Head of HR
A Financial Services Portfolio management firm is looking for a Head of HR on a 2 year Fixed Term Contract working 3 or 4 days per week
Client Details
Portfolio management firm
Description
- Management HR function, control of processes and documentation
- Operational delivery across all locations (London, Dusseldorf, New York and Madrid)
- Manage day to day HR tasks
Core Responsibilities:
Provide full HR function to all offices in London, New York, Dusseldorf and Madrid which includes managing all aspects of the employee lifecycle including but not limited to:
- Coordinate and jointly authorise payroll through the local payroll service provider at each location (including monitoring delivery and content, quality of outputs)
- Liaise with Finance function to ensure timely funding of all payroll and benefit commitments
- Ensure all year-end payroll and payroll related tax obligations are met at each location
Co-ordinate any external service providers in the HR area at each location including:
- Benefit providers (Healthcare, Life Insurance, Permanent Health Insurance, Pension, Benefit Administrators, etc)
- Outsourced HR Service Providers
- Payroll Providers
- Legal Advisers
Other Responsibilities:
- Ensure market appraisals and procurement guidelines are met on the expiry of any benefit or 3rd party provider contract
- Point of contact for managing board, line managers and employees on all HR-related issues
- Implement HR actions (payrises, changes to T&Cs, etc), as well as ensuring compliance with legal, corporate and individual contract terms
- Manage and execute headcount reductions and restructuring including all aspects of the redundancy lifecycle in line with employment law and internal policies
- Manage any performance, grievances, disciplinaries and other employee relations issues in line with employment law and internal policies
- Ensure all HR handbooks, policies, procedures and related documentation are up to date and in line with legislation
- Oversee all aspects of the recruitment, on boarding and off boarding processes
- Provide support for projects and their implementation, such projects to potentially include wind down of staff numbers, changes to existing non-contractual schemes
- Ensure HR Administration and record keeping is in line with legal and internal requirements
Profile
- A true HR Generalist where this role operates across all areas of HR hence experience at both an operational and advisory level is required
- A hands-on practical approach, with the ability to operate in a self sufficient manner
- Excellent communication and team skills and the ability to operate at all levels
- Ideally CIPD qualified/possess sufficient relevant & practical HR experience in a Generalist role
- UK based HR experience essential and a working knowledge of European and/or US employment law would be advantageous
- Experience of delivering an HR service in an international environment advantageous
- Excellent knowledge of UK employment law, including practical experience of restructurings
- Experience of running UK compensation and benefits essential where experience of German/European and US comp and benefits would be advantageous
- Experience in the Financial Services industry, ideally in London
- Excellent MS Office skills
- Fluent English
- Intercultural experience