Human Resources Lead Analyst

Job Summary

• Acts as a consultant and partner to the company businesses and functional organizations.
• Drives the people strategy and organizational design, and the process of transformation, talent management, and workforce planning.
• Leads change initiatives and implements specific HR strategies to achieve organization goals and objectives. Aligns performance management and reward systems to drive and reinforce desired behaviours.
• Ensures HR programs and plans are aligned to the business priorities and monitors effectiveness through the tracking of key measures.
• Balances corporate, function, geographic and business needs in deploying HR programs to the business unit. Collaborates with HR program/policy/process owners to deliver effective HR programs.

• Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert.
• Frequently contributes to the development of new ideas and methods.
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
• Leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Acts as an expert providing direction and guidance to process improvements and establishing policies. Frequently represents the organization to external customers/clients.
• Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains relationships with key decision- makers at the top of the business, business unit, or function. Uses extensive business or function knowledge to drive the execution of a wide spectrum of HR programs.

• Proactively engages in strategic business planning where there is HR impact in order to ensure successful implementation of HR programs and processes.
• Contributes to the development of the change management strategy within the business to support the implementation of HR programs and initiatives.
• Manages HR programs within the business or function. Supervises the complex quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial and workforce data.
• Represents the needs of the business or function on an ongoing basis to maintain consistent plans between HR and the business or function in program implementation.
• Manages and leads priority projects that support organization-wide transformation initiatives.
• Identifies the need for new or improved HR processes and drives the development and implementation of those processes.
• Collaborates with senior colleagues in the centres of expertise in order to apply sufficient HR resources to meet the business needs.

Education and Experience

• First level university degree; advanced university degree preferred.
• Typically 6-10 years of experience in multiple HR functions and/or a generalist role.
• Typically has experience designing and/or implementing HR programs globally or within a large business unit.
• Experience partnering with managers to deliver HR solutions is preferred.

Knowledge And Skills

• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Strong project management and process development skills.
• Strong relationship management skills.
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including competency in financial analysis