Vice President - Employee Relations Specialist - Financial Service Institution

My client is a global financial services institution based with a top tier global client list and market leading position. They have a captive set up in India and are seeking a senior professional for a VP - Employee Relations role. This is a leadership role requiring the suitable individual to work with a high level of autonomy and independence, while being a part of the India team.

Role and Requirements :

- Ensure Advisor team delivers consistent and accurate advice across businesses for any breach / violation / investigation / performance related issues.

- Become the subject matter expert for key ER processes. Partner with Advisors, Councillors, Operations, Legal, Security, HR Leadership and other partners to drive effectiveness and efficiency of the assigned accountability. In addition, identify and support implementation of improvements to ER processes.

- Address and Resolve advanced and complex employee enquiries/issues escalated from the HR Enquiries team.

- Review and make recommendations for improvement/standardization/streamlining of an area of HR policy/process expertise to ensure regulatory compliance, linkage to industry standards & to meet strategic business needs.

- Effectively partner/coach employees / HRGs / Advisors/ Councillors on complex cases.

- Maintain unwavering focus on delighting the customer/ client. Demonstrate a sense of urgency, dedication and passion for exceeding the expectations of internal/ external customers/ clients. Earn customer/client loyalty through demonstrating spirited behaviours.

- Mitigate risk through Proficient knowledge and consistent application of the bank's HR-related practices, guidelines, state/ central laws, and the case management investigative process

- Responsible for Compliance management within the Human Resources area - Ensuring 100% compliance with local and central laws across all locations. Develops, directs and manages one or more compliance programs with enterprise-wide impact. Formulates and implements the compliance management policies, procedures and standards.

Functional Competency :

- Education : P.G DEGREE IN PMIR / MBA (HR) WITH DEGREE OR DIPLOMA IN PMIR OR LABOUR LAWS /DEGREE IN LAW (LLB) (Desired)

- Experience Range 14+ yrs

- Must have a thorough understanding of employee grievance resolution, investigative methods, organization HR policy and practices and employee union handling.

- Must be thoroughly familiar with labor laws - central and state laws and practices

- Requires a thorough understanding of management standards and principles.

- Must be thoroughly knowledgeable in various human resources standards in the areas of compensation, employee relations, general benefits, employment and staffing practices.