HR Business Partner

The Role

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) position in the APAC region, reporting to the Head of HR, APAC & MENA will be part of a growing and dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting our business growth and objectives by managing HR administration, recruitment, onboarding, payroll, employee benefits, training coordination, and employee relations. The ideal candidate should have a minimum 8 years of HR experience, knowledge of Australia employment regulations, and possess strong stakeholder management skills.

Main Responsibilities

• Implements, manages and executes the HR people agenda for the respective line of business
• Lead recruitment efforts by leveraging on Canopius employee value proposition to attract talents and collaborate with hiring managers to refine recruitment strategies
• Leads strategic HR projects and initiatives and in collaboration with Group HR to support business goals and priorities.
• Builds strong trusting relationships with internal leaders/EXCO focused on their people agenda providing challenge, strategic solutions and guidance
• Provides challenge to Centres of Excellence to ensure programmes and processes created aligns with local business, legal and regulatory requirements
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues; conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations.
• Partners with the business and the wider HR team to ensure smooth running of cyclical HR processes, such as annual pay review, performance reviews, and talent management.
• Provides guidance and drives capability restructures, recruitment and retention strategies, workforce planning and succession planning
• Continuously improve onboarding process to enhance new hire integration and engagement
• Identify and implement enhancements to payroll systems and compliance practices adhering to local regulations
• Conduct benchmarking and market research to ensure our benefits offerings remain competitive, cost efficient and value adding to employee experience
• Implement communication plan to educate and engage employees on their benefits
• Providing support on employee engagement events and activities
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives by assessing current processes and propose innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency
• Champions learning and development interventions, evaluate training effectiveness and promote continuous employee development
• Manages employee relations issues and provide timely support to both employees and managers
• Other ad hoc duties

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in HR generalist/operations experience
• Strong understanding of Australian employment law, HR Compliance, and Fair Work Act
• Experience in aspects of the People function, including Recruitment, Industrial Relations (IR), Employee Relations (ER), Organizational Development, Learning and Development, and Workplace Health and Safety
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in business or human resource management
• Enjoys working in a collaborative environment
• Good communications skills
• HR Transformation
• People Analytics & Storytelling