  • Serve as a pivotal change agent, influencing and facilitating organisational change initiatives.
  • Assess impacts, develop change management strategies, and support leaders with the implementation and communication of these plans.
  • Partners with clients to gauge progress against business goals through strategic HR initiatives and performance measurements.

Operational Excellence:

  • Implement and evaluate HR policies, programs and functions that enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Be deeply involved in the daily activities of your business areas and maintain a comprehensive understanding of all aspects related to people management.
  • Conducts optimization exercises to ensure alignment of people, communication, processes, capabilities, and technology with the organizational goals.
  • Conducts employee calibration exercises and key talent assessments.
  • Respond to and manage employee relations issues, ensuring early and appropriate resolutions.
  • Act as a local point of people expertise for specialist teams in the implementation of new people approaches.
  • Guide and consult on organizational restructure and design.
  • Partners with Talent Acquisition on resource planning for identifying synergies, gaps, and scalability.
  • Collaborates closely with the Talent Development team on initiatives that support the business and people strategy.
  • Develop data, metrics, and evidence to inform and drive decision-making.
  • Partners with other People Partners to close gaps across business functions.
  • Conducts succession planning to ensure leadership continuity and readiness.

Communication and Collaboration:

  • Maintain effective communication with the Chief People Officer, Deputy CPO, and wider HR team, updating them on change initiatives and needs within the business area.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to foster strong relationships, facilitate change and promote inter-departmental cooperation.
  • Partner with the Internal Communications team to ensure that HR messages are effectively communicated across the organisation.

Talent Management and Development:

  • Lead programmes including talent management, employee engagement, and performance development.
  • Coach, support leaders and provide feedback in managing team dynamics and improving team engagement and productivity.
  • Work closely with Talent Acquisition and Talent Management teams to ensure strategic alignment and organisational change on staffing and developmental initiatives.

Compliance and Best Practices:

  • Recommend new practices to promote continuous improvements in HR services and performance.
  • Ensure understanding and adherence to jurisdictional employment law, GDPR, and other compliance requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Proven HR Business Partnering Experience, ideally within a global setting.
  • Experience implementing HR solutions for hybrid and dispersed teams is crucial.
  • Proven track record in HR roles within accounting, financial operations, legal, regulatory, or professional services sectors required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Professional HR certification is preferred.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to delivery.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to plan, multi-task and effectively manage priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Proven leadership and team-building skills, with an ability to persuade and influence at all levels.
  • Creative Thinking: Develop innovative solutions and approach challenges from various perspectives; use existing knowledge to propose enhanced ways of working.
  • Must be proactive, with a curiosity and drive for continuous improvement.

Additional Requirements:

  • Multilingual abilities are considered an advantage.
  • Must have the ability to handle sensitive situations with the utmost confidentiality.
  • Work Conditions: May require travel and flexibility to accommodate global time zones, especially with offices in cities like Montreal, Frankfurt, Beijing, Tokyo and San Francisco.

Note: The IFRS Foundation reserves the right to alter the job description as required by organisational needs. All activities must adhere to IFRS Foundation Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and applicable national and global laws.

To apply

Please send a detailed CV/résumé to recruitment@ifrs.org. Please include the following information or your application may not be considered:

  • the job title/position you are interested in (in the subject line of your email); and
  • covering email/letter detailing how you meet the specified role requirements and your salary expectations.

Due to the number of responses, we receive, we are unable to respond individually to each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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