Investment Banking HR Associate

Job Description

We are recruiting for a HR Business Partner, at Associate level, to support our EMEA Investment Banking (IB) HR Business Partner team in London. This is a forward-thinking role which gives the opportunity to develop skills in a very fast-paced environment.

The HR Business Partner will support the IB HR Business Partner team across a range of HR disciplines including:

• Employee Relations: Managing junior level employee relations cases within EMEA IB, with the opportunity to develop to broaden this remit.
• Performance Management: Ensuring the performance feedback process is managed effectively. This includes, but is not limited to: Individual Performance Management cases, Mid-Year Reviews, Year-End Reviews and Associate through MD Promotion Processes.
• Compensation: Contribute to the delivery of various aspects of the Year-End Compensation processes by implementing necessary system changes, advising, conducting audits and completing other ad hoc requirements.
• People Strategies: Directly support the local and global HRBP team with business specific people strategies.
• Talent Diversity & Inclusion: Work with the business, HRBP and Talent Diversity & Inclusion teams to identify and implement global training needs and engagement initiatives.
• Recruitment (Lateral & Campus): Partner with the Talent Acquisition team as well as the Campus Recruiting team to manage IB hires and approval process.
• Reporting: Execute regular and ad-hoc reporting requests including but not limited to attrition, disparate impact, severance accrual and headcount analysis to inform decision-making
• Understand and comply with the Firm’s obligations under the SMRC and Conduct Rules
• Work closely with global counterparts to ensure effective delivery of global processes
• Other ad hoc project work
  
  

Skills and Experience:

• 3-4 years of relevant HR experience
• High-level of accuracy and impeccable attention to detail
• Solid analytical and numerical skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, in particular Word and Excel
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to take ownership of initiatives and driving them forward
• Demonstrate initiative and proactively contribute solutions, ideas, views and recommendations
• Flexibility to work independently, as well as collaborate effectively as part of a team
• Ability to deal with pressure and manage conflicting priorities
• Experience in managing expectations of clients and colleagues
• Understanding of employment related risks, with ability to identify and escalate
• A high level of professionalism and integrity, ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
• Educated to degree level CIPD qualified is desirable but not essential
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and within a global organisation is desired but not essential
  
  

About Us

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.