Senior HR Business Partner, Global Facultative

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.•Sandy Springs, GA

74d

About The Position

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before. We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you're close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply. To partner with the Gallagher Re Facultative Leadership Team to develop and deliver pragmatic commercial people plans to achieve strategic business objectives for a start-up division that operates globally and has significant organic expansion plans over the next 5 years. Deliver divisional and global people initiatives effectively drawing on HR Centres of Excellence expertise to ensure high quality, commercial solutions. To support the HR Director on a range of different projects and responsibilities to add value to the strategic and tactical commercial agendas across Gallagher Re Facultative.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 3 years related experience required.
Sound up to date Employment Law knowledge required
Progressive HR business partnering experience within large, multinational corporations
Experience of managing HR issues across multiple countries
Proven ability to develop a good understanding of business issues and how to identify and deliver HR interventions and solutions to meet business needs
Track record of contributing to the management of change successfully and experience of delivering on successful restructuring programmes including exits.
Experience of dealing with complex relationships using coaching/feedback techniques
Tactical negotiation and influencing experience with internal/external stakeholders
Demonstrated rapport-building experience
Evidence of effectively prioritising risks to manage workload
Experience of compensation and incentivisation vehicles.
Strong client focus, including the ability to manage potentially contentious interactions with varying negotiation strategies
Strong interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, including senior level management
Good presentation skills with experience interacting and presenting to colleagues/senior management
Solutions focussed mind-set with the ability to develop creative approaches and solutions
Ability to interact comfortably with colleagues/senior level management
Able to manage multiple projects and priorities with excellent attention to detail.
Highly motivated and results focused
Highest degree of ethics and integrity in client focus
MS office proficiency
Integrity & trust - Focuses on doing the right thing and taking personal responsibility
Builds relationships & networks - Focuses on building diverse networks and accepting difference
Collaborates - Focuses on sharing, supporting and being inclusive to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
Communicates & influences - Focuses on clear communication, influencing and negotiating
Client Excellence - Focuses on understanding and meeting the needs of internal and external clients for now and the future of a long term relationship
Planning - Focuses on building plans and obtaining resources and ensuring alignment across teams and the business
Drive for results - Focuses on performance and removing obstacles to achieve results
Business Acumen - Focuses on analysing and solving problems
Strategy - Focuses on strategic thinking and understanding broader context affecting Gallagher and the industry
Innovation - Focuses on creative thinking, generating new ideas and embedding the necessary change

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of financial services desirable

Responsibilities

Provide expert coaching and consulting advice to members of the Facultative leadership team along with appropriate challenge to ensure business and people objectives are met
Partner with members of the Facultative Leadership team and to drive a high performing culture, improve employee experience and improve retention
Partner with local HR teams to oversee local colleague issues
Support the HR Director with the creation and delivery of divisional people plans for their areas of responsibility within Gallagher Re Facultative
Developing & implementing plans that help to develop and engage employees
Partner with key stakeholders within Gallagher Re Facultative support/enable their strategic objectives.
Promote, support and drive engagement with all available HR/people-related policies, tools processes and initiatives including, but not limited to: Learning and Development proposition Manager and employee HR system functionality including MI reporting Talent Acquisition Employee Benefits and Wellbeing proposition Family-friendly policies
Partner with the relevant HR Centres of Excellence (e.g Employee Relations, TA, L&D, Compensation, L&D) to enable and deliver human capital solutions for stakeholders.
Embedding a performance culture and consequence management approach including coaching managers on creation, implementation and monitoring of Performance Improvement Plans and effective/consistent deployment of local recognition
Analyzing data and trends to identify high & low performance in order to recommend appropriate action
Facilitate performance rating moderation sessions
Perform quality assessments of myPerformance goal-setting and reviews
Promote and support global & divisional recognition initiatives
Train and upskill business area on myPerformance reviews and goal setting
Under guidance of HR Director, support the delivery of succession planning and career development in order to identify and mitigate succession "gaps" and embed talent approach
Facilitate talent and succession planning sessions and support career conversations with identified employees
Act as advocate for global and divisional talent initiatives in liaison with L&D Centre of Excellence
Liaising with various Talent Acquisition teams, engage in talent acquisition planning and execution
Actively participate in the assessment and selection of senior/specialist hires as required
To provide project management, facilitation and direct support as required to people-related impacts arising from change projects (including Mergers & Acquisitions)
Lead on or support the HR Director regarding any organisational change where this relates to HR-related activities e.g. business reorganisation.
Directly, and or/co-ordinate resources from HR Service Delivery as appropriate, deliver any required employee consultation and communication process.
Work with HR Service Delivery to support redeployment opportunities for colleagues impacted by business change
Under guidance of HR Director and the in-house legal teams, accountable for the advice and guidance to the business on more complex employee relations cases with a view to achieving risk-mitigated commercial outcomes
Under guidance of HR Director and in-house legal teams, accountable for the preparation of risk assessments and preparation of standard settlement agreement
Act as point of escalation on complex ER cases.
Inform key stakeholders/business units of any changes or anticipated changes in HR policies and procedures
To work with HR Director and business leaders, liaising with the Reward Centre of Excellence as required, on identification and implementation of reward strategies for individuals and teams
Support annual pay and bonus review process including data management, moderation of award recommendations and pay and bonus communications
Promote total reward philosophy in order to improve engagement and retention
Under guidance of HR Director, support creation, documentation and administration of incentive plans adhering to all required reward philosophy, principles and governance requirements
Drive and facilitate engagement actions planning and activity at local level
Embed the Gallagher Way across leadership teams
Support the creation of an inclusive culture
Work collaboratively as part of a "One HR" team engaging and liaising effectively with HR Centres of Excellence
Actively seek to drive a culture of continuous improvement within the HR function
Collaborate with other functional e.g. Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal and other key stakeholders as required
Represent the HR function in cross functional / cross divisional programmes as required
Comply with AJG Professional Standards Manual in accordance with statutory requirements for role with specific attention, but not limited to Managing Client information, Whistle Blowing, Treating Customers Fairly
Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance and Gallagher's shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business.

Benefits

Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
Life and accident insurance
401(K) and Roth options
Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
Educational expense reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
Training programs
Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
Charitable matching gift program