Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Location(s): Atlanta, GA & Scottsdale, AZ

Role Type: 8 Month Contract, Hybrid

Summary:

The Sr. Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for providing day-to-day HR support to the employees and managers in the areas of policy and procedures, employee relations, employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, performance management, selection and onboarding of new talent, as well as tactical items in support of the HRBP team strategy. This role is also responsible for partnering on mergers and acquisitions activity as it relates to human resources activities including integration, assimilation and orientation.

This role partners closely with the business leaders and employees to provide one point of contact, working with managers and employees on a variety of HR needs. Ideal candidates have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships in a short period of time, have a working knowledge of HR principles, are driven to be part of a best-in-class HR department, and are comfortable with working in a variety of different HR topics at any given time with competing priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with the business, establishing rapport to be viewed as a trusted HR partner.
• Partner with the greater HR Business Partner team in the design, development and execution of key HR strategic processes to include the performance management cycle, talent management activities, and facilitation of employee engagement planning and execution with the business leaders.
• Work directly with the employee population to determine engagement drivers, alleviate concerns, communicate key HR messaging, and provide a single point of contact for employees in assigned location and client group(s).
• Partner with the HR Business Partner team to ensure alignment, continuity of HR delivery, and consistency across all geographies.
• Exhibit sound reasoning and decision-making skills, applying HR principles as well as direction from manager to drive desired outcomes.
• Leverage internal HR partners including Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Internal Communications, HR Systems and Analytics, and Total Rewards on various projects, looping in the appropriate partners for a given situation.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to assist in recruiting top talent, making hiring decisions, and crafting employment offers based on market compensation data, ensuring appropriate offers are extended to selected candidates.
• Responsible for tactical items that may include I-9 processing, HR data review and processing, employment/personnel file management and other tasks as assigned.
• Escalate matters of concern to the proper channels for immediate remediation.
• All other duties as assigned

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university in Human Resources, Business or related field is required.

Basic Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in HR as a HR generalist, HR Business Partner, HR Manager or similar role
• Working knowledge of HR principles and procedures as well as intermediate understanding of the laws and regulations that govern the workforce.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Microsoft Outlook. Should be proficient and comfortable working with spreadsheets and data, ensuring data integrity and accuracy is maintained when working with Excel spreadsheets.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, on tight deadlines, and with a variety of tasks with shifting priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong and lasting relationships with the employee base and management.
• Ability to communicate to employees at all levels, in a way they will understand.
• Exhibit ability to exercise sound judgment and knows when to escalate.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to cope with and lead through frequent and unexpected changes.
• Mindset of continuous improvement

Preferred Requirements:

• Professional in Human Resources or Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR or SPHR) designation.
• Master's or graduate degree in Human Resources or related field.