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Job Description:
Job Title: Human Resources Manager
Corporate Title: Up to Senior Vice President
Location: London
Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Location Overview:
Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.
Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing Human Resources (HR) strategies that impact large, complex business units within a major Line of Business (LOB). Key responsibilities include developing and executing tactical plans at the business unit level to achieve strategic objectives and organizational effectiveness. Job expectations include driving a wide range of HR activities and supporting functions across the bank such as talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, regulatory compliance, performance management, and employee engagement and development.
Responsibilities:
- Manages the strategic delivery of Enterprise and Line of Business (LOB) specific Human Resources (HR) priorities in addition to ensuring organizational effectiveness across talent acquisition, performance management, talent development and learning, succession planning, compensation, etc.
- Applies lenses of operational excellence, organizational health, and opportunity and inclusion across all HR people processes
- Partners with business leaders to ensure that programs and practices are in alignment with Enterprise culture and conduct principles, serving as a trusted advisor to leadership
- Manages and influences critical workforce activities, including but not limited to headcount reporting and analytics, financials/expenses, promotions, opportunity and inclusion, performance, talent management, and key cross-HR initiatives
- Collaborates with compensation, talent acquisition, and business partners to provide appropriate guidance on employee compensation, both at an individual level as well as in aggregate, while maintaining a focus on expense management
- Leverages reporting tool results shared by HR Consultants to inform effective and strategic decision making
Additional Responsibilities:
At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.
- Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
- Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
- Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
- Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.
- People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.
- Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.
Skills:
- Adaptability
- Executive Presence
- Leadership Development
- Prioritization
- Relationship Building
- Consulting
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Workforce Planning
- Business Acumen
- Influence
- Project Management
- Strategy Planning and Development
- Workforce Analytics
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
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- Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
- Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
- 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
- The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
- Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
- Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
- Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
- Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.
Bank of America:
Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.
We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements
