Employee Relations Specialist VP

Barclays•New York, NY

1d•$110,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Purpose of the role To support the business with the management of employee relations cases, in line with relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. This includes providing professional advice, support and guidance to managers and employees on a range of topics (including Disciplinary, Capability, Grievance and Sickness), and investigating matters where required. Join us as an Employee Relations Specialist VP, where you will advise on complex workplace matters and ensure compliance with Barclays policies and practices. In this role, you will provide commercial, pragmatic, and timely advice to stakeholders to help mitigate employee legal and reputational risk. You will play a key role within the Americas Employee Relations function, supporting business leaders on sensitive workplace issues while promoting consistent policy application. The Americas ER function must also coordinate closely with global counterparts to ensure appropriate alignment across the organization.

Requirements

Previous experience in Employee Relations, Human Resources Business Partnering or legal
Relevant experience within financial services
An understanding of employment legislation in the US along with familiarity with UK employment law and requirements with respect to UK Conduct Rules (regulatory governance)

Nice To Haves

Excellent and constant attention to detail, with advanced analytical, creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
Experience with managing senior stakeholders
Ability to manage and navigate through complex change
Ability to deal with and manage multiple differing priorities
Outstanding written and verbal communication, including the ability to influence others and distil information into key messages
Proven team player and motivated self-starter with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Provision of ER advice on a range of topics, including reviewing and drafting of documentation, advising on process as well as potential employment / legal risk.
Supporting directly where required, often with senior complex, and regulatory matters.
Investigations to resolve employee complaints, grievances, and disciplinary matters and guidance on the completion of these, supporting managers and employees as required.
Employee relations policies and procedures development, implementation, and maintenance, aligning these to all applicable laws, regulations and the overall business strategy.
Production and deployment of ER training in coordination with our control partners with a focus on prevention.
Production and delivery of ER metrics, sharing insights with stakeholders on employee relations issues and trends.
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.