Human Resources Director

Our New York-based banking client wants to add a key hire to their growing HR team. The Human Resource Director will strategically plan, direct, develop, and manage HR policies, activities, and a team, ensuring legal compliance and implementing the organization’s mission and talent strategy. While the strategy around the team will be necessary, ensuring the daily flow and cohesiveness of the team, projects, and timelines will be critical to the success of this role. The successful approach to this role will be ‘hands-on.’ Reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with senior leadership to understand the organization’s goals and strategy related to talent management by developing strategic plans to attract, develop, retain, and optimize the organization’s workforce to meet its business objectives.
• Plans, leads, develops, coordinates, and implements policies, procedures, programs, training initiatives, and surveys to support the organization’s human resource compliance and strategy needs.
• Administers human resource programs, including but not limited to, performance management, training and development, talent and succession planning, employee engagement, and organizational design and development.
• Leads and manages internship program curriculum, developing the content and overseeing the program's success.
• Assists in recruiting new staff in the department, including interviews, onboarding, and training.
• In conjunction with the CHRO, identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best hiring and talent management practices.
• Conducts research and analysis of organizational trends, including reviewing reports and metrics from the organization’s human resource information (HRIS) or talent management system.
• Monitors and ensures the organization’s compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations and recommends best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate policy, practice, and resource changes to upper management.
• Facilitates professional development, training, and certification activities for HR staff. Assists in delivering training across the company as needed.
• Influences a culture of disciplined change management practices.
• Partners and collaborates with other members of the Human Resources team.
• Performs other duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manages the daily workflow and scheduling of the team by ensuring all assigned tasks are completed accurately and timely and will take the lead in their absence.
• Manages employee relations and compliance, performance management process, onboarding, data analytics, training and development initiatives, and AAP and EEOC reporting.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations of their direct reports.
• Leads with a growth mindset to strive for continuous optimization and improvement.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees by company policy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (required for this job):

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent judgment and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations within the Bank’s multi-state footprint.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organization’s HRIS and talent management systems.

For more information on this role, or if you're looking for your next opportunity and looking to hire, please reach out: Jack Walsh | Consultant | j.walsh@HamlynWilliams.com | 929-460-8838