HC Business Partner

Sanlam Investment Group
The Sanlam Investment Group is uniquely equipped and positioned to deliver on its purpose of empowering generations to be financially confident, secure and prosperous. Through our vast in-house expertise and strategic partner networks, we can access all asset classes across the globe, private and public, actively and passively managed, to develop investment solutions that are in our clients’ best interests and have a positive impact on society. Backed by the Sanlam Group’s balance sheet, the Sanlam Investment Group has a true competitive advantage in its ability to invest alongside clients, particularly in private markets where impact investing drives the agenda.

The Sanlam Investment Group is one of the largest, most diversified financial services and investment firms in Southern Africa with assets under management and administration of more than R2 trillion. It is a B-BBEE level 1 contributor and one of the largest black-empowered asset managers on the African continent.

As a Human Capital Business Partner (HCBP) at Sanlam Investments, you will be integral in advancing the human capital strategy within the organization. This role involves collaborating with key stakeholders to drive HR initiatives that align with Sanlam’s broader business goals. You will act as a strategic advisor, ensuring that human capital plans support the company’s growth and market leadership in the investment industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Human Capital Partnering:
  • Partner with senior leadership to understand business priorities and translate them into effective human capital solutions that drive growth at Sanlam Investments.
  • Deliver tailored HR solutions aligned with workforce planning, talent acquisition, and leadership development needs, supporting the company’s investment strategy.
  • Develop HR Plan for specific business area, cascading the overarching SI HR Strategic plan and budget.
  • Partner with the business to develop, implement and manage people strategies to support the delivery of the business strategy.
  • Consult with the business on people requirements - to facilitate, advise and get operationally involved where appropriate.
• Talent Management & Development:
  • Lead the design and implementation of talent management programs that address succession planning, leadership development, and retention of top talent.
  • Drive the continuous professional development of Sanlam Investments workforce, with an emphasis on nurturing future leaders in the investment industry.
  • Establish collaborative relationships with the team and business leaders to execute talent programs and initiatives.
  • Facilitate the talent and development conversation with line managers, including succession planning.
  • Engage line managers on current and future talent needs, using the talent framework to advise and influence client decisions.
  • Drive alignment with Sanlam Group talent framework, policies and processes.
  • Support the end-to-end talent acquisition process to provide for current and future talent needs.
  • Assist line managers with the development and cascading of goals.
  • Build line capability to facilitate the performance management process and assist in applying consistent processes.
  • Ensure that each employee has a completed development plan.
  • Assist line managers with proactive talent interventions for HIPO’s and strategically critical roles.
  • Assist line managers with poor performance management as needed.
• Performance Management & Employee Engagement:
  • Drive a culture of high performance by managing Sanlam’s performance review process, providing coaching to leaders on best practices, and ensuring alignment between individual and company goals.
  • Utilize employee engagement data to develop initiatives that enhance the employee experience.
  • Implement year-end remuneration review timetable to facilitate discussions around TGP review, performance bonus and long-term share incentive awards.
  • Facilitate mid-year process to ensure remuneration benchmarks are current.
  • Ensure that each employee has a completed mid-year and year end performance review.
• Diversity & Inclusion:
  • Promote Sanlam Investments’ commitment to diversity and inclusion by driving initiatives that enhance workforce representation and equity.
  • Partner with leadership to embed inclusive policies and foster a culture that attracts diverse talent across the investment industry.
• Change Management & Organizational Effectiveness:
  • Guide leaders through complex organizational changes, ensuring that HR interventions are aligned with Sanlam’s strategic priorities.
  • Facilitate initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, creating a collaborative, adaptive, and innovative work environment.
• Collaborate with Compensation and Benefits teams to ensure Sanlam offers competitive remuneration packages.
• Support the design of incentive programs and retention strategies that align with industry benchmarks and the company’s performance objectives.
• Data-Driven Decision Making:
  • Use HR analytics and insights to guide business decisions.
  • Present regular reports to senior leadership, offering data-driven recommendations on human capital strategies.
• Industrial Relations:
  • Understand and apply the relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
  • Assist line managers and employees with the interpretation and the administration of any IR/ER issues.
  • Attend CCMA as required.
• Learning and Development:
  • Consult with businesses on learning objectives and consolidate into overall SI objective.
  • Track learning spend to meet skills development targets.
  • Encourage line managers to have developmental conversations with team members.
  • Identify learning needs on an ongoing basis, and feed into the overall learning and development plan.
  • Ensure business adheres to SIG L&D philosophy and practices.
• Leadership Development:
  • Implement leadership development initiatives identified at SIG and SI level.
  • Identify leadership development opportunities.
  • Identify individuals for leadership development together with line management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in a Human Capital Business Partnering role within Financial Services.
• Strong knowledge of South African labour laws and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in HR systems and tools to drive operational efficiency.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Deep understanding of the asset management sector, including industry trends.
• Strong ability to align HR strategies with business goals.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proven track record of leading human capital initiatives.
• Proficiency in using data and metrics to diagnose HR challenges.
• Expertise in leading organizational change initiatives.

Knowledge and Skills

• HR Consulting and Solutions orientation.
• Data analysis and interpretation within complex business environments.
• Complex HR Support.

Personal Attributes

• Courage.
• Manages complexity.
• Ensures accountability.
• Plans and aligns.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation.
• Customer focus.
• Drives results.
• Being resilient.
• Collaborates.

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensure a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.