Senior Hr Generalist

Senior HR Generalist

Permanent

Banking Industry

Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office

City based offices.

I am excited to be working with a wonderful banking organisation. They are looking for a Senior HR Generalist / Junior HRBP to come and support the senior HR professionals within the team. This would be to ensure the effective delivery of HR services to the business.

Duties

Relationship Building

• Develop credible relationships with both internal and external clients to foster an open dialogue and deliver a professional service.
• Contribute to the HR Departmental objectives by proactively recommending innovative, effective HR solutions.
• Respond to day to day issues that arise from the business. Researching and responding to questions from Managers and employees regarding HR policies and procedures, consulting with the HR Director and HR Executive Director where appropriate.

Core Processes

• Provide support to the HR Director and HR Executive Director when required.
• Manage the Maternity Process and monitoring other types of leave, including Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Career Breaks and sickness.
• Managing flexible working arrangement requests; tracking arrangements via SucessFactors, preparing trial and confirmation of Flexible Working Application letters and liaising with the business and individuals in respect of these requests.
• Advise on and manage any redundancy and restructure process; obtaining redundancy costs from the payroll team, preparing settlement agreements.
• Proactively ensure that managers and employees are aware of HR related deadlines and their responsibilities under these e.g. mandatory L&D or probation end dates etc. Escalate any upcoming and overdue deadlines to senior members of HR.
• Respond to general queries on SuccessFactors (e.g. navigation of system or cancelling time off), escalating technical issues when appropriate to the HR Systems Consultant.
• Advise employees on the interpretation of HR policies and guidelines, where appropriate.
• Collate and record HR data for both ad-hoc and scheduled Management Information reports.
• Assist the Data Champion in the processing of GDPR requests.
• Ensure SMCR certification and recertification administration is carried out in a timely manner and recorded on SucessFactors.
• Ensure all mid-year/year end appraisals are completed within agreed timeframe and advise the business regarding these processes as required.
• Assist with the year-end review for salary and bonus allocations and advise the business as necessary, including the review and distribution of salary/ bonus letters and communications.
• Contribute to both departmental and business owned projects.

Recruitment

• Ensure all recruitment for local and expat staff takes place within the remit of the Recruitment Policy (in conjunction with the recruitment team) and that hiring managers are aware of the agreed process. Escalate any issues to the senior members of HR.
• Administer and provide guidance on the recruitment activities for managers alongside the recruitment team as required, this may include liaison with recruitment/search firms, attending briefing meetings, ensure compliance with current immigration/right to work legislation.
• Review updated job descriptions and advise Line Managers where necessary.
• Carry out competency based interviews at appropriate levels.
• Conduct joining induction presentation in absence of L&D.
• Conduct '3 month review meetings' with all new hires.

Employee Relations

• Deal with Employee Relations issues in a professional and consistent manner.
• Where appropriate, support managers in the management of complex cases through advice and coaching on application of Policy.
• Conduct grievance and disciplinary investigation meetings.
• Work closely with Senior HR professionals in order to contribute to the Disciplinary and Grievance processes.
• Conduct exit interviews where appropriate and collate data for the purposes of management information and follow up with any necessary actions.

Requirements

• Experience of working at a similar level within the financial services industry
• SMCR certification experience
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Understanding the magnitude of confidentiality and have the relevant skills to handle sensitive data.
• Excellent writing and communications skills.
• Solution focused with a self-starter attitude.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.