Assistant Vice President - HR Business Partner - Finance Firm (12-15 yrs)

About our Client :

Our Client is a global specialty finance company with operations and investments across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Through its subsidiaries around the globe, Encore purchases or services portfolios of receivables from major banks, credit unions and utility providers.

Job Purpose:

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) HR Generalist will play a strategic and operational role in driving end-to-end human resources functions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and fostering a high-performance culture. This role requires expertise in employee relations, talent management, HR policy implementation, and organizational development. The AVP will serve as a key HR partner, ensuring a seamless employee experience while driving HR process improvements and compliance.

Principal Responsibilities:

- Assist in the defining and refining of the policies to balance the employee and organizational needs. Ensure consistent communication of the same to foster a positive, collaborative and engaged environment.

- Conceptualize HR process improvements and lead to bridge process gaps that are highlighted through self, internal or external audits.

- Lead the education, communication and support of HR initiatives by partnering with business leaders to drive performance management, employee development, adherence to company policies and procedures and HR administration.

- Manage, investigate and report out employee relation cases and ensure a fair, consistent and proper resolution within the considerations of Company policies, procedures and values.

- Management of direct reports.

- Provide support in all HR functional areas - Benefits, Employee Relation, Communication, Total Rewards; lead the execution of key HR processes like PACE; supports career development for Account Managers, Group Managers and Division Managers.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES:

- Drive organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions during business transformations.

- Oversee HR analytics and reporting to support data-driven decision-making.

Employee Experience & Culture:

- Champion employee experience and engagement programs to enhance workplace culture.

- Conduct FGDs and feedback surveys to implement action plans for continuous improvement

- Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the organization.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership:

- Lead and mentor a team of HR Business Partners to support different business units.

- Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) such as Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, and Learning & Development.

- Serve as a key advisor to senior executives on people-related matters.

- Working knowledge of employment laws, safety compliance etc. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. HRIS, Organizational Development.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- EDUCATION: Master's or Advanced - Full Time MBA (HR) FIELD OF STUDY: Human Resources

- EXPERIENCE: 12-15 years of experience in Human Resources

- CERTIFICATION(S): Certificate from SHRM or HRCI preferred