Senior Human Resources Business Partner – Enterprise Platforms & Community Markets

M&T Bank•Buffalo, NY

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior HR Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) serves as a strategic advisor responsible for aligning people strategy with business objectives and executing HR programs for assigned businesses. This role provides expertise in workforce planning, employee development, leadership coaching, and organizational design to enhance business performance. The Sr. HRBP connects all HR Centers of Expertise (COEs) to influence and drive business value through improved operational efficiency and employee engagement. This position typically supports multiple business lines with varying work nature, employee levels, and geographies, and focuses on the talent management needs of senior to executive level managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or four (4) years relevant experience.
Seven years applicable Human Resources and/or relevant business line experience.
Two years leadership/supervisory experience.
Proficient in common productivity tools (e.g. MS Office 365 and MS Co-Pilot).
Proven experience resolving complex HR related issues.
Operates in a fast pace, high change environment, with a heavy involvement in people projects.
Solid knowledge of MS Office and software used by department.
Understanding of the business (of Human Resources and respective business area(s) assigned, i.e. how the business operates financially, the products and services offered and how they are positioned, who the key customers and competitors are and understanding the environment that could affect future successes).
Thorough knowledge and understanding of applicable laws and regulations.
Highly literate in Human Resources procedures.

Nice To Haves

Masters and PHR/SPHR preferred.
Strong management, leadership, interpersonal and facilitation skills.
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
Excellent problem solving skills to coordinate various HR functions and to respond to changes in the regulatory arena.
Sound analytical abilities and judgment to recommend policies and procedures to conform with state and federal laws/regulations and to research HR policies and practices to achieve Bank’s goals.
Ability to interact and collaborate with all levels of personnel with tact and diplomacy.
Strong negotiating skills.
Ability to handle conflict from varying parties, up to and including senior management.
Strong organizational and resource management skills.
Travel throughout assigned territory and/or footprint required, as needed.
Preparation and delivery of annual performance appraisal and related documents.
Talent Management certifications – Myers Briggs

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic advisor and coach to senior leaders, providing guidance on talent, people management, and career development.
Leverage HR and business knowledge to lead and influence managers on talent and organizational structure alignment and deployment.
Predict and diagnose business conditions related to human capital that may have underlying HR ramifications.
Lead the design, development, and execution of human capital plans for assigned business(es).
Execute and lead annual HR events (Employee Engagement, Talent Calibration/Review, Performance Management, and Compensation Cycle) as HR lead for business lines.
Provide strategic consultation to business leaders on human capital and talent issues.
Participate in organizational change efforts, including communication plans, employee engagement impact, and organizational design.
Lead the unification of HR services for assigned business lines by communicating and partnering with HR and other internal resources.
Leverage data from the HRIS system to create proactive, data-driven solutions.
Create and develop workforce planning efforts to ensure workforce designs and capabilities meet current and future organizational goals.
Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls.
Promote an environment that supports engagement and belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points.
Complete other related duties as assigned.