People Business Partner

Accordion • New York, NY

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Accordion is seeking a hybrid People Business Partner (HRBP) and HR Project Manager to join our growing People Team. The ideal candidate is a hungry, creative, and detail-oriented individual who is eager to make their mark on all things people at Accordion. This is a unique role with the ability to toggle between traditional HRBP responsibilities and serve as a critical project manager, partnering closely with the global HRBP Team to help drive a number of critical people programs spanning all of our practice areas. This exciting new role will work with multiple levels of leadership to develop, influence, and execute HR strategies and programs. This individual must understand our business model and functional priorities and act as a liaison between teams, while assessing people's needs in areas such as performance management, learning and development, organizational development, coaching, career pathing, compensation, employee relations, and employee engagement. The ideal candidate will combine strong project management skills with a solid understanding of HR functions, business analysis, and stakeholder communication. Above all, we are looking for someone who can diagnose problems with an analytical mindset and collaborate with colleagues to provide practical solutions. Most importantly, this role will work cross-functionally to deliver value-add strategic people business partnering and project management that reflects Accordion’s core values and helps further our high-performance culture. This position will be based in our New York City office with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week, blending the best of both worlds for efficiency and collaboration. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years of progressive HR Business Partner experience with a proven ability to act as a true thought partner in the HRBP role
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Experience in Consulting, Finance, or Private Equity
• Proven ability to partner and influence leaders to help drive people strategy and deliver upon business objectives, in partnership with senior HRBPs
• Ability to act as an ambassador of our core values
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Strong project management, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to develop and manage project and resource plans
• Broad experience and specific knowledge of performance management, learning and development, organizational development, coaching, career pathing, compensation, employee relations, and employee engagement

Responsibilities

• Take a data-driven approach to deliver our ambitious people agenda and in an effort to support our firmwide growth strategy
• Project manage and support key people initiatives like performance management, learning and development, organizational development, coaching, career pathing, compensation, employee relations, and employee engagement
• Build and foster trusting partnerships with internal clients, acting as a point of contact, coach, partner, and confidant to employees across the entire employee lifecycle
• Assume tactical People Business Partner responsibilities and serve as a strategic business advisor to deliver key people priorities in support of business strategy
• Analyze trends and metrics within the People Team to help inform our people strategy
• Ability to be agile and “think on your feet” – assist on projects when needed and forget the concept of working in silos; we are looking for someone who is results-oriented and can seamlessly contribute when called upon

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees