Our client is a leading financial service firm. Seeking for a HR Professional to join the business.
Must be Hands on.
Reporting the APAC HR Head.
Team Leadership role with the management of a small team.
Responsibilities:
HR Manager for Singapore within the specialist inter-dealing broking industry (voice and electronic). - Provide a proactive HR service to the Senior Management and Regional MD's of Singapore and be their first point of contact in the HR department.
- Anticipate and respond to the needs of the Management team, combining own knowledge and expertise with the available HR and other resources to provide sound, pragmatic solutions to the needs of the business.
- Ensure HR support is effectively and efficiently provided to all businesses, which consists of approximately 300 employees located across the Singapore entities.
- Provide guidance and support to the other members of the HR team.
- Work effectively with other functions to ensure all regulatory requirements are met.
- Provide a hands-on, day-to-day HR service to Senior Management.
- Maintain and build relationships with employees and management on both a local and global scale through regular and open communication.
- Ensure HR processes (such as the joiner, leaver and transfer processes), systems and records are managed slickly and are maintained to the highest standards so that reporting, business and all regulatory requirements are met.
- Confidently deal with and lead complex employee relations issues in Singapore independently - including advising managers of any legal and regulatory boundaries in order to minimise both financial and reputational risk to the business.
- Work closely with local payroll officers to ensure all payroll instructions and associated data are accurate and correct and are in line with SOX and any other requirements.
- Contribute to performance management initiatives, such as ensuring that the appraisal processes and associated activities are managed well and in a timely manner.
- Support managers with recruitment and selection activity as required.
- Ensure arrangements pertaining to international staff, such as applications for work permits/visas, drafting agreements and liaising with colleagues in overseas offices, are managed promptly and efficiently.
- Contribute to the year-end compensation processes as required and in accordance with existing regulations.
- Build relationships and work constructively with colleagues in other functional areas, in particular Compliance.
- Proactively lead and upskill the wider HR team, through training, guidance and the facilitating of open discussions.
- Stay up to date with HR best practice guidance and legislative changes. Skills / Competencies required:
Essential:
- Extensive financial services experience, preferably within the broking industry and/or experience in a global business.
Degree Holder in HR or Equivalent
- Strong employee relations experience (i.e. experience in dealing with employees in relation to HR issues like salary and bonus payments, grievance issues and investigations, for example), with a demonstrated ability to confidently lead complex employee relations issues, (focus on disciplinary and grievance processes) with little guidance required.
- Strong understanding of industry terminology and regulatory matters in relation to the interdealer broking/financial services industry.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of drafting and interpreting employment contracts, with a clear understanding of key terms relating specifically to the inter-dealer broking industry. - Demonstrates involvement in senior stakeholder management at CEO-level across global locations, strong relationship building skills and commercial awareness, coupled with an ability to provide strategic and commercial business solutions.
- Sound, up to date knowledge of HR issues and HR best practices in Singapore. - Strong, current knowledge of employment law and existing regulations in Singapore.
- Excellent organisational and team leadership skills. Desirable: - Oracle HCM platform experience. Systems used: - Oracle HCM - Taleo - MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Personal attributes:
- Communication - ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organisation, both verbally and in writing.
- Negotiation & Persuasion - ability to effectively negotiate with management and individuals where necessary whilst maintaining sensitivity to underlying issues.
- Organisational skills - ability to plan and prioritise workload and co-ordinate group activities, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Self-motivated - ability to work under own initiative.
Company Reg. No.: 201131609D | Licence No.: 11C4684 | EA Reg No.: R1110670
