Employee Relation Professional - Investment Bank

Job Description

1. Serves as a resource/expert on employee relations, including interpreting company and business unit policies, progressive discipline (for violations of policy), involuntary terminations, and safety and security. Consults and collaborates with management, HR, HR Compliance Officer, Legal and other centers of expertise regarding same.

2. Responsible for facilitating improvements in policies, practices, procedures based on learning from investigations.

3. Conducts investigations (under the attorney-client privilege when necessary) into sensitive/complex employment situations; provides guidance to business unit management and HR regarding employee counseling, progressive discipline, and involuntary terminations. Consults with management, HR, and Legal with respect to findings.

4. Participates in special committees to formulate/discuss Human Resources policy for the bank and to address/resolve violations of company policy.

5. Participates in special projects to review and analyze policies; research and industry best practices, procedures, and programs; facilitates change.

6. Assists Region Employee Relations Manager in record-keeping, including status reports on pending cases, internal employee complaints/issues; analyzes trends; provides statistical analyses of employee population; assists the Regional Employee Relations Manager in formulating guidelines and conducting briefings for management and HR.

7. Identifies specific business unit employee relations needs. Works with appropriate HR or business unit representatives to plan, develop, and implement solutions. Acts as a liaison for ER to the business in order to facilitate the smooth delivery of various employee relations initiatives.

8. Handles more extensive, high-profile work.

9. Strategic in developing, implementing and administering HR programs within functional areas.

10. Determines best methods for discovering and communicating to the appropriate audiences changes in laws and regulations and takes an active role in ensuring that the impacted functional areas implement the requirements of those changes so as to be fully compliant.

11. Delivers training on ER-related topics, as required.

12. Leads projects to completion.

Experience

Graduate/Post graduate with specialization in Human Resources 10 or more years of experience.

Excellent analytical and verbal/written communication skills; capable of effectively interfacing with partners at every level.