JPMorgan Human Resources Business Advisor - Vice President 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

421659330

As an Human Resources Business Advisor, Vice President, you will work closely with and provide strategic HR advisory and with a primary focus of supporting to clients within the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB). You are a strong HR professional who thrives in a demanding, fast paced global environment. You are able to operate effectively within a highly matrixed organisation and be able to leverage resources from multiple areas to deliver results. You will identify and develop solutions based on business priorities and organizational analysis whilst overseeing the implementation of HR policies, programs and services.

Job responsibilities:

• Working in partnership with business stakeholders to consult with, provide advice and recommendations on a full spectrum of HR activities, i.e. people management, employee relations, compensation, staffing, performance management, career and talent management, employee counselling, HR policies & procedures, learning & development
• Provide creative and pragmatic advice/ guidance to business stakeholders to effectively manage and resolve human capital issues whilst ensuring all actions confirm to regulatory/ legislative; best practice and corporate policies.
• Work with management information systems (MIS) and reporting to understand trends and outliers, and facilitate fact based, metrics driven client decisions
• In partnership with appropriate specialist groups both locally and regionally, stay current on best practices. Tailor and implement those best suited for the business including recruitment, diversity, compensation and benefits, development initiatives and expatriate moves
• Provide Employee Relations advice - analyse complex HR issues and recommend solutions in a timely fashion following established guidelines. Support and coach managers on matters including flexible working arrangements, absence and sickness, grievances, disciplinary issues and redundancies
• Facilitate the compensation process including maintaining data integrity, analysing and auditing data, educating managers on the firm's compensation philosophy and year end communications, and coaching managers in making fair, robust and well differentiated decisions around employee pay
• Co-ordinate talent management programs: identify future leaders, succession plans, promotion candidates, competency gaps, mobility opportunities and diverse talent.
• Provide project management support for HR-related initiatives being implemented within Line of Business and provide support cross-Line of Business and large-scale initiatives
• Partner with HR colleagues of all levels to drive efficiencies and leverage best practices
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place and managed effectively for all critical HR processes
• Lead and/or actively participate in HR projects, aligned to key identified HR priorities

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum 8 years of overall HR experience and minimum 5 years of HR Business Partner experience
• Strong generalist knowledge across human resources processes, principles, concepts and methodology – Including: managing complex employee relations issues, goal setting, performance assessment and improvement, compensation practices, talent review and talent management, workforce planning & manager development.
• Ability to navigate a global matrix organization and partner on issues across HR and the business
• Must be able to work collaboratively and to develop strong, positive working relationships
• Exceptional communication skills and strong influencing capability to promote and sell ideas to drive change.
• Exceptional judgment, demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and be creative in developing alternative solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to utilize critical thinking and analytical skills regularly to identify issues and trends, develop solutions and/or recommendations to address root cause
• Strong analytical, quantitative and technical skills that enable individual to leverage data to create HR strategies that support and drive business results
• Project management abilities including execution skills and end to end process improvement
• Promote partnership by fostering a shared purpose, trust and teamwork across teams, businesses, functions, regions, and levels.