Senior HR Business Partner, Global Facultative

Gallagher • Chicago, IL

110d

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.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of financial services desirable.
• 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 focused 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.

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 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.
• Develop and implement plans that help to develop and engage employees.
• Partner with key stakeholders within Gallagher Re Facultative to support/enable their strategic objectives.
• Promote, support and drive engagement with all available HR/people-related policies, tools processes and initiatives.
• Embed a performance culture and consequence management approach including coaching managers on creation, implementation and monitoring of Performance Improvement Plans.
• Analyze 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.
• Support the delivery of succession planning and career development in order to identify and mitigate succession gaps.
• 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.
• Engage in talent acquisition planning and execution.
• Provide project management, facilitation and direct support as required to people-related impacts arising from change projects.
• Lead on or support the HR Director regarding any organisational change where this relates to HR-related activities.
• Accountable for the advice and guidance to the business on more complex employee relations cases.
• Support annual pay and bonus review process including data management, moderation of award recommendations and pay and bonus communications.
• Drive and facilitate engagement actions planning and activity at local level.
• Work collaboratively as part of a 'One HR' team engaging and liaising effectively with HR Centres of Excellence.
• Comply with AJG Professional Standards Manual in accordance with statutory requirements for role.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees