AVP HR Business Partner

AVP HR Business Partner

Permanent – hybrid working.

€85,000 plus bonus

Frankfurt

Middlemore has been retained by a long-standing European financial services client to recruit an HR Generalist to join their team in Frankfurt.

This position will sit within a well-established European HR team, providing the opportunity to work closely with COE specialists and benefit from strong mentorship. The line manager is focused on the development of the international HRBP population, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take their career to the next level.

The HRBP provides operational support to the Senior HRBP providing robust support to line managers in various scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Provide general HR support for the line managers as main contact person for HR in Frankfurt
• Advise line managers on the implementation of HR policies and guidelines
• Labour law knowledge is important and understanding the consequences of certain decisions. However, the HR BP VP will take the lead and the AVP is supportive.
• First line ad-hoc advice towards staff and line managers
• Support on the various audits impacting the HR department
• Provide input on the HR risk radar and responsible for keeping the document updated
• Give input on improvement of employee wellbeing & sick leave
• Validation of vendor selection & contract management
• Conduct exit interviews with regards to the offboarding process
• Play an active role and contribute new ideas and suggestions for the continuous improvement across the HR department
• Coordinate and advise the line managers on the annual appraisal process
• Support the Sr. HRBP in managing employee cases (legal disputes, long term sick leave, performance management, exit, etc.)
• Ensure business lines remain in compliance with budget requests and CESCOE requests (after validated by Sr. HRBP)
• Managing leave process, monitor compliance of self-service around holiday/special leave and advise on special leaves such as parental leave, unpaid leave, etc.
• Manage (outsourced) recruitment activities for your business lines (ensure on-offboarding is adequately executed by HR OPS)
• Check monthly payroll and approve the payment

Desired skills and experience

• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant HR work experience
• Experienced in working for corporate environments (preferably financial)
• Organised and structured way of working
• Effective communication style
• Instills trust and builds trusting relationship
• Excellent command of the German and English language, both verbally and in writing

If this is something of interest please do apply or reach out to jenna.stocks@middlemore.co.uk