Vice President - HR Business Advisor

Description for Internal Candidates

Human Resource Business Advisor provide support to senior Human Resource Business Advisors and senior managers on core Human Resource activities. They help senior managers engage with others in Human Resource and with specialists to bring resolution to their Human Resources related matters.

This position will report to the Human Resource Business Advisor Lead and be aligned to support Senior Leaders and Leaders within a specific line of business.

Join our Human Resources team as a Business Advisor.

Job Summary:

As a Vice President - Human Resource Business Advisor within Commercial Investment Banking, you will work closely with business leaders to understand their goals and challenges, providing strategic advice on human resource matters. You will play a key role in integrating HR strategies with business plans to promote organizational success.

Job Responsibilities :

Support the implementation of people agenda initiatives and efforts for a business area

Provide day-to-day advice on human capital matters.

Advise business leadership and cascade the structuring & re-organizational changes deeper into LOB areas to institutionalize the new organization into BAU

Support year-end compensation process by ensuring that baselines are accurate and synchronized (including joiners, leavers, transfers), providing guidance on incentive compensation and salary planning as appropriate and supporting managers through compensation decisions

Support the performance and talent management cycle by partnering with leaders on an as-needed basis to handle succession planning needs and requirements, answer performance questions, issues and processes, supporting and providing guidance on the promotion process particularly during quarterly & end-of-year timing

Facilitate feedback processes and other employee input initiatives, e.g. action plans based on Employee Opinion Surveys, Pulse Checks, etc.

Support or participate in individualized development and coaching to managers and emerging leaders, as needed, and in partnership with the development team. This may include supporting action items that stem from leadership coaching provided by the aligned HRBA or an external coach

Provide project management support for HR-related initiatives being implemented within LOBs

Support cross-LOB and large scale initiatives and work with management information systems (MIS) and reporting to understand trends and outliers, and facilitate fact based, metrics driven client decisions

Be a champion of HR process change. Analyze processes, data and trends to make recommendations to management team for continuous improvement

Ensure appropriate controls are in place and managed effectively for all critical HR processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Minimum 10 years of overall Human Resource experience


• Bachelor s Degree required


• Knowledge of full range of people practices in a business setting: goal setting, performance assessment and improvement, compensation practices, talent review and talent management, workforce planning, reductions in force, manager development


• Project management abilities including execution skills and end to end process improvement


• Ability to utilize critical thinking and analytical skills regularly to identify issues and trends, develop solutions and/or recommendations to address root cause and strong analytical, quantitative and technical skills that enable individual to leverage data to create HR strategies that support and drive business results


• Ability to navigate a global matrix organization and partner on issues across HR and the business. Must be able to work collaboratively and to develop strong, positive working relationships with exceptional judgment, demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and be creative in developing alternative solutions in a fast paced environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Proven track record in objectively coaching employees and management through complex, difficult issues and mitigating risks


• Promote partnership by fostering a shared purpose, trust and teamwork across teams, businesses, functions, regions, and levels


• Advanced degree desired


• Exceptional judgment, demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and be creative in developing alternative solutions in a fast paced environment


• Previous HR Business Advisor experience preferred