Business Overview:

BNP Paribas is currently seeking a Director - Head of Employee Relations (“ER”), Americas to lead the Human Resources department’s regional Employee Relations team working in our New York and Jersey City offices.

The Head of Employee Relations plays a key leadership role on the Americas platform by providing advice, support, and resolution to territory management and senior business leaders on a broad range of employment issues, including Human Resources policy interpretation, disciplinary performance management, Human Resources investigations, employee discipline and misconduct, and remediation of employment-related disputes. The Head of Employee Relations directly manages a team of four Employee Relations professionals and directs Employee Relations partners in Canada and Latin America in carrying out employee relations activities in those locations.

This role is part of our Human Resources Management Team and provides leadership not only to the Employee Relations team, but also to the Human Resources department as a whole.

• Physical presence in BNPP’s office(s) is an essential function of this position. BNPP requires all of our employees to be vaccinated in order to access its offices, subject to reasonable accommodations for reasons related to disability or religion. This role has the flexibility of being hybrid, consisting of an in office and remote working component.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates will be measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact:
  • Impacts division and influences peers and team
  • Demonstrates good judgment when making decisions of high complexity and impact
  • Is responsible for driving outcomes which have meaningful effect on team or department
• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Creates trust with department leaders
  • Acts in leadership capacity for large projects, processes, or programs for a team
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
  • Able to build relationships with a mix of intermediate and senior colleagues or clients
  • Demonstrates the ability to persuade and influence stakeholders at the team level
• Compliance Culture and Conduct:
  • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts
  • Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards”

Responsibilities:

• Designs and ensures implementation of the Employee Relations strategic vision for the Americas platform on an annual basis. Acts as a key point of contact for senior leadership for employee relations issues.
• Oversees - and for the most sensitive matters, conducts - internal investigations into employee allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, threats, violations of Human Resources policies and other employment / legal matters
• Assists and participates in conducting disciplinary meetings, and preparing warnings and related documentation for the most sensitive employment matters
• Oversees coordination of reductions-in-force, including working with the business to assess their future needs and structure; works with employment legal counsel to vet decisions and assess legal risk
• Oversees the reasonable accommodation process
• Assesses data tracked by the Employee Relations team to monitor and manage employee relations issues and to identify and report to senior management on risks and trends
• Designs, provides, and/or recommends trainings on a range of employee relations issues designed to mitigate risk.
• Assists senior management with the execution of compliance programs, internal audits, external audits, and government audits
• Works with the Human Resources Operations team to review and assist with the ongoing development, evaluation, and maintenance of documentation (e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, Policies) to ensure complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes

Management Structure - Hierarchical Manager: Head of Human Resources - CIB Americas

Functional Manager: Not Applicable

The expected starting salary range for this position in New York is between $200,000 to $280,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

About BNP Paribas:

In the United States, BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business.

BNP Paribas’ Corporate & Institutional Banking services corporate clients and institutional investors offering tailored solutions in financing, cash management, and advisory services to companies via Corporate Banking, in capital markets via Global Markets, and in securities custody and administration via Securities Services. As the asset management arm of BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Asset Management offers high value-added solutions to individual savers, companies, and institutional investors.

The bank employs nearly 14,000 people and has a presence in the country since the late 1800s in major cities including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Washington, DC.

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees.The Bank offers a comprehensive range of banking, investment and financial services solutions through three main fields of activity: Retail Banking for the Bank’s retail-banking networks and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, BNP Paribas helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.

We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.

BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World - https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 8 - 10 years of employee relations and/or employment law experience
• Experience managing a team and/or leading a function
• Strong organizational skills
• Experience creating and analyzing metrics based trend and statistical reports
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• HR experience within a financial services organization
• J.D.
• Experienced in managing a team or leading a function

FINRA Registrations Required:

• Not Applicable

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):

• Not Applicable

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

• Not Applicable

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

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