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Director, Business Partner APAC & EMEA (FTC maternity cover)

extra holidays - extra parental leave - fully flexible
Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Experience: 
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Work from: 
Arizona (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Extensive HR Business Partnering experience, CIPD Qualified or equivalent certification, Proven case management in Employee Relations, Strong understanding of risk management in HR, Numeracy skills for data interpretation.

Key responsabilities:

  • Advise Executive Management on strategic people priorities
  • Promote a continuous feedback culture and effective performance management
  • Support talent development and organizational design
  • Manage local employment law and employee relations issues
  • Oversee and ensure compliance with operational practices
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CLS Group Financial Services SME https://www.cls-group.com/
501 - 1000 Employees
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Job description

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem.  Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.  Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day. 

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies.  We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people.  Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.

Job information:

  • Functional title – Director, Business Partner, APAC & EMEA
  • Department – HR, COO
  • Corporate level - Director
  • Report to – MD, Human Resources
  • Location – London
  • Contract type: Fixed term contract (Circa 9 - 12 months)

 

What you will be doing:

 

  • Act as a key point of contact for several client groups in a senior HRBP capacity advising the Executive Management Committee (EMC) and senior managers on both BAU and strategic people priorities.
  • Being regionally responsible for HR lifecycle activity across the APAC and EMEA region.
  • Promote a continuous feedback culture within the business by implementing strategies which will enable line managers to effectively manage performance (both high performance and under performance) and retain key talent across the organization.
  • Provide support and guidance on organizational design, succession planning, talent reviews and career development as part of CLS’s annual calendar.
  • Play a lead role in managing human capital risk appropriately by supporting leaders on all local employment law and employee relations issues in a commercial and pragmatic way.
  • Responsible for overseeing all ER issues in the relevant regions.
  • Partner and support the business and Talent Acquisition to encourage hiring managers to explore all sources of diverse talent including internal mobility and referrals.
  • Ensure local operational practices remain in line with best practice and local legislation in collaboration with governance and legal partners.
  • Ensure accurate and timely MI is produced for the respective client groups to support key business decisions as well as the budgeting and forecasting process.

What we’re looking for:

  • Extensive HR Business Partnering experience working pro-activity and collaboratory with senior business leaders.
  • Proven effective case management of Employee Relations covering the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan.
  • Able to demonstrate a proactive, client focussed and “can do” approach to supporting the business.
  • Develop strong value-added relationships with all employees including managers and senior leaders.
  • Exemplify the core values of the organization, acting as an internal cultural leader.
  • Enjoy working in a team-orientated, collaborative environment.
  • Be a strong verbal and written communicator in order to build effective stakeholder relationships.
  • Have good numeracy skills so you can interpret and present data.
  • Have a strong understanding and experience of managing and balancing risks across HR.
  • Juggle - be a ‘doer’ with attention to detail, but also be able to think big picture and find solutions to people issues.
  • Be passionate about human capital and building a positive, inclusive working environment for all employees.

Professional qualifications / certifications

  • CIPD Qualified or alternative.

 

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Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

  • Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
  • 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
  • Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
  • Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
  • Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
  • Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
  • Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
  • Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
  • Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
  • Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
  • Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
  • Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
  • Annual flu vaccinations.
  • Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
  • Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
  • All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
  • Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.

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Experience

Level of experience: Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Industry :
Financial Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Community Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Diversity Awareness
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Analytical Thinking

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