Regional Head Of Human Resources, Americas

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Apex has continually improved and evolved its product suite by surrounding these core administrative services with additional products spanning the full value chain of a fund; from information delivery and regulatory products to fund platforms and tax services. The globally distributed service model has rapidly expanded through a combination of organic growth and more recently bolstered by acquisition. Service is now delivered by over 10,000+ staff across 50+ offices. The Apex Group administers circa $2.3 trillion in assets, including the investments of some of the largest funds and institutional investors in the world

Regional Head of Human Resources, Americas

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and plan for Global HR strategies and programs to ensure achievement of the HR objectives applied to the Americas region.
• Lead a strong performing team of junior and senior HR Business Partners in multiple jurisdictions.
• Provide expert professional advice to senior management in all areas of HR, including payroll, learning and development, employment law, HR policy, best practice and workforce development.
• Develop effective employment policies in consultation with senior managers, executives, trade unions, staff and partners.
• Provide professional leadership, support and development to HR staff, in order to increase knowledge, share best practice and ensure professional standards are met.
• Ongoing review and improvement of the company’s occupational health, employee programs, staff benefits and packages.
• Set internal professional standards for creating employment handbooks.
• Be accountable for company compliance with current regulations, professional standards, policies and procedures and legislation.
• Oversee the development and implementation of succession planning.
• Implement a continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement and welfare activities, maximizing productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers and building leadership capability.
• Ensure the organizational structure uses development principles most appropriate to support future growth.
• Analyze and review HR statistical reports to identify trends, so that key issues and resources are adjusted accordingly.
• Design and implement standardized onboarding processes.
• Determine relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) for incentive schemes.
• Form a strong organizational culture, so that the company values are displayed.
• Promote inspirational leadership by demonstrating the company’s values and championing the leadership behavior framework.
• Effectively communicate any initiatives and programs that encourage delivery of the company’s values.
• Champion a high-performance culture with a focus on successful outcomes.
• Create and oversee the plan for diversity, equality, and inclusion that aligns with company values, business strategy and commitments.
• Oversee the creation of training and development plans for all employees and ensure they operate at a consistently high standard.
• Design and lead the performance review program that supports continuous development for all employees.
• Ensure employee training requirements are well managed and monitored.
• Coach, mentor and support senior colleagues to identify strengths and development needs.
• Ensure the efficient management of annual HR budgets.
• Form strong relationships with Senior Managers, Executives Committee members to ensure that the team perspective is fully represented in decision making.
• Provide management and strong leadership of the HR business unit functions and staff, including advice and direction on work priorities, budget and staff resources, strategic and policy issues, organization and staff management issues

Skills Required:

• Bachelors’ degree preferred in Human Resources
• A minimum 10 to 15 years of progressive HR professional experience with a minimum of 5 years as a regional manager or director or equivalent education and experience.
• Demonstrated success as an HR generalist supporting employee groups of 1,000+ employees in multiple locations within the region or global environment required.
• Experience within the Financial sector will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated success in supporting key senior management and building relationships.
• Broad knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, and training and development
• Strong collaborator with effective interpersonal and analytical skills who is able to work seamlessly across countries, cultures, and organizational units required
• Demonstrated ability to work, manage, and meet competing deadlines in a fast-paced, high volume environment and on deadline; aptitude for problem solving and decision making needed
• Superb written and verbal communication skills required.
• Capable of managing conflict and conflicting views.
• Strong knowledge of Workday preferred
• HR professional certification are highly valued

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;

Training and development opportunities

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

Salary ranges from USD $175,000.00 – USD $200,000.00 plus additional discretionary yearly bonus based on corporate and individual's performance. Compensation within this range is dependent on individual's skills, experience and qualifications.

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