Senior Vice President Human Resources

Role: Senior Vice President (SVP), Human Resources - reporting to US CEO.

Compensation: up to $250,000 + bonus and LTIP

Location: preferably New York but offering a very flexible approach to office based work so we can be flexible on your 'home' location for this role.

Level: This role will sit as a member of the Executive Committee for the USA.

Manager: This role will report directly to the CEO and will be a member of the HR Senior Leadership team (SLT) for the Group Chief People Officer

ROLE SUMMARY:

Network HR (the search firm) have been retained by their client recruit an experienced Senior Vice President (SVP) of Human Resources to join a global financial services firm and partner directly with the CEO to drive a growth agenda for North America (approximately 500 FTE)

The client are mid-sized employer (less than 1200 FTE globally) operating in the financial services sector which generate over $1Bn in annual revenues. The strategy for the US is focused on continued revenue growth which we anticipate will feature (multiple) M&A activities. As a business partner and confidant to the US CEO it will be your job to translate the corporate strategy into a robust People and Culture plan for the US which you will deliver via specialist support from a global Centre of Excellence (COE) and some local in-country HR support to handle the BAU.

This role is broad in scope and therefore will require a true HR generalist with substantial previous experience to draw down from. Some of the responsibilities will include, but not be limited to;

• Translating regional strategy into focused functional people plans that support business goals and priorities and that add commercial value.
• Understand external market conditions and potential challenges making recommendations to mitigate and offset as required
• Support and manage, from a people perspective, TUPE’s and M&A activity, liaising with the Centres of Expertise as required
• Creating succession plans, talent pools/management for your functions as guided by the Centres of Expertise, Learning and Development
• Supporting Executive Leadership on key HR issues escalating complex ER issues
• Balance commercial thinking with an HR governance and a policy mind-set
• Act as a trusted advisor, coach, and consultant for senior leaders to improve leadership capability
• Utilise and work closely with the Centres of Expertise to understand and analyse a range of data with personal experience to develop insight into your business areas, its customers and the external context it operates within
• Use insights to identify opportunities, priorities and potential risks. Creating mitigation and optimisation plans, influencing leaders and colleagues to implement them. With a view to enhance the long-term health and reputation of the business
• Coach and build the capability of senior managers to anticipate and pre-empt organisational issue.

To be eligible for this position then you will need to meet the following, mandatory criteria;

• 10+ years partnering at executive level within a matrix organisation in the Financial Services sector.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach and mentor junior HR team members.
• Experience of M&A, TUPE and Change Management
• An ability to develop and lead strategic HR agendas along with having a practical ‘hands on’ approach to all HR issues.
• Strong commercial literacy and an ability to present to Boards and Senior Management teams.

To apply for this position then please client "apply" via LinkedIn. You can also contact the retained search consultant via E: adam.oliver@networkhr.co.uk