HR Business Partner, AVP

Filed under: Kraków | Finanse, Księgowość, Bankowość

State Street Corporation: Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
Our promise to maintain an environment where every employee feels valued and able to meet their full potential infuses our company values. Its also part of our commitment to inclusion, development and engagement, and corporate social responsibility. Youll have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you. Join us.
At the moment we are looking for candidates for
HR Business Partner, AVP
JOB ID: 127251
Location: Krakow or Gdansk to join the insource organization supporting the State Street EMEA
Why State Street Bank Poland?
Operating in Europe since 1970 State Street services clients in multiple locations. State Street Bank Poland was first established in 2007 in Kraków. Today State Street Bank Poland employs over 2500 staff members at three sites across the city and will now open a new office in Gdańsk. This will offer multiple opportunities to gain experience in diverse areas of the investment fund cycle as our Poland branch provides investment fund accounting and related services to clients of multiple State Street locations and business units across Europe. We offer positions in a challenging, rapidly changing and international environment. State Street offers a significant scope for personal growth and career progression. Throughout your career at State Street you will be provided with a wide range of training opportunities and internal mobility options as well as individual development plans, attractive benefits (including Employee Savings Plan) and an excellent remuneration package. The continuous development of our employees from day one is critical as we continually seek to develop and expand the local management team and create future leaders from within.
Job Description:
Purpose of Role:
First point of contact for managers and employees to provide advice and support on all employee relations issues. The role helps to ensure a fair and consistent approach to the organizations policies and procedures, thus promoting a positive ER culture within the business, whilst minimizing risk and taking care of reputation for the business.
Responsibilities:
Act as the lead Employee Relations Consultant for Poland; heading up the ER team
Execute employee relations policies, procedures and guidelines, including discipline, grievances and complaints
Provide advice and support to all parts of the business on employee relations matters to ensure their effective management;
Identify, research and resolve employee relations issues in partnership with the HRBP, ER Consultant colleague, Managers and Employees;
Using own expertise and experience in the HR field, advise Managers and Employees on ER matters to ensure their consistent approach;
Support the GHR team and Legal in conducting employee relations investigations;
Execute & implement ER programs and initiatives under the direction of ER and GHR Management;
Respond effectively to employee relations queries escalated from HR Shared Service Centre or received direct to the ER COE;
Collaborate with corporate functions (Global Security / Compliance/Finance/ Health & Safety) to ensure adherence to corporate guidelines and consistent practices in the resolution of related employee relations issues;
Ensure adherence to Employee Relations corporate guidelines and consistent practices;
Develop employee relations tools, templates and procedures;
Design and deliver training on a regular basis to new employees and managers
Analyze local performance of employee relations programs and initiatives and recommend appropriate updates;
Analyze employee relations data, identify trends and recommend solutions;
Support the GHR Compliance, Risk, Audit and Privacy initiatives;
Support the design of employee relations products and services such as policy, procedures & guidelines;
Keep up to date with current local laws and regulations and ensure that this knowledge is cascaded to whole GHR Poland team and GHR policies and procedures are updated in accordance with legal regulations, in Polish and English as appropriate.
Maintain the ER Case Management System and ensure that all cases are recorded and tracked to closure.
Qualifications:
Requirements
Degree qualification ideally in Employment Law and or other relevant disciplines.
Solid general working knowledge of employee relations and country/ local laws and regulations
Direct experience of Mergers and Acquisitions(M&A), restructuring and workforce reduction
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Proven experience in conflict resolution
Effective English and Polish communication skills (verbal and written)
Strong sense of teamwork
Proven ability to collaborate effectively
Proven ability to work independently and be totally self sufficient
Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships across matrixed organisations and virtual teams
Proven Management Skills
Strong IT skills including a good working knowledge of Peoplesoft and Microsoft Office tools
Beneficial Attributes
Experience in financial services and American or global organizations
Experience of working with other Corporate Functions
Experience of working with HR shared services
Solid experience gained in a combination of Employee Relations, Business Partner and/or potentially compensation and rewards type roles.
Additional language skills
To apply to this position, follow the "apply now" link. To locate this position in our application page, please use the KEYWORD search functionality and insert either the State Street Job ID or the Location.
As a first step we ask all candidates to fill out our online application form. Please enclose the CV in English and remember to save this document without any Polish characteristics also in file name.
Job ID: 127251 / Location: Krakow or Gdansk