Senior HR Business Partner

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Job Description

Our Company

EFG International is a global private banking group, offering private banking and asset management services. We serve clients in over 40 locations worldwide. EFG International offers a stimulating and dynamic work environment and strives to be an employer of choice.

EFG is committed to providing an equitable and inclusive working environment that is founded on the principle of mutual respect. Joining our team means experiencing a supportive environment, where your contributions are valued and recognised. We strongly believe that the diversity of our teams gives us a competitive advantage by fostering better decision-making and greater innovation.

Our Purpose and Mission

Empowering entrepreneurial minds to create value - today and for the future.

We are a private bank, offering personalised solutions on a global scale to private and institutional clients. Our sustainable success is based on our talents and on how we partner with our clients and communities to create lasting value.

Job Description

Operating as an effective member of the HR team you will be expected to partner closely with the broader UK HR Team and CoEs to share deep insights into specific business needs. Taking ownership on a range of HR issues such as reward, employee relations, talent acquisition and development, performance, organisation development/change, culture, and engagement. Whilst also assisting in the implementation of the global people strategy, to support the Bank's current and future needs.

Skills and experience

Proposition & Productivity

• Keep up to date with industry, socio-economic and regulatory developments.
• Contribute ideas and views to strengthen ongoing business and operational success.
• Assist Head of HR in fulfilling the following responsibilities:

• Culture, Culture Framework Implementation and Whistleblowing

• Create the right organisational culture to drive organisational effectiveness through engagement.
• Ensure that the Bank culture, values and environment support and enhance our performance and adaptability as well as ensure appropriate conduct, risk management and focus on client needs.
• Ensure that all HR/people strategies, policies and procedures are consistently deployed in line with the Bank stated values.
• Support the Whistleblowing Champion in making sure that the Bank acts appropriately on whistleblowing intelligence.
• Oversee and embed across the entire employee lifecycle the HR-related processes (such as fitness and propriety assessments, record-keeping, management of breaches and suspected breaches) which underpin long-term compliance with the Senior Managers and Certification Regimes as well as Conduct Rules.
• Develop approaches to identify, attract and assess candidates to get the right people into organisation.
• Use workforce planning and talent management initiatives to drive organisational performance.
• Ensure compliance with Remuneration Code and any other applicable regulation.
• Assist RemCo and executive management in developing reward programmes and systems which recognise and reward critical skills, capabilities, experience and performance.
• Create benefits strategy which attracts, motivates and retains employees.
• Ensure that reward systems are market-based, equitable, cost-effective and drive appropriate behaviours such as encouraging more effective risk management and better aligning individual decision making with good standards of conduct.
• Co-ordinate UK-wide annual salary and bonus review and provide input into the annual budgeting process.
• Co-ordinate the identification process of Material Risk Takers.
• Ensure correctness and sign-off of payroll.
• Ensure that the Bank has transparent and compliant people policy framework.
• Employ a range of OD tools, methods and approaches to deliver change across the organisation.
• Create an approach around employee engagement and well-being which enables employee voice and unlocks performance.
• Create employer brand aligned to culture and Values.
• Define current and future workforce capability needs and develop a learning strategy to meet them.
• Champion the business case for learning, developing the Bank Annual Training Plan to ensure we have the right capability to deliver now and in the future. Additionally, ensure that the governance and compliance requirements of the SM&CR are met.
• Challenge and influence executive management to ensure the right investment in learning is made and delivery accountabilities are clear across the Bank.
• Ensure approaches to development and promotions are in line with the agreed principles around learning and development and deliver fair access of opportunity for all.
• Assist the Head of HR and management in identifying and growing talent to fill business-critical positions in the future.
• Create an inclusive culture and integrate diversity and inclusion into People and organisation strategy.

Process & Platform

• Adhere to policies regarding Conduct Rules and regulatory obligations for each location.
• Comply with 1st line of defence obligations:

• Follow the Risk Management Framework and associated training, policies and processes.
• Understand, manage and continuously refine the risks and controls for your role.
• Be alert to new risks, breaches or issues and report them in line with formal processes.
• Cooperate with the 2nd line of defence to promote the Bank's risk culture.

People

• Follow the Bank's Values in all activities and support colleagues to also do so.
• Declare any relevant changes to your circumstances.
• Stay aware of internal strategy and actively drive personal career and development plans to suit.
• Support a 'one team' approach by respecting dependencies across departments and locations.
• Assist Head of HR in HR Department Management:

• Lead a cohesive and fit for purpose HR function in the UK.
• Manage, motivate and develop all members of the HR team.

Our Values

• Accountability: Taking ownership for tasks and challenges, as well as seeking continuous improvement
• Hands-on: Being proactive to rapidly deliver high-quality results
• Passionate: Being committed and striving for excellence
• Solution-driven: Focusing on client outcomes and treating clients fairly with a risk-aware mindset
• Partnership-oriented: Promoting collaboration and teamwork. Working together with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Our Benefits

At EFG, we tailor our benefits based on the needs of our employees and have purposely created a benefits package that looks to support/enhance employee wellbeing in as many aspects of life as possible. Below is a high-level summary of the fantastic benefits that we offer to our employees at EFG;

• A highly competitive non-contributory pension contribution (with the option to contribute further via salary sacrifice)
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Private Medical Cover
• Cash back membership
• Life Insurance
• Income protection
• Electric Vehicle leasing
• Travel loans
• A wide range of other benefits and opportunities for employees to take advantage of, such as Wellness Apps, Mortgage Brokering services, Insurance discounts, access to discount portals and much more.